单词 | pacific |
释义 | pacific From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpacificpa‧cif‧ic /pəˈsɪfɪk/ adjective literaryPEACEFULpeaceful and loving or wanting peace a normally pacific communityExamples from the Corpuspacific• Since few questioned such a view, those of pacific leanings met with little sympathy.• Do we want to create a restless mood, or a calm, pacific one?• The transition from a hostile to a pacific relationship between the houses of Plantagenet and Capet took place between 1224 and 1259.• Nesselrode, his foreign minister, remained pacific to the end.Origin pacific (1500-1600) French pacifique, from Latin pacificus, from pax; → PEACE |
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