pacific

/pəˈsɪf.ɪk/ (bre, ipa) · [pəsˈɪfɪk] /pəˈsɪf.ɪk/ (ame, ipa) · [pəsˈɪfɪk] /pə-ˈsi-fik/ (ame, mw)

pacific — adjective

  • pacificpositive
  • more pacificcomparative
  • most pacificsuperlative

1. connected with the Pacific Ocean or the lands and waters around it.

1.形容詞B2
釋義

connected with the Pacific Ocean or the lands and waters around it.

例句

Pacific winds brought heavy rain to the west coast.

capitalized adjective before geography noun

The museum displayed Pacific shells from Fiji and Samoa.

Pacific + natural feature

同義詞
  • trans-Pacific

    used when travel, trade, or communication goes across the ocean, not just around it

  • Pacific Rim

    used mainly for countries and economies around the ocean rather than for all Pacific things

反義詞
  • Atlantic

    relating to the Atlantic Ocean instead

文法句型

Pacific + coast/island/port

Pacific + trade/wind/current

用法筆記

Usually appears before nouns naming places, weather, trade, animals, or travel near this ocean. Keep the capital letter because it comes from the proper name 'the Pacific'.

常見錯誤

❌The storm hit pacific islands.
✅The storm hit Pacific islands.
💡use a capital letter for the ocean-related sense.
❌They studied the pacific culture of Peru.
✅They studied Pacific culture in Peru.
💡capitalize the adjective and place it directly before the noun it describes.

2. wanting calm relations, or likely to reduce anger and fighting.

2.形容詞C1
釋義

wanting calm relations, or likely to reduce anger and fighting.

例句

After two hours of talks, both sides sounded more pacific.

become more pacific after conflict

Mina's pacific reply stopped the argument from growing in class.

pacific + reply

同義詞
  • peaceful

    the usual everyday word, used more widely for people, places, and situations

  • calm

    focuses more on quiet feeling or lack of excitement than on avoiding conflict

  • conciliatory

    more formal, stressing an active attempt to bring the two sides closer

  • peaceable

    quite close in meaning, but also uncommon and slightly old-fashioned

反義詞
  • aggressive

    ready to attack, argue, or force others

  • warlike

    showing a strong wish to fight or use force

文法句型

pacific + reply/offer/policy

become/grow + pacific

用法筆記

Often describes people, groups, replies, or actions that avoid conflict. More formal and less common than 'peaceful', and less often used for places or scenery.

常見錯誤

❌The lake looked pacific at sunset.
✅The lake looked peaceful at sunset.
💡'pacific' usually describes attitudes, behaviour, or conflict, not scenery.
❌The speech was Pacific and calm.
✅The speech was pacific and calm.
💡this sense is not capitalized unless it begins a sentence.

pacific — noun