generosity
英[dʒenə'rɒsətɪ]
美[,dʒɛnə'rɑsəti]
- n. 慷慨，大方；宽宏大量
词态变化
复数: generosities;
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. Generosity is its own form of power.
- 别低估了慷慨的力量。
来自美剧《纸牌屋》
- 2. You'll take everything you're offered yet your own generosity is virtually non-existent.
- 你倒是来者不拒，照单全收，可你自己实际上却一毛不拔。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. I felt guilty saying that, playing on her generosity.
- 我说这话是利用了她的慷慨，对此我感到愧疚。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. His patriarchal generosity is counter-balanced by his ruthlessness.
- 他有着族长式的慷慨大方，同时却又冷漠无情。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Nehru responded with characteristic generosity.
- 尼赫鲁以他一贯的大度之风作了回答。
来自柯林斯例句