新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

grace

英 [greɪs]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

graces
1. [U 不可数名词] 优美
If someone moves with grace, they move in a smooth, controlled, and attractive way.
双语例句
例：
He moved with the grace of a trained boxer.
他的动作带有一种训练有素的拳击手的风采。
2. [PL 复数] 风度
The graces are the ways of behaving and doing things which are considered polite and well-mannered.
双语例句
例：
She didn't fit in and she had few social graces.
她不适应这种场合，对社交礼仪也知之甚少。
3. [U 不可数名词] （上帝的）恩惠
In Christianity and some other religions, grace is the kindness that God shows to people because He loves them.
双语例句
例：
It was only by the grace of God that no one died.
正是承蒙上帝的恩惠才没有人死去。
4. [C, U 有变体名词] （饭前或饭后的）谢恩祷告
When someone says grace before or after a meal, they say a prayer in which they thank God for the food and ask Him to bless it.
双语例句
例：
Leo, will you say grace?
利奥，你要做祷告吗？

VERB. 动词

graces , gracing , graced
1. [T 及物动词] 使优美
If you say that something graces a place or a person, you mean that it makes them more attractive.
双语例句
例：
He went to the beautiful old Shaker dresser that graced this homely room.
他走到为这个舒适的房间增色不少的漂亮的旧夏克尔橱柜前。

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