congenial
英 [kənˈdʒiː.ni.əl]
美 [kənˈdʒiː.ni.əl]
congenital天生的。
congenial令人愉快的。
congenial 意气相投的con-, 强调。-gen, 生育,词源同gene, generate,kind. 本义指相同出身的,相似的。
- congenial (adj.)
- 1620s, "kindred, sympathetic," from Latin com- "together" (see com-) + genialis "of birth," thus, "kindred" (see genus). Sense of "agreeable" is first recorded 1711. Related: Congeniality.
- 1. He is back in more congenial company.
- 他回来后变得更容易相处了。
- 2. a congenial working environment
- 宜人的工作环境
- 3. I met few people congenial to me in the department.
- 在那个单位里我没碰到几个意气相投的人.
- 4. In this small village he found few persons congenial to him.
- 在这个小村子里他发现很少有人与他志趣相投.
- 5. I find him very congenial.
- 我发现他跟人很合得来.