单词 | gratitude |
释义 | gratituden. 1. a. The quality or condition of being grateful; a warm sense of appreciation of kindness received, involving a feeling of goodwill towards the benefactor and a desire to do something in return; gratefulness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > gratitude > [noun] thankc888 thankfulness1552 gratitude1565 gratefulnessa1586 gratuity1614 resent1664 sensibilities1753 appreciation1824 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Gratitudo, Kindnes: gratitude: thankefulnes. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vii. 337 Thou better knowest, The offices of nature, bond of child-hood, Effects of curtesie, dues of gratitude . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iv. iv. 6 Which gratitude Through flintie Tartars bosome would peepe forth, And answer thankes. View more context for this quotation 1710 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 20 July (1965) I. 43 I am sensible of the Gratitude I owe to so much Goodnesse. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xii. 206 He..expressed his gratitude to the natives of Ireland for having adhered to his cause. 1878 J. P. Hopps Princ. Relig. vi. 22 Gratitude urges us to repay kindness. b. (with a and plural) An instance of this; an expression of thankfulness. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > gratitude > [noun] > thanks > an instance or expression of a thankc1400 gramercyc1485 God-a-mercy1549 gratitude1660 thank you1792 mahalo1891 Q1925 asante sana1996 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 255 The people..presented us with birds of divers kinds, for which we shewed a gratitude, but accepted nothing. a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) iii. 105 Common gratitude must be kept alive by the additionary fewel of new courtesies: but generous Gratitudes..have thankful minds for ever. 1894 R. D. Blackmore Perlycross I. ii. 19 A thrush..broke forth into a gratitude of song. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > graciousness esteOE heldOE menska1250 nighsomenessa1400 benisonc1450 graciosity1477 buxomnessc1503 suavity1508 gratitude?a1513 gratuity1523 graciousness1532 handsomeness1577 propitiousness1593 gracefulness1640 well-beteemingness1642 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > graciousness > favour or grace thankOE gracec1300 specialtyc1390 favourc1400 yonste1481 benediction1483 gratitude?a1513 aggrace1590 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > graciousness > favour or grace > instance or act of douthOE wel-dedeOE gooddeedOE boonc1175 fordeedc1230 gracec1300 good turna1375 gratitude?a1513 gratuity1523 favour1605 vouchsafement1629 veniality1655 a1513 W. Dunbar Tabill of Confessioun in Poems (1998) I. 270 Nocht thankand the of gratitud nor grace, That thou me wrocht. 1524 T. Wolsey in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) IV. 204 Without considring the manyfolde gratitudes that the Kinge hathe and intendeth to shewe unto theym. 1527 in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) IV. 484 The greit kyndnes and humanite, speciall favouris, and diverse gratitudes done to me be the Kingis Hienes. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 112 Beseikand him of his greit gratitude. He wald prouyde for thame ane king or prince. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 364 The gratituidis war done to me befoir. ?a1562 G. Cavendish Life Wolsey (1959) 134 In consideracion of all thes gratitudes receyved at my lordes handes. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > subsidy > [noun] witereden688 commorth1402 aid1419 subsidy1422 subside?a1425 prest?c1430 loan1439 subventiona1475 benevolence1483 loan-money1523 gratitude1535 press money1561 subsidy money1577 malevolence1592 succour1605 oblation1613 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > tip bountethc1440 gratitude1535 vail1605 gratulance1608 gratilitya1616 spill1675 baksheesh1686 simony1707 perquisite1721 tip1755 grace1769 buckshee1773 mancia1798 bonus1834 pouch1880 gravy1910 étrenne1928 sling1948 small1962 toke1971 the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > reward or a reward > [noun] > a reward edlenc888 meedeOE meedseOE leanOE gratitude1535 requital1545 requite1862 bounty1868 1535 Sc. Acts Jas. V (1814) II. 344/2 Ane gratitude Is grantit to þe kingis grace be þe thre Estatis of his realme, for Supportatioune of sik necessar Erandis as his grace hes ado. 1555 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 293 To grant to gif ane compositioune, propyne, and gratitud to our said souerane lady. 1597 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1848) II. 158 To pay Robert Lyndsey, pylot, the sowme of fourtie merkis, for ane gratitude for the sey kart presentit this day be him to the prouest. 1610 J. Forbes Certaine Rec. (1846) II. iii. 422 His Majestie had caused mak proclamation offering great gratituds and immunities to any who sould apprehend him. 1699 Advt. in Doran Saints & Sinners (1868) II. 155 He shall have the moveables restored, giving a reasonable gratitude. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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