amicable

adjective
🔊/ˈæmɪkəbl/
🔊/ˈæmɪkəbl/
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  1. done or achieved in a polite or friendly way and without arguing心平气和的;友善的
    • an amicable relationship和睦的关系
    • An amicable settlement was reached.已达成和解。🔊🔊
    • In spite of their disagreement they parted on amicable terms.尽管他们意见分歧,他们还是友好地分手了。
    • It was an amicable divorce.那次离婚是和平分手。
    • The government and the union managed to reach an amicable settlement of the dispute.政府和工会总算就纠纷达成了和解。
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryAmicable is used with these nouns:
    • divorce
    • parting
    • settlement
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    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘pleasant, benign’, applied to things): from late Latin amicabilis, from Latin amicus ‘friend’.