| 单词 | gratitude |
| 释义 | gratitude (once / 183 pages) n Gratitude means thanks and appreciation. It's the warm feeling you get when you remember the person who told you to drop your 1980s hairstyle and get with the new millennium already. Though they both recognize the instrumental roles others have played in our lives, gratitude is different from indebtedness. Gratitude, which rhymes with "attitude," comes from the Latin word gratus, which means "thankful, pleasing." When you feel gratitude, you're pleased by what someone did for you and also pleased by the results. Unlike indebtedness, you're not anxious about having to pay it back. But it's still great to tell the recipient of your gratitude how much they mean to you. WORD FAMILYgratitude: gratitudes, ingratitude+/ingratitude: ingratitudes USAGE EXAMPLESConvention suggests that the most normal and appropriate response from me would be a display of gratitude, but I wasn’t thankful. Salon(Dec 30, 2016) So it is with great gratitude that we assembled our list of top stories for 2016, all of which you helped us create. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) Netanyahu, in turn, promptly tweeted his gratitude: “President-elect Trump, thank you for your warm friendship and your clear-cut support for Israel!” Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) n a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation he was overwhelmed with gratitude for their help Ant|Hypo|Hyper ingratitude, ungratefulness a lack of gratitude appreciativeness, gratefulness, thankfulness warm friendly feelings of gratitude feeling the experiencing of affective and emotional states |
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