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grace-and-favor

/greys-uhn-fey-ver/US // ˈgreɪs ənˈfeɪ vər //

恩典和恩惠,恩威并施,恩宠,恩威并济

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : noting a residence owned by a noble or sovereign and bestowed by him or her upon some person for that person's lifetime.

Examples

  • As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.

  • Thirty-six percent were in favor and 38 percent were opposed.

  • As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.

  • But there is a big twist in this story that has left both Grace Castro and Lozoya frustrated and grasping for more answers.

  • That is a reality that still eats at Grace Castro and Yvonne Lozoya.

  • Many of them were delicious in the role; one of them was the embodiment of every womanly grace and charm.

  • They ranged from moving trunks to cleaning cisterns, and, by grace of all of them, Sim was doing very well.

  • She was growing a little stout, but it did not seem to detract an iota from the grace of every step, pose, gesture.

  • May looked along at the dimpled grace, And then at the saint-like, fair old face, “How funny!”

  • She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.