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单词 generous
释义

generous

adjective
 
/ˈdʒenərəs/
/ˈdʒenərəs/
(approving)
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  1.  
    giving or willing to give freely; given freely
    • The gallery was named after its most generous benefactor.
    • a generous donation/gift/offer
    • generous with something You've been incredibly generous with your time.
    • generous to somebody He was generous to his friends and family.
    • generous in something She was generous in her praise for her co-stars.
    • generous in doing something They were very generous in giving help
    • it is generous of somebody Thank you for your donation. It was very generous of you.
    • it is generous of somebody to do something It was extremely generous of him to offer to pay for us both.
    opposite mean
    Extra Examples
    • John's getting very generous with the wine!
    • She's quite generous with her praise.
    • They have been extremely generous to the church.
    • He's a kind and generous man.
    • The director thanked the chairman for his generous gift.
    Topics Personal qualitiesb1, Moneyb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • appear
    • be
    • feel
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    preposition
    • of
    • to
    • with
    See full entry
  2. more than is necessary; large synonym lavish
    • a generous helping of meat
    • The car has a generous amount of space.
    • The review panel criticized the payments as overly generous.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • appear
    • be
    • feel
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    preposition
    • of
    • to
    • with
    See full entry
  3. kind in the way you treat people; willing to see what is good about somebody/something
    • a generous mind
    • He wrote a very generous assessment of my work.
    • Her generous spirit shone through in everything she did.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • appear
    • be
    • feel
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    preposition
    • of
    • to
    • with
    See full entry
  4. Word Originlate 16th cent.: via Old French from Latin generosus ‘noble, 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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