benign

1. ADJ You use benign to describe someone who is kind, gentle, and harmless. 和善的

They are normally a more benign audience. 他們通常是更為和善的觀眾。

2. benignlyADV 和善地

I just smiled benignly and stood back. 我只是和善地笑了笑，就退到了后邊。

3. ADJ A benign substance or process does not have any harmful effects. 無害的

We're taking relatively benign medicines and we're turning them into poisons. 我們拿相對無害的藥品，把它們轉(zhuǎn)化成毒藥。

4. ADJ A benign tumour will not cause death or serious harm. 良性的[醫(yī)學(xué)]

It wasn't cancer, only a benign tumour. 這不是癌，只是良性腫瘤。

5. ADJ Benign conditions are pleasant or make it easy for something to happen. 宜人的

They enjoyed an especially benign climate. 他們那里的氣候十分宜人。