Cordial

(adj.) sincerely or intensely felt; 'a cordial regard for his visitor's comfort'; 'a cordial abhorrence of waste' .

(adj.) politely warm and friendly; 'a cordial handshake' .

校对:迈克尔

• Dorothea spoke in a full cordial tone, half caressing, half explanatory. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The tie between the Dagonets, the du Lacs of Maryland, and their aristocratic Cornish kinsfolk, the Trevennas, had always remained close and cordial. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Her cordial look, when she put out her hand to him, softened his expression, but only with melancholy. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Yet I almost trembled for fear of making the answer too cordial: Graham's tastes are so fastidious. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• She uses some odd expressions, but is as cordial and full of heart as sanity itself can be--more so than it often is. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• In came Amy, quite calm and delightfully cordial to the one guest who had kept her promise. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• These officers said they would take it upon themselves to insure us a cordial reception. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• To be left to her and her cordial seemed to me something like being left to the poisoner and her bowl. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• But my feelings are not only cordial towards _him_; they are even impartial towards Miss King. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• This was always my cordial, to which, like other dram-drinkers, I had eager recourse when unsettled by chagrin. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Armitage and Ramsden smoking, Malone swaggering, your uncle sneering, Mr. Sykes sipping a cordial, and Moore himself in his cold man-of-business vein! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• They might choose to vary by some shades their hitherto cordial manner towards me, when aware of my grade in society. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• It also touched her, and she showed that it did, by the cordial tone in which she said. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Never had Fanny more wanted a cordial. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• On the lawn where it had gathered, the little party separated with cordial good nights and good-byes, for the Vaughns were going to Canada. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.

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