英语词汇“kindness”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

kindness

(kaɪndnəs )

Word forms: kindnesses

1. uncountable noun B2

Kindness is the quality of being gentle, caring, and helpful.

We have been treated with such kindness by everybody.

Synonyms: goodwill, understanding, charity, grace

2. countable noun

A kindness is a helpful or considerate act.

Quotations:

Kindness acts
Not always as you think; a hated hand
Renders it odiousCorneilleCinna

Kindness effects more than severityAesopFables: The Wind and the Sun

True kindness presupposes the faculty of imagining as one's own the suffering and joys of othersAndré GidePortraits and Aphorisms

That best portion of a good man's life,
His little, nameless, unremembered acts
Of kindness and of loveWilliam WordsworthLines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey

Yet I do fear thy nature;
It is too full o' the milk of human kindness
To catch the nearest wayWilliam ShakespeareMacbeth

Idioms:

kill someone with kindness

to treat someone very kindly even though this is not what they need or want

`He is killing me with kindness,' Sallie says. `He's just too attentive.'

Collocations:

human kindness

Lots of people tried to help but he was beyond the reach of human kindness.

Times, Sunday Times (2015)

There were inspiring examples of heroism and human kindness.

The Sun (2011)

What is always so striking in the face of sheer evil is the outpouring of human kindness.

The Sun (2014)

At times, he possessed little of the milk of human kindness.

Christianity Today (2000)

`It's the milk of human kindness,' he explained, a trifle vaingloriously.

Salley Vickers MR GOLIGHTLY'S HOLIDAY (2003)

repay kindness

We'll do anything we can to repay this kindness.

Times, Sunday Times (2015)

To repay this kindness, he offered me a position in the newsroom.

Times, Sunday Times (2013)

A son who repaid the kindness of the woman who adopted him by plundering her bank account of nearly £2 million was yesterday jailed for 2½ years.

Times, Sunday Times (2008)

Translations:

Chinese: 好意

Japanese: 親切

单词	kindness
释义	kindness (kaɪndnəs ) Word forms: kindnesses 1. uncountable noun B2 Kindness is the quality of being gentle, caring, and helpful. We have been treated with such kindness by everybody. Synonyms: goodwill, understanding, charity, grace 2. countable noun A kindness is a helpful or considerate act. Quotations: Kindness acts Not always as you think; a hated hand Renders it odiousCorneilleCinna Kindness effects more than severityAesopFables: The Wind and the Sun True kindness presupposes the faculty of imagining as one's own the suffering and joys of othersAndré GidePortraits and Aphorisms That best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of loveWilliam WordsworthLines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey Yet I do fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest wayWilliam ShakespeareMacbeth Idioms: kill someone with kindness to treat someone very kindly even though this is not what they need or want `He is killing me with kindness,' Sallie says. `He's just too attentive.' Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: human kindness Lots of people tried to help but he was beyond the reach of human kindness. Times, Sunday Times (2015) There were inspiring examples of heroism and human kindness. The Sun (2011) What is always so striking in the face of sheer evil is the outpouring of human kindness. The Sun (2014) At times, he possessed little of the milk of human kindness. Christianity Today (2000) `It's the milk of human kindness,' he explained, a trifle vaingloriously. Salley Vickers MR GOLIGHTLY'S HOLIDAY (2003) repay kindness We'll do anything we can to repay this kindness. Times, Sunday Times (2015) To repay this kindness, he offered me a position in the newsroom. Times, Sunday Times (2013) A son who repaid the kindness of the woman who adopted him by plundering her bank account of nearly £2 million was yesterday jailed for 2½ years. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Translations: Chinese: 好意 Japanese: 親切
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