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If a person is amiable, they are friendly and easy to like. An amiable person talks kindly, does not make you feel small, and is pleasant to be around. You can also call a mood, a smile, or a conversation amiable (an amiable chat), though it is most often used of people.
If a person is amiable如果一個人是amiable的 they are friendly and easy to like就是友善又討人喜歡。 An amiable person talks kindlyAmiable的人講話溫和 does not make you feel small不會讓你覺得自己很渺小 and is pleasant to be around相處起來很舒服。 You can also call a mood, a smile, or a conversation amiable也可以用來形容心情、笑容或對話 (an amiable chat)（像an amiable chat，一場輕鬆愉快的聊天） though it is most often used of people不過最常還是用在形容人。
The word is a little formal and a little old-fashioned — warmer than polite, softer than cheerful.
The word is a little formal and a little old-fashioned這個字有點正式，也有點老派 warmer than polite, softer than cheerful比polite（有禮貌）溫暖，比cheerful（開朗）柔和。
Though actually, it is not the same as amicable: amicable is for a peaceful arrangement, especially after a disagreement (an amicable divorce, amicable talks). Amiable is about a person’s likeable manner, not about whether two sides stayed on good terms.
Though actually, it is not the same as amicable不過其實這跟amicable不一樣 amicable is for a peaceful arrangement, especially after a disagreementamicable是指和平收場的安排，尤其是在有過爭執之後 (an amicable divorce, amicable talks)（像an amicable divorce和平離婚、amicable talks和平協商）。 Amiable is about a person's likeable mannerAmiable講的是一個人討喜的態度 not about whether two sides stayed on good terms不是講雙方有沒有維持好關係。
It also does not mean the person is in love; that is a different, older cousin of the word.
It also does not mean the person is in love也不是指這個人在戀愛中 that is a different, older cousin of the word那是這個字一個不同、更古老的親戚（指amorous）。
組成From Middle English amyable, from Old French amiable, from Late Latin amicabilis, “friendly,” from Latin amicus, “friend,” from amo, “to love.” Later French amiable and Latin amabilis (“loveable”) coloured the meaning. It is a doublet of amicable.
同家族的字
- amicablea doublet from the same Latin ‘friend’ word; amicable is for a peaceful relationship, not a warm person
- amiabilitythe noun: the quality of being amiable
- amiablythe adverb: in an amiable way
- amorousfrom the same Latin verb amo, “to love,” but it means romantic, not merely friendly
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
amiableadj/ˈeɪ.mi.ə.bəl/
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Friendly; kind; sweet; gracious.
- an amiable temper
- amiable ideas
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Of a pleasant and likeable nature; kind-hearted; easy to like.
- an amiable person
- My deyſy delectabyll My prymerose commendabyll My vyolet amyabyll My ioye in explicabill Nowe torne agayne to me
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。