gracious

gracious

英 ['greɪʃəs]
　　美 ['ɡreʃəs]

adj. 親切的；高尚的；和藹的；雅致的
　　int. 天哪；哎呀

adj.(形容詞)gracious的基本意思是“有禮貌的,仁慈的,和藹的,親切的”,尤指對下級的親切和寬厚,強調“體諒”。

中文詞源：

gracious 優雅的

來自grace, 優雅。

例句：

1. Good gracious, look at that specimen will you?
哎呀，你快來瞧瞧那個標本！

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。

3. All this gracious living isn't for me; I prefer the simple life.
這優裕的生活不適合我, 我寧願過簡樸的生活.

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.

5. She was gracious enough to show us round her home.
她彬彬有禮地領我們參觀瞭她的傢.