| 单词 | mensch |
| 释义 | mensch (once / 35494 pages) n A mensch is a good person, someone you really like and admire. Your neighbor who offers you a ride to work every time he notices that you've missed your bus again is a mensch. If you have a trusted friend or a reliable co-worker you can always count on, an informal word that describes them both is mensch. You might vote for the political candidate who seems the most like a mensch, or name your very favorite teacher and add, "She's a real mensch." The word comes from Yiddish, in which it means "a person of integrity and honor," from the German Mensch, or "person." WORD FAMILYmensch: mensches USAGE EXAMPLESIn September, Louise Mensch fired off some incensed tweets that muddled up the two, much to the amusement of, well, everyone. The Guardian(Dec 19, 2016) Someone alerted Donnan, who, rather than exploit this intelligence, behaved as what some in certain parts of the South call a mensch: He told DiNardo. New York Times(Dec 15, 2016) Who wouldn’t be honored to be mistaken for such a mensch? Salon(Dec 11, 2016) n a decent responsible person with admirable characteristics Syn|Hyper mensh good person a person who is good to other people |
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