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英语小点心:慷慨的,大方的怎么说?

2018-06-05  本文已影响6人  d65212c45023

gen·er·ous\ˈjen-rəs, ˈje-nə-\

adjective

: freely giving or sharing money and other valuable things

: providing more than the amount that is needed or normal : abundant or ample

: showing kindness and concern for others

Full Definition

1 archaic : highborn

2 a : characterized by a noble or kindly spirit : magnanimous

b : liberal in giving <a generous benefactor>

c : marked by abundance or ample proportions <wide overhangs and generous verandas — Lewis Mumford>

synonyms see liberal

gen·er·ous·ly adverb

gen·er·ous·ness noun

Examples

The school raised the money through donations from generous alumni.

He was generous with both his time and his money.

She has always been very generous toward the poor.

Origin: Middle French or Latin; Middle French genereus, from Latin generosus, from gener-, genus.

First use: 1583

Synonyms: bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, free, freehanded, freehearted, fulsome, liberal, munificent, open, openhanded, unselfish, unsparing, unstinting

Antonyms: cheap, close, closefisted, costive, illiberal [archaic], mingy, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, selfish, stingy, stinting, tight, tightfisted, uncharitable, ungenerous

英语小点心:慷慨的,大方的怎么说?
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