沒有動靜的安靜
這是核心畫面最直接的那一層：衝突不存在，所以環境本身是靜的。
peaceful, calm · adjective · B1
A peaceful time, place, or situation is quiet and calm, with nothing to worry about and nothing exciting happening.
寧靜的；安詳的
核心畫面
You can picture this word as a place where nothing is fighting anything else: no noise pushing at you, no argument in the room, no one raising a hand. Everything that could clash is simply resting. From that one quiet picture, the word stretches outward — first to a quiet afternoon, then to two countries who settle things without a war, then to a person who never lets anger turn into force.
一個「沒有東西在互相衝撞」的狀態：沒有吵雜的聲音撞過來、沒有爭執在空氣裡繃著、沒有人舉起手。所有本來可能起衝突的東西…更多收起
一個「沒有東西在互相衝撞」的狀態：沒有吵雜的聲音撞過來、沒有爭執在空氣裡繃著、沒有人舉起手。所有本來可能起衝突的東西，都安安靜靜地擱著。從這一個畫面往外長：先是一個安靜無事的午後，再來是兩邊不打仗就把事情談完，最後是一個人就算生氣也不動粗。英文裡這三個意思其實共用同一張圖——差別只在「衝突」是發生在環境裡、國家之間，還是一個人的脾氣裡。Three branches
不動武、談出來的
把核心的「沒有衝撞」放大到群體與國家之間：本來可以打起來的兩方，選擇不出手。
peaceful, non-violent · adjective · B1
Not using or involving war, fighting, or violence — used about the way something is done, or about an answer to a disagreement that both sides accept without fighting.
和平的；不動武的
人的性情不帶暴力
把「不衝撞」收進一個人身上，變成他長期的性格傾向，而不是當下的環境。
peace-loving · adjective · B2
Peaceful people do not like violence and do not act in a violent way, even when they are angry or upset.
愛好和平的；不動粗的
原始詞典資料1 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。
peacefullyadv/ˈpiːsfəli/
- 1
In a peaceful manner.
- She and her husband managed to fix up a false floor in one of their rooms in which they fed the roosters; so whenever a picket came in sight her call would bring the whole family out of the woods and clearing into the refuge, where they remained peacefully amongst corn-cobs till the danger had passed.
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。