c. 1300, "filled with God's grace," from Old French gracios "courteous, pleasing, kind, friendly" (12c., Modern French gracieux), from Latin gratiosus "enjoying favor, agreeable, obliging; popular, acceptable," from gratia (see grace (n.)). Meaning "merciful, benevolent" is from late 14c. As an exclamation, elliptically for gracious God, attested from 1713.
1. Good gracious, look at that specimen will you?
哎呀,你快来瞧瞧那个标本!
来自柯林斯例句
2. He has not yet learned how to be gracious in defeat.
他还没有学会怎样豁达大度地面对失败。
来自《权威词典》
3. All this gracious living isn't for me; I prefer the simple life.
这优裕的生活不适合我, 我宁愿过简朴的生活.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. She was , to the end, a gentlewoman of the old school , gracious and mannerly.
说到底, 她仍是一位温文尔雅 、 礼貌可嘉的守旧派的贵妇人.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. She was gracious enough to show us round her home.
c. 1300, "filled with God's grace," from Old French gracios "courteous, pleasing, kind, friendly" (12c., Modern French gracieux), from Latin gratiosus "enjoying favor, agreeable, obliging; popular, acceptable," from gratia (see grace (n.)). Meaning "merciful, benevolent" is from late 14c. As an exclamation, elliptically for gracious God, attested from 1713.
双语例句
1. Good gracious, look at that specimen will you?
哎呀,你快来瞧瞧那个标本!
来自柯林斯例句
2. He has not yet learned how to be gracious in defeat.
他还没有学会怎样豁达大度地面对失败。
来自《权威词典》
3. All this gracious living isn't for me; I prefer the simple life.
这优裕的生活不适合我, 我宁愿过简朴的生活.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. She was , to the end, a gentlewoman of the old school , gracious and mannerly.
说到底, 她仍是一位温文尔雅 、 礼貌可嘉的守旧派的贵妇人.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. She was gracious enough to show us round her home.