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graced

/greys/US // greɪs //UK // (ɡreɪs) //

受宠的,受宠若惊,受到赞誉,受到赞誉的

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n.名词 noun
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    • : elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action: We watched her skate with effortless grace across the ice.
    • : a pleasing or attractive quality or endowment: He lacked the manly graces.
    • : favor or goodwill.
    • : a manifestation of favor, especially by a superior: It was only through the dean's grace that I wasn't expelled from school.
    • : mercy; clemency; pardon: He was saved by an act of grace from the governor.
    • : favor shown in granting a delay or temporary immunity.
    • : an allowance of time after a debt or bill has become payable granted to the debtor before suit can be brought against him or her or a penalty applied: The life insurance premium is due today, but we have 31 days' grace before the policy lapses.Compare grace period.
    • : Theology. the freely given, unmerited favor and love of God.the influence or spirit of God operating in humans to regenerate or strengthen them.a virtue or excellence of divine origin: the Christian graces.Also called state of grace. the condition of being in God's favor or one of the elect.
    • : moral strength: the grace to perform a duty.
    • : a short prayer before or after a meal, in which a blessing is asked and thanks are given: Grandfather will now say grace.
    • : a formal title used in addressing or mentioning a duke, duchess, or archbishop, and formerly also a sovereign.
    • : Graces, Classical Mythology. the goddesses of beauty, daughters of Zeus and Eurynome, worshiped in Greece as the Charities and in Rome as the Gratiae.
    • : Music. grace note.
v.有主动词 verb
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    graced, grac·ing.

    • : to lend or add grace to; adorn: Many fine paintings graced the rooms of the house.
    • : to favor or honor: to grace an occasion with one's presence.

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Examples

  • Well, we could go into its antecedents in both India and Germany, the push to make it an Olympic event and all of the strength, suppleness, skill and grace it takes to pull it off well.

  • Given that daily life and the small hardships thereof are basically the building blocks of the human experience, I don’t think you need to do a lot of explaining to your kids about the importance of managing them with grace.

  • There are many other stories of leaders, politicians, and celebrities who have taken to hiding embarrassing relatives, perhaps to stay in the good graces of the public.

  • You don’t have to like each other, but proffered grace is a start.

  • It’s a twist that could be awkward, but she manages it with a huge smile, confidence and grace.

  • For 50 years, this city that once graced postcards has been a battlefield.

  • The Toronto Zoo polar bear cub has been a fixture of this video blog since he first graced the world with his adorable presence.

  • He has graced my life with opportunities that I know are not of my hand or of any other human hand.

  • The Palais Galliera is graced with high ceilings, and feels grand and worshipful, a St. Sulpice church for fashion devotees.

  • Products bearing his iconic image have graced the lips, hair, and faces of millions of men and women across the world.

  • His presence, also, always graced Walls End Castle at the regulation periods.

  • For several weeks he and Dr. Wolff had pottered about the set of rooms that were to be graced by Georgie's presence.

  • Thomas's head was placed on the castle tower, and the heads of the others graced the three gates of the city.

  • In 1819 he was enrolled among the most distinguished dandies who graced Parisian society.

  • Here we taste a mingling of modern elegance and hoary antiquity, such as has never ere now graced life for either of us.