"a congenial atmosphere to work in" "two congenial spirits united...by mutual confidence and reciprocal virtues"
(used of plants) capable of cross-fertilization or of being grafted
例句
No fuss was made in my day if a new writer took from an old one whatever material he found congenial.在我那个时代，如果一个新作家从一个老作家的作品中摘取了他能用的合适材料，并不受到反对。
In the next year he obtained, through the good offices of an old friend, a post with a publishing firm which, though not highly paid, he found more congenial.第二年，通过一个老朋友帮忙，他在一家出版公司谋到一个职位，薪水虽不高，却更令他感到惬意。
