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gravitas

/grav-i-tahs, ‐tas/US // ˈgræv ɪˌtɑs, ‐ˌtæs //UK // (ˈɡrævɪˌtæs) //

严肃性,严谨性,重视,重力

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : seriousness or sobriety, as of conduct or speech.

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Examples

  • It was better, I’m sure, than I concluded that day, but the work relied too heavily, I recall thinking, on borrowed gravitas.

  • His gravitas would presumably bore viewers to the truth, as he understood it.

  • What is so appealing about a filter like this is that it allows art lovers to get up close and personal with the artwork, while preserving the gravitas of the work itself.

  • Kline picked a British-sounding name to add a dash of gravitas.

  • Nigeria has a long history of not treating allegations of sexual and gender-based violence with the gravitas they merit.

  • Larson, as usual, instills gravitas and agency in an otherwise underwritten character.

  • Nobody believes in the dignity and gravitas of American government.

  • Violation of gravitas is being taken ‘extremely seriously’ by army top brass, source says.

  • All the moralizing and gravitas that accompanies a star player being arrested should be viewed as a form of Kabuki theater.

  • Later in a statement, Moonves praised Letterman for “wit, gravitas, and brilliance unique in the history of our medium.”

  • The Roman's word in art, as in life, was still gravitas, and he contrived to infuse a shade of contempt into the word levis.

  • Erat enim in illo viro comitate condita gravitas, nec senectus mores mutaverat.

  • Si vero inest in oratione mixta modestia gravitas, nihil admirabilius fieri potest, eoque magis, si ea sunt in adulescente.