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generosity

英 [dʒenə'rɒsətɪ] 美 [,dʒɛnə'rɑsəti]

解释

n. 慷慨，大方；宽宏大量

※ 提供单词"generosity"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

英文词源

generosity (n.): early 15c., "nobility, goodness of race," from Latin generositatem (nominative generositas) "nobility, excellence, magnanimity," from generosus "of noble birth; magnanimous" (see generous). Meaning "munificence, quality of being generous" is recorded from 1670s.

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例句和用法

1. Generosity is its own form of power.: 别低估了慷慨的力量。

2. You'll take everything you're offered yet your own generosity is virtually non-existent.: 你倒是来者不拒，照单全收，可你自己实际上却一毛不拔。

3. I felt guilty saying that, playing on her generosity.: 我说这话是利用了她的慷慨，对此我感到愧疚。

4. His patriarchal generosity is counter-balanced by his ruthlessness.: 他有着族长式的慷慨大方，同时却又冷漠无情。

5. Nehru responded with characteristic generosity.: 尼赫鲁以他一贯的大度之风作了回答。