generosity
英[d?en?'r?s?t?]
美[,d??n?'rɑs?ti]
- n. 慷慨，大方；寬宏大量
詞態變化
復數:?generosities;
英文詞源
- generosity (n.)
- early 15c., "nobility, goodness of race," from Latin generositatem (nominative generositas) "nobility, excellence, magnanimity," from generosus "of noble birth; magnanimous" (see generous). Meaning "munificence, quality of being generous" is recorded from 1670s.
雙語例句
- 1. Generosity is its own form of power.
- 別低估了慷慨的力量。
來自美劇《紙牌屋》
- 2. You'll take everything you're offered yet your own generosity is virtually non-existent.
- 你倒是來者不拒，照單全收，可你自己實際上卻一毛不拔。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. I felt guilty saying that, playing on her generosity.
- 我說這話是利用了她的慷慨，對此我感到愧疚。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. His patriarchal generosity is counter-balanced by his ruthlessness.
- 他有著族長式的慷慨大方，同時卻又冷漠無情。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Nehru responded with characteristic generosity.
- 尼赫魯以他一貫的大度之風作了回答。
來自柯林斯例句