| 单词 | gravitas |
| 释义 | gravitas (once / 30700 pages) n Gravitas is seriousness and dignity. It's hard to take someone seriously who's wearing full clown makeup, no matter how much gravitas they speak with. Gravitas is a Latin word that means "weight or heaviness." It came to mean a figurative weight after gravity acquired a primarily scientific meaning. A biography of Abraham Lincoln will inevitably be full of gravitas, and places like libraries, museums, and university buildings seem to have gravitas, or dignity, while grocery stores and gyms usually do not. WORD FAMILYgravitas USAGE EXAMPLESYet Fisher owned the occasion, marrying her characteristic winning honesty and beautifully blunt wit with the gravitas of lived-in wisdom. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) But they lack the gravitas of the earlier letters, and the wit fizzles. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) “For the next four years, this woman with lots of gravitas was leaping across the stage like a ninety-pound Caucasian girl.” The New Yorker(Dec 11, 2016) n formality in bearing and appearance Syn|Hyper dignity, lordliness bearing, comportment, mien, presence dignified manner or conduct |
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