grateful

英['gre?tf?l;-f(?)l] 美['ɡretfl]

副詞:?gratefully;

grateful 感謝的

來自詞根grat, 感謝，詞源同grace, gratitude.

grateful: grateful: [16] Grateful is a curious sort of adjective. The grate that a grateful person is full of is a now obsolete adjective, meaning ‘pleasing’ and ‘thankful’, which was derived from Latin grātus. It is unusual for adjectives ending in -ful themselves to be formed from adjectives, rather than from nouns, and it has been suggested in this case that the related Italian gradevole ‘pleasing’ may have had some influence.

Latin grātus itself meant ‘pleasing’ as well as ‘thankful’, and has also given English congratulate [16], gratify [16], gratitude [16], and gratuity [16], and, via the derived noun grātia, grace and gratis [15].
=> congratulate, grace, gratis, gratitude
grateful (adj.): 1550s, "pleasing to the mind," also "full of gratitude, disposed to repay favors bestowed," from obsolete adjective grate "agreeable, pleasant," from Latin gratus "pleasing" (see grace (n.)). "A most unusual formation" [Weekley]. Is there another case where English uses -ful to make an adjective from an adjective? Related: Gratefully (1540s); gratefulness.
Grateful often expresses the feeling and the readiness to manifest the feeling by acts, even a long time after the rendering of the favor; thankful refers rather to the immediate acknowledgment of the favor by words. [Century Dictionary]

1. Instead of complaining about what's wrong, be grateful for what's right.: 別抱怨不好的事，要對好的事心存感恩。

2. We are grateful to you for permission to reproduce this article.: 非常感謝您允許我們復印這篇文章。

3. He was grateful for a chance to relax and collect his thoughts.: 他很慶幸有機會放松放松，整理一下自己的思緒。

5. She is eternally grateful to her family for their support.: 她永遠感激家人們給予她的支持。