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    If someone is meek, they are very quiet and gentle, and they do not like to argue. They often let other people decide, even when they are not happy.

    If someone is meek如果有人很溫順, they are就是 very quiet and gentle非常安靜溫和, and they do not like to argue而且不喜歡爭論。 They often他們常常 let other people decide讓別人做決定, even when they are not happy就算自己不開心也一樣。

    Though actually, meek is not the same as weak, and mixing them is the usual mistake. A meek person may be strong inside.

    Though actually不過, meek is not the same as weak溫順跟軟弱不一樣, and mixing them把兩者搞混 is the usual mistake是常見的錯誤。 A meek person溫順的人 may be strong inside心裡可能很堅強。

    They just do not push, shout, or fight back. Sometimes that is kindness. Sometimes it is fear. You have to look at the situation.

    They just他們只是 do not push, shout, or fight back不推、不吼、也不反擊。 Sometimes that is kindness有時候這是善良, sometimes it is fear有時候這是害怕。 You have to你得 look at the situation看情況。

    The word can feel a little old, and you meet it more in books and in church language than in everyday chat.

    The word這個字 can feel a little old可能感覺有點老派, than in everyday chat比起日常聊天, in books and in church language在書本和教會用語裡 you meet it more你更常遇到它。

    In the Christian Bible there is a famous line that the meek will inherit the earth — there it is closer to 'humble' and 'not proud' than to 'scared'.

    In the Christian Bible在基督教聖經裡 there is a famous line有一句名言 that the meek will inherit the earth說溫順的人必承受地土—— there這裡 it is closer to 'humble' and 'not proud'意思比較接近「謙卑」和「不驕傲」 than to 'scared'而不是「害怕」。

    In ordinary talk now, calling someone meek can sound a bit , as if they let people walk over them.

    In ordinary talk now在現在的日常說法裡, calling someone meek說一個人溫順 can sound a bit unkind可能聽起來有點不客氣, as if they let people walk over them好像在說他們任人欺負。

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組成From Middle English meek / meke / meoc, probably borrowed from Old Norse mjúkr, 'soft; meek'. That Norse word goes back to an older Germanic word for 'soft, supple'. The English word did not come from weak, even though the two now sit near each other in meaning.

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  • meeklythe adverb: in a meek way
  • meeknessthe noun: the quality of being meek

原始詞典資料5 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。

Meekname

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    A surname.

  • 2

    An unincorporated community in Holt County, Nebraska, United States.

meekadj/miːk/

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    Humble, non-boastful, modest, meager, or self-effacing.

    • Blessed are the meeke: for they shall inherit the earth.
    • Mrs. Wickam was a meek woman...who was always ready to pity herself, or to be pitied, or to pity anybody else...
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    Submissive, dispirited, cowed.

    • What if they were wolves instead of lambs? They'd eat her all the sooner if she was meek to them. Fight or be eaten.

meekverb/miːk/

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    To tame; to break (a horse)

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。