grace是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a quality of moving in a smooth, relaxed, and attractive way -- 優美，優雅，雍容

  • Joanna has natural grace and elegance. 祖安娜舉止自然優雅。

• 1 the quality of being pleasantly polite, or a willingness to be fair and honest -- 文雅；通情達理，體面

  • They accepted their defeat with good grace. 他們很有風度地認輸了。

  • Ken is sadly lacking in social graces. 糟糕的是，肯在社交場合很沒有風度。

• 2 approval or kindness, especially (in the Christian religion) that is freely given by God to all humans -- （尤指上帝賜予人類的）恩典，恩寵

  • Betty believed that it was through divine grace that her husband had recovered from his illness. 貝蒂認為全靠上天開恩， 她的丈夫才可以痊癒。

  • By the grace of God, the pilot managed to land the damaged plane safely. 蒙上帝開恩，飛行員成功地將毀壞的飛機安全降落。

• 3 a prayer said by Christians before a meal to thank God for the food -- （基督徒的）飯前感恩禱告

  • The children always say grace at dinnertime. 孩子們在用餐前總是要做感恩禱告。

• 4 a period of time left or allowed before something happens or before something must be done -- 寬限期，延緩期

  • The exams have been postponed, so the students have a few days' grace before they start. 考試延期了，所以學生們可以遲幾天進考場。

• 5 to be in a place, on a thing etc. and make it look more attractive -- 使優美，為…增色；使增輝

  • Her face has graced the covers of magazines across the world. 她的面孔出現在全世界各種雜誌的封面上，使之赫然生輝。

  • We are delighted that the mayor will be gracing us with his presence at our annual dinner. 市長將光臨我們每年一度的宴會，我們感到萬分榮幸。

  • humorous So you've finally decided to grace us with your presence, have you? (= You are late.) 你看，你終於肯光臨寒舍了，大駕難起啊，是嗎？（幽默地表示「你遲到了」這個意思）

• 6 used to address or refer to a duke, duchess or archbishop -- 大人，閣下，夫人（對公爵、公爵夫人、女公爵或大主教的尊稱）