gracious
英['gre???s]
美['ɡre??s]
英英釋義實用場景例句
近義詞kindlygoodpleasantmercifulnicecordialgenerousfriendlyrespectfulhospitablesympatheticpoliteclementobligingwarmhearted
反義詞ungracious
- adj. 親切的；高尚的；和藹的；雅致的
- int. 天哪；哎呀
詞態變化
副詞:?graciously;名詞:?graciousness;
中文詞源
gracious 優雅的
來自grace, 優雅。
英文詞源
- gracious (adj.)
- c. 1300, "filled with God's grace," from Old French gracios "courteous, pleasing, kind, friendly" (12c., Modern French gracieux), from Latin gratiosus "enjoying favor, agreeable, obliging; popular, acceptable," from gratia (see grace (n.)). Meaning "merciful, benevolent" is from late 14c. As an exclamation, elliptically for gracious God, attested from 1713.
雙語例句
- 1. Good gracious, look at that specimen will you?
- 哎呀，你快來瞧瞧那個標本！
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He has not yet learned how to be gracious in defeat.
- 他還沒有學會怎樣豁達大度地面對失敗。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. All this gracious living isn't for me; I prefer the simple life.
- 這優裕的生活不適合我, 我寧愿過簡樸的生活.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. She was , to the end, a gentlewoman of the old school , gracious and mannerly.
- 說到底, 她仍是一位溫文爾雅 、 禮貌可嘉的守舊派的貴婦人.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. She was gracious enough to show us round her home.
- 她彬彬有禮地領我們參觀了她的家.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》