| 单词 | grace |
| 释义 | grace I. 1. a. < the very earthy problems that must be dealt with makes one rely heavily upon God for grace and wisdom — Guatemala News > < a God who … works to bring his purposes to fruition through the willing response of men to his grace — Norman Goodall > especially < a man repentant and asking God's grace > b. < the Methodists, following the Baptists, appealed to the people for they preached free will and universal grace — Van Wyck Brooks > < it may be that they have no one praying for them, and they have squandered all the ordinary and extraordinary graces allotted to them by God — D.J.Corrigan > c. < be in a state of grace > < outward and visible signs of an inward and spiritual grace > d. < the graces of self-denial, humility, and love > e. capitalized 2. 3. a. < the victor's grace in treating the vanquished > b. < thankful for this grace on her brother's part — Margaret Deland > c. archaic d. (1) < do me this grace, my child — Alfred Tennyson > < had been some years in prison … where she was kept without books till at last by some special grace a friend was allowed to send her some — Gilbert Murray > (2) < each in his place, by right, not grace, shall rule his heritage — Rudyard Kipling > < woman gains entrance into such societies only through a kind of grace bestowed upon her, not legitimately like the male — H.M.Parshley > (3) (4) (5) < granted the condemned man a day of grace to wind up his worldly affairs > < she didn't like to be rushed so he gave her an extra half hour's grace before he called for her > e. < tried to stay in his employer's good graces > < after he had fallen from grace — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania > < worm your way into my graces — Hamilton Basso > 4. 5. obsolete 6. a. (1) < among disagreeable qualities he possessed the saving grace of humor > < the little graces of speech — George Sampson > < that quiet but unabashed hospitality which is a common grace in Mexican households — Willa Cather > (2) < a young girl trained early in the graces of singing, dancing, and playing the harp > < more distinguished for his learning than for his conversational graces — Charles Gordon > < rising to receive him, with every refinement of manner known to the time, and with all the engaging graces and courtesies of life — Charles Dickens > b. (1) (2) < laughing at the woman's airs and graces > c. < all the grace of youth — John Buchan > < old civilizations do breed corruption as well as grace — Sean O'Faolain > < the grace of her loose falling tresses — George Meredith > < given an old story a new lucidity and grace — Sara H. Hay > especially < a curved … staircase of unusual grace, with marble steps and wrought-iron railings — American Guide Series: New York City > < the stables had dignity and grace in a degree one rarely sees in a modern edifice — H.J.Laski > < have been able to convey through the coarser medium of English prose something of this aesthetic grace, this deftness of touch — P.E.More > d. < performed the necessary task without fanfare and with a quiet grace > e. obsolete f. 7. — used with your in addressing a duke, a duchess, or an archbishop and formerly the king or queen of England or with his or her as a periphrastic designation for one of these 8. at an English university a. b. c. 9. a. < had the grace to apologize for the insulting remark > b. < will have to make a grace of necessity — H.L.Ickes > c. < geographers in their maps have the grace to indicate the bed of the Paroo river — C.E.W.Bean > 10. a. usually capitalized b. < from every ceiling nymphs, cherubs, and graces gaze down — American Guide Series: Vermont > 11. graces plural but singular in construction Synonyms: see mercy • - by grace of - do grace - of grace - with a bad grace - with good grace II. 1. obsolete a. b. 2. < discoveries are made every year which, in the past, would have graced a century — Albert Guérard > 3. a. < the fine broad meadowlands that grace the tranquil valley floor — American Guide Series: Vermont > < a banquet graced by a speaker — Pleasures of Publishing > < want to think of their forebears as polished courtiers who would grace a modern drawing room — L.B.Wright > < the fabulous one-horned animal which graces the British royal coat of arms — R.W.Murray > b. < switches, buttons, wheels, knobs, and gadgets that may grace the interior of any modern aircraft cockpit — H.G.Armstrong > < gracing the living room were five small aquariums and a large one — P.A.Zahl > < the giants among the scores of others who graced 17th century Holland — William Petersen > specifically |
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