Serene means very calm and peaceful — the still, clear kind of calm, not heavy or sleepy. You can call a lake serene, a morning serene, a face serene.

Serene means指的是 very calm and peaceful非常平靜、安詳 the still, clear kind of calm是那種靜止、清澈的平靜 not heavy or sleepy不是沉重或想睡的那種。 You你 can call a lake serene, a morning serene, a face serene可以說一座湖serene、一個早晨serene、一張臉serene。

The Latin word it comes from, serēnus, first talked about weather: a sky with no clouds, nothing troubling the air. That picture is still inside the English word. When we say a person looks serene, we mean their face is untroubled, like that open sky.

The Latin word it comes from它源自的拉丁字 serēnusserēnus first talked about weather一開始講的是天氣 a sky with no clouds天空沒有雲 nothing troubling the air空氣裡沒有任何擾動。 That picture這個畫面 is still inside the English word至今仍留在這個英文字裡面。 When we say a person looks serene當我們說一個人看起來serene we mean意思是 their face is untroubled他的臉毫無煩憂 like that open sky就像那片晴朗的天空。

It is a gentle, slightly formal word; you would not usually shout it. It is stronger and stiller than just calm: calm can be a short moment, but serene feels settled all the way through.

It它 is a gentle, slightly formal word是個溫和、稍微正式的字 you would not usually shout it通常不會用它來大喊大叫。 It它 is stronger and stiller than just calm比單純的calm更強烈、更靜止 calm can be a short momentcalm可以只是短暫的一刻 but serene feels settled all the way through但serene給人的感覺是從裡到外都很安定。

Though actually, it also lived in old titles — Serene Highness was a way to address some princes — as if rank itself should feel high and unruffled. In ordinary talk today we almost always keep the peaceful meaning.

Though actually不過其實 it它 also lived in old titles也曾經出現在古老的頭銜裡 Serene HighnessSerene Highness was a way to address some princes是稱呼某些王子的方式 as if rank itself should feel high and unruffled彷彿身分地位本身也該讓人感覺高貴而不受擾動。 In ordinary talk today在現在的日常說話裡 we almost always keep the peaceful meaning我們幾乎都還是保留「平靜安詳」這個意思。