grace是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a quality of moving in a smooth, relaxed, and attractive way -- 优美，优雅，雍容

  • Joanna has natural grace and elegance. 乔安娜举止自然优雅。

• 1 the quality of being pleasantly polite, or a willingness to be fair and honest -- 文雅；通情达理，体面

  • They accepted their defeat with good grace. 他们很有风度地认输了。

  • Ken is sadly lacking in social graces. 糟糕的是，肯在社交场合很没有风度。

• 2 approval or kindness, especially (in the Christian religion) that is freely given by God to all humans -- （尤指上帝赐予人类的）恩典，恩宠

  • Betty believed that it was through divine grace that her husband had recovered from his illness. 贝蒂认为全靠上天开恩她的丈夫才得以痊愈。

  • By the grace of God, the pilot managed to land the damaged plane safely. 蒙上帝开恩，飞行员成功地将受损的飞机安全降落。

• 3 a prayer said by Christians before a meal to thank God for the food -- （基督徒的）饭前感恩祷告

  • The children always say grace at dinnertime. 孩子们在用餐前总是要做感恩祷告。

• 4 a period of time left or allowed before something happens or before something must be done -- 宽限期，延缓期

  • The exams have been postponed, so the students have a few days' grace before they start. 考试推迟了，所以学生们得以晚几天进考场。

• 5 to be in a place, on a thing etc. and make it look more attractive -- 使优美，为…增色，使增辉

  • Her face has graced the covers of magazines across the world. 她的面孔出现在全世界各种杂志的封面上，使之赫然生辉。

  • We are delighted that the mayor will be gracing us with his presence at our annual dinner. 市长将光临我们每年一度的宴会，我们感到万分荣幸。

  • humorous So you've finally decided to grace us with your presence, have you? (= You are late.) 你看，你终于肯光临寒舍了，大驾难起啊，是吗？（幽默地表示“你迟到了”这个意思）

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