Was heißt »wohl­wol­lend« auf Englisch?

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

In ihrem Buch „Im Land der erfundenen Sprachen“ spricht Arika Okrent wohlwollend über Esperanto.

In her book, "In the Land of Invented Languages," Arika Okrent speaks favourably about Esperanto.

Ich habe für die mündliche Prüfung noch eine glatte Drei bekommen, die ich für wohlwollend halte.

In the oral exam I got a C, which I'm quite happy with.

Wir wollen deine Bitte wohlwollend erwägen.

We intend to consider your request favourably.

We shall consider your request favourably.

We're going to consider your request favourably.

Die Behandlung wurde durch einen wohlwollenden Spender ermöglicht.

The treatment was made possible by a benevolent donor.

Synonyme

ent­ge­gen­kom­mend:

accommodating

freund­lich:

affable

cordial

friendly

pleasant

ge­fäl­lig:

debonair

obliging

ge­sel­lig:

social

groß­her­zig:

magnanimous

groß­mü­tig:

magnanimous

gü­tig:

affectionate

hold:

graceful

ku­lant:

accommodating

obliging

leut­se­lig:

affable

sociable

social

lie­bens­wür­dig:

kind

pleasant

mild:

gentle

um­gäng­lich:

affable

ver­ständ­nis­voll:

sympathetic

understanding

ver­träg­lich:

tolerable

wohl­ge­sinnt:

well-meaning

Antonyme

hart­her­zig:

callous

hard-hearted

klein­lich:

fussy

mean

narrow-minded

petty

stingy

un­barm­her­zig:

merciless

ruthless

un­freund­lich:

unfriendly

unkind

ver­ständ­nis­los:

blank

uncomprehending

Englische Beispielsätze

• I think most of them are benevolent but misguided.

• The ship's crew waited in vain for a favourable wind.

• The film received favourable reviews.

• We had a favourable starting position.

• Our starting position was favourable.

• The circumstances aren't favourable.

• Early detection is the key to achieving favourable outcomes in the treatment of disease.

• The weather wasn't favourable to us.

• Utterly different from Tom was his friend John, who was kind and benevolent.

• She's a benevolent witch.

• Due to lack of money the more advantageous solution initially chosen was abandoned in favour of a necessarily less favourable second choice.

• Another factor to be taken into consideration is that the present situation is favourable to us.

• Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.

• Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.

• The film received favourable criticism.

• The boy more than justified the favourable opinion they had formed of him.

• He was a benevolent old man who volunteered to mow his neighbors' lawns for free.