| 单词 | grateful |
| 释义 | grateful (once / 148 pages) adj A person who is grateful feels or shows gratitude. If your neighbor brings you soup when you're sick, you'll be very grateful (unless you hate soup). Grateful comes from gratus, Latin for pleasing. Originally it meant pleasing, or agreeable (Walter Scott wrote of "the grateful and cooling shade"), but now means thankful. Usually you are grateful to someone for a particular thing she's done. If you're complaining about all your problems, someone might remind you of what you have to be grateful for. WORD FAMILYgrateful: gratefuler, gratefulest, gratefully, gratefulness, ungrateful+/grate: grated, grateful, grater, grates, grating/grater: graters/grating: gratingly, gratings/ungrateful: ungratefulest, ungratefully, ungratefulness/ungratefulness: ungratefulnesses USAGE EXAMPLESFernandez says the wallet contains only the old permit and seven dollars, but he’s grateful. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) But mostly she’s just grateful she survived the rollover. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) “He’s so grateful for the help. It’s amazing. It truly is.” Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj feeling or showing gratitude a grateful heart grateful for the tree's shade Syn|Ant thankful appreciative feeling or expressive of gratitude gladfeeling happy appreciation thankless, ungrateful, unthankful not feeling or showing gratitude unappreciativenot feeling or expressing gratitude 2adj affording comfort or pleasure the grateful warmth of the fire Syn pleasant affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings |
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