英语单词

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generous

英['dʒen(ə)rəs] |美['dʒɛnərəs]
    adj.慷慨的,大方的;丰盛的;肥沃的;浓厚的
日语:寛大 法语:généreux 德语:großzügig 韩语:관대한 俄语:generoso

牛津词典

adj.

  1. 慷慨的;大方的;慷慨给予的
    giving or willing to give freely; given freely
    1. a generous benefactor
      慷慨的捐助者
    2. to be generous with your time
      不吝惜时间
    3. to be generous in giving help
      乐于助人
    4. a generous gift/offer
      丰厚的礼物;慷慨的提议
    5. It was generous of him to offer to pay for us both.
      他主动为我们俩付钱,真是大方。
  2. 丰富的;充足的;大的
    more than is necessary; large
    1. a generous helping of meat
      一大份肉
    2. The car has a generous amount of space.
      这辆汽车的空间很大。
  3. 宽厚的;宽宏大量的;仁慈的
    kind in the way you treat people; willing to see what is good about sb/sth
    1. a generous mind
      宽阔的胸怀
    2. He wrote a very generous assessment of my work.
      他给我写的工作评价多有赞誉之词。


网络解释

adj. 慷慨的,大方的;宽宏大量的;有雅量的



中文词源

generous 大方的,慷慨的

来自词根gen, 生育,词源同generate. 原指出生高贵的,词义褒义化。



双语例句

  1. The generous amount of garlic adds flavour
    蒜多了能提味。
  2. We will always remember his generous hospitality
    我们将永远记得他的慷慨好客。
  3. He probably erred on the conservative rather than the generous side.
    他可能过于保守,而不是过于宽宏大量。
  4. Not everyone thinks that the government is being particularly generous.
    并非所有人都认为政府特别慷慨。
  5. Jefferson was generous to a fault
    杰斐逊大方得过了头。
  6. Douglas was a complex man, thoughtful, gallant, and generous.
    道格拉斯让人捉摸不透,他体贴周到,对女孩子颇为殷勤,而且慷慨大方。
  7. German banks are more generous in their lending
    德国银行的借贷条件更为宽松。
  8. The gift is generous by any standards.
    无论以哪个标准来衡量,这都是一份厚礼。
  9. He was always generous in sharing his enormous knowledge
    他从不吝啬与人分享自己渊博的知识。
  10. He was generous enough to congratulate his successor on his decision.
    他十分大度地祝贺他的继任者做出了决定。
  11. He should be able to keep his room tidy with the generous amount of storage space.
    有那么宽绰的储物空间,他应该可以保持房间的整齐。
  12. She loved his brilliance and his generous heart
    她深爱他的才华横溢和古道热肠。
  13. It took a generous helping of entrepreneurial confidence to persevere during this incident.
    在这一事件中坚持下来是有了充足的创业信心的。
  14. He was a warm, generous and kind-hearted man.
    他是个热情、大方、善良的人。
  15. He's generous and, you know, very nice, very polite
    他很大方而且,你知道,很友善,很有礼貌。
  16. He has a large, generous face with deep lines.
    他宽大的脸盘上布满了深深的皱纹。
  17. He poured himself another generous measure of malt.
    他又为自己倒了满满一大杯麦芽威士忌。
  18. That's certainly very generous of you Tony.
    托尼,你真是慷慨大方。
  19. The new deal was considered to be the most generous of its kind.
    这一新交易被认为是同类交易中最大的一笔。
  20. Francis poured a generous measure of the whisky into a fresh glass
    弗朗西斯往一个干净的玻璃杯里倒了很多威士忌。
  21. $ 31,000 is a generous remuneration.
    31,000美元的薪水很不错了。
  22. He was a generous self-sacrificing man.
    他是一个慷慨大方、勇于自我牺牲的人。
  23. Generous redundancy terms had triggered a stampede of staff wanting to leave.
    优厚的裁员条件引发了职员争先恐后地要求辞职的现象。
  24. She had been careful to sweeten the deal with a rather generous cash payment.
    她一直甚为审慎,想要通过支付大量现金促成这笔交易。
  25. His generous offer was a tremendous tonic for our morale.
    他的慷慨相助对我们的士气是种极大的激励。
  26. Americans are a generous people: witness the increase in charitable giving, even during the recession.
    美国人是个慷慨的民族:即使是在经济萧条时期,慈善捐赠也在不断增加,这便是明证。
  27. They have made generous response to the appeals for funds.
    他们对募集资金的呼吁作出了慷慨的响应。
  28. He got a fine fame for being generous with his money to help others.
    他因慷慨解囊而得到好名声。
  29. A generous miser is a contradiction in terms.
    “慷慨的吝啬鬼”是一种语词矛盾的说法。
  30. Although he was poor, he was quite generous to his needy friends.
    他虽穷,但对贫苦的朋友很慷慨。


语源

late 16th cent.: via Old French from Latin generosusnoble, magnanimous, from genus, gener-stock, race. The original sense was of noble birth, hence characteristic of noble birth, courageous, magnanimous, not mean (a sense already present in Latin)


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