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lovable

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++lov·a·ble, loveable /ˈlʌvəbəl/ adjective  LOVEfriendly and attractive 友善可爱的,讨人喜欢的 a sweet lovable child 十分讨人喜欢的孩子
Examples from the Corpus
lovableWhat is it about some women that makes them find killers so lovable?There was something lovable about that shape.As you grow older, some of those uncertainties - such as whether or not you are lovable - are settled one way or another.Crawford is best known to television audiences as a lovable idiot.What the future entails is some very contemporary music slipped into concerts featuring lovable old favorites.Franz, the egregiously angry Detective Andy Sipowicz, was his usual unforgivable / lovable self times 10.Lysander, her hero, is a lovable thicko who isn't even terribly proficient in bed.How lovable we are - or so the myth goes - is tightly interwoven with how beautiful we are.
lov·a·ble adjectiveChineseSyllable
attractive and Corpus friendly


lovable
lovable , loveable /ˈlʌvəbəl/ adjective
 Word Family: adjective: lovableUNLOVABLE, loveless, lovely, loving, unloved; noun: love, lover, loveliness., lovey; verb: love; adverb: lovingly
friendly and attractive:
    a sweet lovable child


lov·able (also love·able) BrE /ˈlʌvəbl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈlʌvəbl/ 🔊 adjectivehaving qualities that people find attractive and easy to love, often despite any faults 可爱的;惹人爱的;讨人喜欢的 SYN endearing a lovable child讨人喜欢的小孩a lovable rogue可爱的淘气鬼