gracious

[US]/ˈɡreɪʃəs/
[UK]/ˈɡreɪʃəs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 親切的;和藹的;高尚的;雅緻的
int. 天哪;哎呀

Phrases & Collocations

gracious host

親切的主人

gracious gesture

親切的姿態

Example Sentences

It's gracious of you to come.

承蒙光臨。

She is a gracious lady.

她是位和藹可親的女士。

smiling and gracious in defeat.

面對失敗仍然和藹可親,面帶微笑。

conduct oneself in a most gracious manner

表現得極爲溫文爾雅

Her Gracious Majesty the Queen

女皇陛下

She was a very gracious lady.

她是一位非常和藹可親的女士。

a cordial greeting; cordial relations.See Synonyms at gracious

熱情的問侯;友好關係參見 gracious

responded to the insult with gracious humor.

以禮貌的幽默回應侮辱

gracious even to unexpected visitors;

即便對不速之客也殷勤有禮;

the accession of Her present gracious Majesty.

登上陛下目前的王位。

His gracious manners put me at ease.

他的謙和寬厚的態度使我感到自由自在

the British painter specialized in gracious Victorian interiors.

專門從事高品位的維多利亞式室內裝飾的英國畫家。

I am saved by God's gracious intervention on my behalf.

拜賜天恩,我才得救。

his demeanour was self-effacing, gracious, and polite.

他的行爲舉止顯得謙虛、優雅和有禮貌。

I am obliged to you for your gracious hospitality.

我很感謝你的熱情好客

She welcomed her guests in a gracious manner.

她態度親切地歡迎了客人。

She was gracious enough to show us round her home.

她彬彬有禮地領我們參觀了她的家。

She was,to the end,a gentlewoman of the old school,gracious and mannerly.

說到底,她仍是一位溫文爾雅、禮貌可嘉的守舊派的貴婦人。

Real-world Examples

I thanked Jane for her gracious hospitality.

我感謝簡的盛情款待。

Source: IELTS Vocabulary: Category Recognition

" Good gracious, Harry, " said Dumbledore in surprise.

“天啊,哈利,”鄧不利多驚奇的說。

Source: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Do whatever you want. Thank you, that's very gracious.

隨便你怎麼弄啦。謝謝,你真是太高尚了。

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 2

Shall will in others seem right gracious, And in my will no fair acceptance shine?

難道別人的意欲就那麼逗人喜愛,獨獨我的意欲難蒙你的蔭庇?

Source: The complete original version of the sonnet.

“King's Cross station! ” Dumbledore was chuckling immoderately. “Good gracious, really? ”

“國王十字車站!”鄧布利多笑出聲來,“我的天哪,真的嗎?”

Source: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

My goodness gracious, look at your flowers.

天哪,看看你的花。

Source: "To Kill a Mockingbird" Original Soundtrack

Gracious, Conseil put in, a choir of bulls?

怎麼,康塞爾說,是水牛的音樂會嗎?

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

" Be gracious" means to be kind and respectful.

“be gracious”的意思是善良和尊重。

Source: Advanced Daily Grammar (Audio Version)

Gracious of you to share it with me.

感謝你告訴我。

Source: Casablanca Original Soundtrack

This new book is about gracious living in Monaco.

這本新書是有關於摩納哥的優裕生活。

Source: Lai Shixiong Advanced English Vocabulary 3500

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