tameness

tameness

英/ ˈteɪmnəs /

美/ ˈteɪmnəs /

简明

n.温顺；驯服；开化

英英释义

n.
- 1
  the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated
  同义词：jejunity / jejuneness / vapidity / vapidness
- 2
  the attribute of having been domesticated
  同义词：domestication

双语例句

1
We fed them for a while, amazed at their tameness.
我们喂了它们一阵子，对它们的温顺感到惊奇。
2
It is a pleasant thing to behold the tameness of animals.
看见一头驯服的野兽是一件有趣的事。
3
The change of her views actually reflects the inherent contradiction of mass culture:between fighting and tameness, seriousness and anti-intellectualism.
而她观点的变化，实际上也揭示了大众文化本身的矛盾：纠缠于“反抗”与“驯服”、“严肃”与“反智”之间。

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n.
温顺；驯服；开化
gentleness / meekness

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