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  • n. 优美;优雅;恩惠
  • vt. 使优美;使荣耀
  • 记忆方法

    词源词根法
    来自PIE*gwere,恩惠,眷顾,进一步来自PIE*gher,神恩,鼓励,词源同charisma,exhort.原指神的恩宠,好感,感谢,神赐予的美德,美丽,后词义通用化。来源于拉丁语名词gratia(愉快,恩惠)。=grac(=-grat-)愉快+-e
    联想记忆法
    还可以g想成“哥哥”,race表示“赛跑”(哥哥参加赛跑的时候动作很优美,优雅)
      noun(名词)
      1. [ U ] 优美,优雅,雍容
      2. [ U ] 文雅;通情达理,体面
      3. 风度
      4. [ U ] (尤指上帝赐予人类的)恩典,恩宠
      5. 承蒙上帝的恩典,上帝开恩
      6. [ C or U ] (基督徒的)饭前感恩祷告
      7. [ U ] 宽限期,延缓期
      verb(动词)
      1. 使优美,为…增色,使增辉
      2. 光临…而使之蓬筚生辉;莅临而为(某人)增光

    双解例句

    noun(名词)
    1. [ U ] 优美,优雅,雍容

      Joanna has natural grace and elegance.

      乔安娜举止自然优雅。

    2. [ U ] 文雅;通情达理,体面

      They accepted their defeat with good grace.

      他们很有风度地认输了。

    3. 风度

      Ken is sadly lacking in social graces.

      糟糕的是,肯在社交场合很没有风度。

    4. [ U ] (尤指上帝赐予人类的)恩典,恩宠

      Betty believed that it was through divine grace that her husband had recovered from his illness.

      贝蒂认为全靠上天开恩她的丈夫才得以痊愈。

    5. 承蒙上帝的恩典,上帝开恩

      By the grace of God, the pilot managed to land the damaged plane safely.

      蒙上帝开恩,飞行员成功地将受损的飞机安全降落。

    6. [ C or U ] (基督徒的)饭前感恩祷告

      The children always say grace at dinnertime.

      孩子们在用餐前总是要做感恩祷告。

    7. [ U ] 宽限期,延缓期

      The exams have been postponed, so the students have a few days' grace before they start.

      考试推迟了,所以学生们得以晚几天进考场。

    verb(动词)
    1. 使优美,为…增色,使增辉

      Her face has graced the covers of magazines across the world.

      她的面孔出现在全世界各种杂志的封面上,使之赫然生辉。

    2. 光临…而使之蓬筚生辉;莅临而为(某人)增光

      We are delighted that the mayor will be gracing us with his presence at our annual dinner.

      市长将光临我们每年一度的宴会,我们感到万分荣幸。

      So you've finally decided to grace us with your presence, have you? (= You are late.)

      你看,你终于肯光临寒舍了,大驾难起啊,是吗?(幽默地表示“你迟到了”这个意思)

    小知识

    Grace commonly refers to a smooth and pleasing way of moving, or a polite and thoughtful way of behaving. But when someone says they were late to the airport and only made it onto their plane by the grace of God, they're talking about grace in the context of God's favor.

    “Social graces” are the skills needed for being polite, and if you are “in someone's good graces,” they regard you with favor. In Middle English, the word grace originally meant “God's favor or help,” a sense that we still use today. The related word gracious originally meant “filled with God's favor or help.” Grace was borrowed from Old French, from Latin gratia, “pleasing quality, favor, thanks,” from gratus, “pleasing.”

    实用短语

    1. grace kelly

      格蕾丝·凯丽,格蕾丝·凯利,凯利,格蕾丝·凯莉

    2. amazing grace

      奇异恩典,匪夷,奇妙恩典

    3. grace period

    4. grace park

      朴敏庆,朴芷垠,格雷丝·朴

    5. will & grace

      威尔与格蕾丝,威尔和格蕾丝,威尔和葛蕾丝,威尔与格蕾斯

    6. divine grace

      恩典,格蕾丝牧师,优雅仪态

    7. grace church

      恩典堂,恩典教会,格雷斯教堂,名字

    8. the grace

      天上智喜,知恩图报的,格雷斯酒店

    9. grace jones

      葛蕾丝·琼斯,琼斯,格雷斯·琼斯,

    单词用法

    名词辨析
    grace,favour,goodwill
    这组词都有“好意”“善意”的意思。
    favour强调行为上的善意,好施乐助;
    grace强调在性格上给人一种善意;
    goodwill强调态度、感情上对人无恶意。

    词根词缀

    词根: grat

    =pleasing,表示”感激,高兴”

    • adj.

      grateful [to,for]感激的;感谢的

      grate=grat感激,高兴+ful充满……的→adj.[to,for]感激的;感谢的

      gratuitous 无缘无故的,免费的

      gratuity[[n.赏钱,小费]]涔吹腫给小费可多可少]→所以”无缘无故”的

      ingratiating 讨好的,谄媚的

      ingratiate[v.逢迎,讨好]+ing……的→adj.讨好的,谄媚的

    • n.

      grace 优美,文雅;恩惠,恩泽;宽限,缓刑;感恩祷告

      grace=grat感激,高兴→感激别人态度一定好,所以grace有了”文雅”的意义

      gratification 满足,喜悦

      gratify[v.使高兴,使满足]+ication表名词→gratification满足

      gratitude 感激,感谢

      grat感激,高兴+itude状态→n.感激,感谢

      gratuity 赏钱,小费

      grat感激,高兴+uity=ity表名词→因感激而给小钱,小费

      ingrate 忘恩负义的人

      in不+grat感激,高兴+e→不感谢→忘恩负义

    • v.

      congratulate 祝贺, 庆贺, 恭喜

      con共同+gratulate[v.欢迎, 祝]→v.祝贺, 庆贺, 恭喜

      gratify 使高兴,使满足

      grat感激,高兴+ify使……→使[人]满足,高兴

      gratulate 欢迎, 祝

      grat感激,高兴+ulate→让[别人]高兴→祝贺

      ingratiate 逢迎,讨好

      in使……+grat感激,高兴+iate表动词→使别人高兴→讨好

    同义词

    vt.使增光

    honor  /  dignify  /  distinguish

    n.仁慈;宽恕

    clemency  /  sympathy  /  mercy  /  pardon  /  excuse

    n.优美;魅力

    polish  /  charm  /  attractiveness  /  loveliness  /  refinement  /  elegance  /  beauty

    n.善意

    favor

    n.祈祷;感恩

    thanks  /  thanksgiving  /  blessing  /  prayer

    其他释义

    honor  /  quarter  /  style  /  airiness  /  mercy  /  embellish  /  clemency  /  culture  /  taste  /  pardon  /  delicacy  /  thank  /  polish  /  favor  /  blessing  /  sympathy  /  beauty  /  tact  /  reprieve  /  loveliness  /  thanksgiving  /  refinement  /  distinguish  /  prayer  /  lip  /  civility  /  dignify  /  elegance  /  charm  /  deck  /  excuse  /  virtue

    反义词

    vt.使优美;使增光

    disgrace

    其他释义

    disgrace

    同根词

    词根:grace

    adj.

    graceful优雅的;优美的

    adv.

    gracefully优雅地;温文地

    gracelessly笨拙地;不优美地

    n.

    gracefulness温文,优雅;优美