Irony and pity are both of good counsel;the first with her smiles makes life agreeable;the other sanctifies it with her tears.

讽刺和怜悯都是我们的良师益友；前者以她的微笑使人生愉悦；而后者则以她的使人生化为圣洁。

youdao

Life in Europe is more secure, he argues, and therefore more agreeable.

在欧洲生活更有保障，他认为，因此也更愉快。

youdao

During the dinner we had an agreeable conversation - nothing extraordinary - but catching up on recent events of each other's life.

吃饭的时候，我们谈得很愉快——也没什么特别的事——只是简单描述一下彼此生活中最近发生的事。

youdao

The reality is that, as people age, their conflicts grow less acute and their ability to draw pleasure from the more agreeable aspects of life increases.

ECONOMIST: Marriage

It was an agreeable childhood, but as a young woman she found home life suffocating.

ECONOMIST: Bluma Trell