| 词汇 | serenity |
| 释义 | serenity noun[ U ] uk /səˈren.ə.ti/ us /səˈren.ə.t̬i/ C2 the quality of being peaceful and calm: 平静;安详 I admired her serenity in the midst of so much chaos.我钦佩她在混乱中还能保持平静。 The hotel offers a tranquil haven of peace and serenity, away from the bustle of the city.这家酒店是一个宁静的避风港，远离城市的喧嚣。 See serene She has an aura of calm and serenity about her. He prefers the relative serenity of college town life to Atlanta's booming business scene. Your harsh voice disturbs the serenity of the temple. Calm and relaxed (as) cool as a cucumberidiom at (your) leisureidiom be at peace with the worldidiom biddable calmly easy come, easy goidiom easy-going equilibrium fluidly free-flowing non-hysterical peaceably peacefully peacefulness placable uninhibited unpressured unpressurized unruffled unshockable Examples of serenityserenity Incomprehensible and invisible, eternal and unbegotten, he was throughout endless ages in serenity and quiescence. The promptings of worldly ambition never disturbed the serenity of his mind. I measured not alertness but happiness, serenity, and eagerness. Surely if rivers can be perceived as possessing serenity or happiness they can be perceived, within the same culture, as possessing violence, fierceness or malevolence. What do hospice personnel expect a nonreligious person's serenity in the face of impending death to be grounded in? He believed individuals could develop candour, serenity and wisdom and also predicted that life review could result in mild nostalgia, or even despair. To reiterate, we claim that many of the pairs like clear+clarity, cave+cavity, serene+ serenity were not compositional. A rhythm of serenity/irritability protects sleep by keeping others quiet while you are sleeping. His spiritual quest for simplicity and serenity has often been met with critical derision and accusations of 'dumbing down'. Only through the comic can such seriousness again be elevated to serenity. It stresses serenity over excitement, giving us a chance to catch breath, perhaps, between programmes. He passed through this world in perfect serenity of soul, for he could not and would not see anything but the great things in life, never the small. A field road, bordered by hedges and crops, was the only approach: a perfect example of peaceful, rustic serenity, security and productivity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Now it is important that this debate on ionization of foodstuffs takes place with transparency and with serenity. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The mellowing effect was obvious in their serenity and contentment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of serenity These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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