benign

• adj. 良性的；和藹的，親切的；吉利的
• n. (Benign)人名；(俄)貝尼根

詞根bene, 好。zero-grade詞根gn, 出生, 詞源同gene. 指出生好的，有教養的。

benign (adj.)

early 14c., from Old French benigne (12c., "kind, benign, merciful, gracious;" Modern French bénin, fem. bénigne), from Latin benignus "kindly, kindhearted, friendly, generous," literally "well born," from bene "well" (see bene-) + gignere "to bear, beget," from genus "birth" (see genus). For similar sense evolution, compare gentle, kind (adj.), generous. Related: Benignly.

1. We're taking relatively benign medicines and we're turning them into poisons.

我們服的藥相對來說藥性溫和，但是我們卻在把它們變成毒藥。

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2. This plunge came in a time of relatively benign economic conditions.

這次大跌出現在相對良好的經濟環境下。

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3. They enjoyed an especially benign climate.

他們那裏的氣候非常宜人。

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4. They are normally a more benign audience.

他們通常觀看時比較溫和。

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5. Martha is a benign old lady.

瑪莎是個仁慈的老婦人.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》