英语词汇“to do the amiable”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

colloquial. to do (also make, play, etc.) the amiable: to behave amiably; to engage in pleasant conversation. Cf. do v. 19b. Now rare.

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1811 Lit. Panorama July 93 At Brighton—a ball at the castle..saw her—sweet, sickly, smiling, gay, young, and awkward..introduced—made the amiable, talked as much nonsense as would fill a novel.

1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 342 My lady, who has..to do the amiable at her humdrum rows.

1831 M. M. Sherwood Roxobel III. iv. 77 When a family is suffering under severe distress, it is certainly revolting to see a member of the household endeavouring to play the amiable, and to shew off her supposed sensibilities.

1854 L. H. de Bonelli Trav. Bolivia I. 28 The young gentlemen of our party began to buck up and tried to outvie each other in doing the amiable.

1879 K. E. Stantial tr. J. von Dewall Marriage Tie viii. 143 Cousin Thaddeus soon began to play the amiable to the blooming Mélanie.

1954 Minnesota Hist. 37 141/2 The officers ‘do the amiable’ as well as they can amid the rush of the representatives of the Atlantic shores.

单词	to do the amiable
释义	> as lemmas to do (also make, play, etc.) the amiable colloquial. to do (also make, play, etc.) the amiable: to behave amiably; to engage in pleasant conversation. Cf. do v. 19b. Now rare. ΚΠ 1811 Lit. Panorama July 93 At Brighton—a ball at the castle..saw her—sweet, sickly, smiling, gay, young, and awkward..introduced—made the amiable, talked as much nonsense as would fill a novel. 1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 342 My lady, who has..to do the amiable at her humdrum rows. 1831 M. M. Sherwood Roxobel III. iv. 77 When a family is suffering under severe distress, it is certainly revolting to see a member of the household endeavouring to play the amiable, and to shew off her supposed sensibilities. 1854 L. H. de Bonelli Trav. Bolivia I. 28 The young gentlemen of our party began to buck up and tried to outvie each other in doing the amiable. 1879 K. E. Stantial tr. J. von Dewall Marriage Tie viii. 143 Cousin Thaddeus soon began to play the amiable to the blooming Mélanie. 1954 Minnesota Hist. 37 141/2 The officers ‘do the amiable’ as well as they can amid the rush of the representatives of the Atlantic shores. extracted from amiableadj.n. < as lemmas
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