| 单词 | gracious |
| 释义 | gra·cious 1. a. obsolete b. archaic < but is he gracious in the people's eye — Shakespeare > 2. a. < a gracious and complimentary letter, encouraging him to continue his correspondence — W.M.Thackeray > b. < the gracious sweep of fields shaded by stately elms — American Guide Series: Vermont > < the gracious and comely form he had so skillfully mirrored in his art — Oscar Wilde > c. < no more gracious yet telling caricature of the faults of a society — G.F.Kennan > < for austere and gracious allegory … the world is indebted to Spain — Helen Waddell > d. (1) < a gracious and beautiful life for all who love peace and reflection, strength and youth — A.C.Benson > (2) < hansom cabs, gracious relics of a more leisurely epoch — American Guide Series: New York City > < a gracious plantation home > (3) < gracious with carved interior cornices, mantelpieces, and dadoes — Bernard DeVoto > 3. < after the insults and bad treatment of his former employer he was glad to find so gracious a master > — often and especially formerly used as a customary and courteous epithet < asked if the gracious gentleman felt well — Guy McCrone > especially to royalty or those high in the scale of nobility < His Most Gracious Majesty, the King > < my gracious lord, the Duke of Windsor > 4. obsolete Synonyms: < seemed gratified by their excessive admiration, and gave most gracious smiles — Jane Austen > < gracious to everyone, but known to a very few — Willa Cather > cordial applies to hearty and sincere friendliness or, occas., to other deeply felt emotions < the director was as cordial to the insignificant Martin Arrowsmith as though Martin were a visiting senator. He shook his hand warmly; he unbent in a smile — Sinclair Lewis > < we were friends in public, and saluted each other in the most cordial and charming manner — W.M.Thackeray > affable applies to a smooth, benign approachability and ready friendliness and responsiveness < don't find … that his wealth has made him arrogant and inaccessible; on the contrary he takes great pains to appear affable and gracious — Tobias Smollett > < easy of approach and affable in conversation. They seldom put on airs — W.S.Maugham > genial applies to blended cheer, warmth, and friendliness or other characteristics making one a good companion < genial clergy of ample girth, stuffed with the buttered toast of a rectory tea — S.B.Leacock > < that atmosphere of peace and leisure which made his companionship so genial — L.P.Smith > < his face softened visibly, he became more and more genial and loquacious — W.H.Hudson †1922 > sociable applies to pleasure in social relationships and implies friendliness and readiness at pleasant conversation < was genial and sociable, approachable at all times, and fond of social intercourse — J.S.Reeves > < a very sociable fellow, prone to talk as long as he can find a listener — Jack London > |
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