late 14c., "to one's liking," from Old French agreable (12c., Modern French agréable) "pleasing, in agreement, consenting, thankful," from agreer "to please" (see agree). Related: Agreeably. To do the agreeable (1825) was to "act in a courteous manner."
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Lloyd George was most anxious to be agreeable and pleasant.
勞埃德·喬治極力想表現(xiàn)得平易近人、和藹親切。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. "It's not an agreeable state of affairs," concurs Heitham.
“目前的事態(tài)并不令人滿意。”海瑟姆贊同道。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. I'vegone out of my way to be agreeable to his friends.