grace

英 [greɪs]美 [ɡres]
  • n. 优雅；恩惠；魅力；慈悲
  • vt. 使优美
  • n. (Grace)人名；(英)格雷斯，格雷丝 (女名)；(法)格拉斯
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1. 哥哥比赛真优雅(跑得那么帅呀！).

中文词源

grace 优雅，恩宠

来自PIE*gwere, 恩惠，眷顾，进一步来自PIE*gher, 神恩，鼓励，词源同charisma, exhort. 原指神的恩宠，好感，感谢，神赐予的美德，美丽，后词义通用化。

英文词源

grace
grace: [12] Latin grātus meant ‘pleasing’. Its most obvious English descendants are grateful, gratify, gratuity, etc, but it is also responsible for grace (not to mention the even better disguised agree). Its derived noun grātia ‘pleasure, favour, thanks’ passed into English via Old French grace. Gracious [13] comes ultimately from Latin grātiōsus; grateful [15] is an English formation. (The apparently similar gracile ‘slender’ [17], incidentally, is not etymologically related; it comes from Latin gracilis ‘slender’.)
=> agree, grateful
Grace
fem. proper name, literally "favor, grace;" see grace (n.).
grace (n.)
late 12c., "God's unmerited favor, love, or help," from Old French grace "pardon, divine grace, mercy; favor, thanks; elegance, virtue" (12c., Modern French grâce), from Latin gratia "favor, esteem, regard; pleasing quality, good will, gratitude" (source of Italian grazia, Spanish gracia; in Church use translating Greek kharisma), from gratus "pleasing, agreeable," from PIE *gwreto-, suffixed form of root *gwere- (3) "to favor" (cognates: Sanskrit grnati "sings, praises, announces," Lithuanian giriu "to praise, celebrate," Avestan gar- "to praise").

Sense of "virtue" is early 14c., that of "beauty of form or movement, pleasing quality" is mid-14c. In classical sense, "one of the three sister goddesses (Latin Gratiæ, Greek Kharites), bestowers of beauty and charm," it is first recorded in English 1579 in Spenser. In music, "an embellishment not essential to the melody or harmony," 1650s. As the name of the short prayer that is said before or after a meal (early 13c.; until 16c. usually graces) has a sense of "gratitude." As a title of honor, c. 1500.
grace (v.)
c. 1200, "to thank," from Old French graciier "thank, give thanks to; praise," from grace "mercy, favor, thanks, virtue" (see grace (n.)). Meaning "to show favor" (mid-15c.) led to that of "to lend or add grace to something" (1580s, as in grace us with your presence), which is the root of the musical sense in grace notes (1650s). Related: Graced; gracing.

双语例句

1. Grace tapped on the bedroom door and went in.
格雷丝轻轻敲了敲卧室的门，走了进去。
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2. Grace laid out the knives and forks at the lunch-table.
格雷丝把刀叉摆放在午餐桌上。
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3. Grace allowed her mind to wander to other things.
格雷丝任由自己的思绪游走。
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4. It was only by the grace of God that no one died.
承蒙上帝保佑才无人死亡。
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5. Grace Robertson started as a photographer with Picture Post in 1947.
格雷斯·罗伯逊于1947年参加工作，做了《图片邮报》杂志的一名摄影师。
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