gracious
- IPA[ˈɡreɪʃəs]
英式
- courteous, kind, and pleasant, especially towards someone of lower social status；showing the elegance and comfort brought by wealth or high social status
- used to express polite surprise
- 釋義
形容詞
- 1. courteous, kind, and pleasant, especially towards someone of lower social status a gracious hostess Greig was gracious in defeat 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ showing the elegance and comfort brought by wealth or high social status gracious living 同義詞 反義詞
- 2. (in Christian belief) showing divine grace I am saved by God's gracious intervention on my behalf 同義詞 反義詞
- 3. British a polite epithet used of royalty or their acts the accession of Her present gracious Majesty
excl
- 1. used to express polite surprise good gracious, that was close!
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- IPA[ˈɡrāSHəs]
美式
- courteous, kind, and pleasant: smiling and gracious in defeat
- expressing polite surprise: good gracious, that was close!
Oxford American Dictionary
