英语释义

1. free from harshness, sternness, or violence
used gentle persuasion

2. tractable, docile
a gentle horse

3. soft, delicate
the gentle touch of her hand

4. moderate
His doctor recommended gentle exercise.

5. belonging to a family of high social station

6. honorable, distinguished specifically of or relating to a gentleman

7. kind, amiable —used especially in address as a complimentary epithet
gentle reader

8. suited to a person of high social station
the gentle art of sophisticated conversation

9. chivalrous

10. a person of gentle (see gentle entry 1 sense 4a) birth or status

11. to make (an animal) tame and docile

12. to make gentler

13. mollify, placate
gentled the raging king

14. to stroke soothingly pet

15. to raise from the commonalty ennoble

16. to become gentle
the wind gentled

17. having or showing a kind and quiet nature not harsh or violent

18. not hard or forceful

19. not strong or harsh in effect or quality

20. having or showing a kind and quiet nature not harsh, stern, or violent
He was a large but gentle man.

21. not hard or forceful
a gentle wind

22. not strong or harsh in quality or effect
a gentle soap

23. not steep or sharp
gentle hills

片语

moderate变缓和，变弱

Gentler Flossing天然柔和牙线

graceful优雅的；优美的

pacific太平洋

elegant高雅的，优雅的；讲究的；简炼的；简洁的

In gentler tones Secunda hopes老二的语调温柔了许多

Gentler Option较温和选项

soft软的，柔软的；温柔的，温和的；软弱的；笨的

Way of Gentler绅道衣品

The Definition of a Gentler何谓君子

英汉例句

• We return to being a novelty to locals. This is not on the tourist trail but the interest is of a gentler kind than in India and the people seem genuinely curious and welcoming.

  我们又成了本地人眼中的新鲜事物，其实他们并不想对游客有很多了解，与印度人相比，他们对我们的兴趣要温和得多，人们只是好奇，也很好客。

• And she was gentler here than in the grassy-margined streets of the settlement, or in her mother「s cottage.

  而她在这林中，也要比在居民区两边铺了草的街道上，或是她母亲的茅屋中，显得温和些。

• Citizens have also been asked to drive less (a gentler version of Beijing in 2008), and companies encouraged not open their doors until 10am.

  市民也被要求少驾驶出行(是2008年北京奥运会的相对温和版)，同时鼓励公司在上午十点之前不开门营业。

• It」s too soon to say, but it「s possible that a kinder, gentler - and possibly more boring - Internet may be in our future.

  现在下结论还为时尚早，未来的互联网可能会更加友好、温和，但更加单调。

• The kinder, gentler cousins of Schadenfreude, both these words mean something akin to 「vicarious embarrassment.」 Or, in other words, that-feeling-you-get-when-you-watch-Meet the Parents.

  他们是「幸灾乐祸」的较为温和的表兄，这两个词都是表达接近于「间接的尴尬」的意思。或者，用别的话来说，这就是你在看电影《拜见岳父大人》时的感觉。

• Now (and, some might add, at last) doctors are following suit, rejecting the assembly line of modern medical care for older, gentler options.

  现在(也许有人会补充，从过去就开始了)医生们也开始效法，他们开始拒绝对老年人使用现代医药装配流水线生产的药品，而采用更为温和的手段。

• Sports fans who are turned off by the sometimes brutal intensity of ice hockey can tune in to the gentler figure skating competition.

  有时过于粗暴的冰上曲棍球使运动迷们失去了兴趣，他们可以观看较温和的花样滑冰赛。

• The economic headwinds are gentler than in America, but there are some familiar-sounding worries: unwinding housing booms, falling commercial-property prices and rising defaults.

  欧洲经济的逆流相比美国会温和得多，但还是有许多相似的的不安要素：住房的兴盛、商业价值的收缩和不良贷款的增多。

• many hoped that the advent of a kinder, gentler president whose middle name was Hussein would help America to draw the poison.

  这位总统的中间名字是侯赛因。 试译：很多人都希望这位更加善良、温和，名字里包含侯赛因的总统的到来能够帮助美国去除这颗毒瘤。

• Moreover, the vice President」s kinder, gentler approach didn「t extend to Mike Dukakis.

  另外，副总统并没有对迈克·杜卡·基斯采取「更友善、更温和的」态度。

• The wire service, founded in 1999 and still in operation today, in gentler form, gave journalists and writers a desperately needed outlet.

  这个创立于1999年，并至今仍在运行的通讯社，以一种柔和的形式，为新闻记者和作家提供了极其必要的发泄出口。

• Londoners might well emerge from recession craving a new, gentler life, and this may chime with Mr Johnson’s distaste for the boundless growth and development pursued by his predecessor.

  后危机时代，伦敦人生活可能会焕然一新，更加惬意：约翰逊对前任追求经济无尽增长一向嗤之以鼻，这样正合他意。

• While true, this also shows that many of these writers came of age in a much quieter, gentler time.

  这同样表明，CD中展示的不少作家，是在一个比较安静和温和的时代到达成熟的写作阶段。

• Yet in its youth it was, like its gentler sister Earth, swathed in oceans that provided a suitable breeding ground for life.

  然而，金星年轻的时候曾和它温和的妹妹地球一样被适合孕育生命的海洋包裹着。

• George Bush had given a marvelous acceptance speech at his convention, offering a kinder, gentler Reaganism and telling us to read my lips: no new taxes.

  在共和党全国代表大会上，乔治.老布什发表了非常精彩的接受提名演说，提出一种「更友善、更温和的」里根主义，并对我们说，「看我的嘴型：绝对不会增加新的税收」。

• Years ago, people tended to see evolution as a competition for survival of the fittest. But now there is more emphasis on the gentler virtues.

  数年前，人们倾向于把进化看作是一种竞争，适者生存的竞争，但现在更加地强调温和的美德。

• They say that Sodium LAURETH Sulfate is a gentler version of LAURYL Sulfate, but to me, it doesn」t seem like the difference is very significant.

  据说月桂醇聚醚硫酸酯钠盐是中温和的十二烷基硫酸盐，但对我来说，实在看不出有什么区别。

• Some complain that training standards have also suffered, as the army adopts gentler means to get more recruits through boot camp.

  一些人抱怨训练标準也差劲了，因为军队采取更加温和的手段从新兵训练营征募士兵。

• Over at Ford, the principals get much gentler treatment, as befits their ability to steer past bankruptcy by taking out a monster loan.

  而福特公司的两位主要人物得到的待遇要温和许多，这也恰恰适合他们的能力。通过大举借贷，他们让福特躲过了破产厄运。

• But without major reforms, Doze says the European Union will not be able to maintain its vision of a kinder, gentler way of life.

  但是如果没有重大改革，欧盟将不可能维持它仁慈而温和的生活愿景，Doze表示。

• Even more important, the creation of a beefier but gentler IMF will give emerging economies a credible alternative to the practice of building up enormous foreign-exchange reserves.

  更重要的是，建立一个更强大但更温和的IMF，会给新兴经济体在进行巨量外汇储备以外，提供一个值得信赖的选择。

• I recommend finding a gentler sulfate free shampoo and a reconstructive treatment mask.

  我需要发现一种温和免洗方法和一个改造的治疗罩。

• With 44m people, Tanzania has often been given the benefit of the doubt simply for being the gentler twin of harsher Kenya, which has 40m.

  有着4400万人口的坦桑尼亚常由于与拥有4000万人口的相对激进的肯尼亚相比要温和的多，虽然此点让其受到外界质疑，然其自身却常常中获益。

• The rate of decline, however, 「will be gentler than in the US or Europe」.

  不过，日本报纸的下降速度「会比美国或欧洲要更加缓慢。」

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balmy(Balmy)人名；(法)巴尔米

benign(Benign)人名；(俄)贝尼根

bland乏味的；温和的；冷漠的

delicate微妙的；精美的，雅致的；柔和的；易碎的；纤弱的；清淡可口的

light光；光线；灯；打火机；领悟；浅色；天窗

mellow成熟；变柔和

mild（Mild）（瑞典、德、捷、芬）米尔德（人名）

soft软的，柔软的；温柔的，温和的；软弱的；笨的

soothing安慰；减轻痛苦（soothe的现在分词）

tender投标；辅助救火车；附属船；（挂在机车后的）煤水车；看管人

相反词

abrasive研磨料

caustic[助剂] 腐蚀剂；苛性钠；焦散曲线

coarse粗糙的；粗俗的；下等的

hard努力的；硬的；困难的；辛苦的；确实的；严厉的；猛烈的；冷酷无情的

harsh(Harsh) 哈什（人名）

rough艰苦；高低不平的地面；未经加工的材料；粗糙的部分

scathing损伤；伤害（scathe的ing形式）

stern(Stern) （英、以、法、瑞典、西）斯特恩（人名）