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generosity

/jen-uh-ros-i-tee/US // ˌdʒɛn əˈrɒs ɪ ti //UK // (ˌdʒɛnəˈrɒsɪtɪ) //

慷慨解囊,慷慨大方,慷慨,慷慨的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural gen·er·os·i·ties.

    • : readiness or liberality in giving.
    • : freedom from meanness or smallness of mind or character.
    • : a generous act: We thanked him for his many generosities.
    • : largeness or fullness; amplitude.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounspirit of giving

Examples

  • Giridharadas’s message at the time was largely that the generosity of the global elite is somewhat laughable — that many of the same players who say they want to help society are creating its most intractable problems.

  • “Even brief experiences of awe yield a host of benefits including an expanded sense of time and enhanced feelings of generosity, well-being, and humility,” the paper notes.

  • The deal’s terms were a red flag for some analysts, and not just because of its generosity to GM.

  • Boerner Horvath has also, once again, benefited from the generosity of colleagues facing less competitive races.

  • To understand the seeming generosity of the elder birds, Ducouret and her team observed 27 broods of barn owls across the Switzerland countryside.

  • This is comedy based on a cold humor, detached, euphemistic, devoid of any generosity.

  • So Pope Francis has found a way to turn the generosity of others into good luck for a few.

  • So not only were they anti-Clinton, but they were anti-American small business and anti-generosity!

  • I was, in fact, one of the lucky recipients of the inexhaustible generosity documented in the film.

  • His reckless, open-hearted generosity eventually caught up with him.

  • He come July six, for don't you mind how they called him Cevery out of pity and generosity for the Spayniards?

  • His unbounded generosity won for him the admiration of all his race, who graciously recognized him as their Maguinoó.

  • Stanhope subscribed to the reasonableness of the Duke's first impressions, as the immediate effect of such supposed generosity.

  • As in the old days of the Rusholme Road, Batterby flung his money about with unostentatious generosity.

  • Altogether an odd and difficult character, but with a generosity and high courage that made her very lovable.