Gentleness
['dʒɛntlnɪs]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered; 'his fingers have learned gentleness'; 'suddenly her gigantic power melted into softness for the baby'; 'even in the pulpit there are moments when mildness of manner is not enough'.
汉克整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The quality or state of being gentle, well-born, mild, benevolent, docile, etc.; gentility; softness of manners, disposition, etc.; mildness.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Meg saw the girls glance at it and then at one another, and her cheeks began to burn, for with all her gentleness she was very proud. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- She has the gentleness of the dove, Mr Fledgeby. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- What could more delightfully prove that the warmth of her heart was equal to its gentleness? 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Harriet was not insensible of manner; she had voluntarily noticed her father's gentleness with admiration as well as wonder. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- People were surprised at his gentleness to the boy. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The heavenly gentleness of his smile made his apologies irresistible. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- He received everything I said with patience and gentleness, but it all rebounded from him without taking the least effect. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- She had even learnt to detect, in the very gentleness which had first delighted her, an affectation and a sameness to disgust and weary. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- They have more gentleness. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- She raised her eyes for a moment as she said the words; and then they fell again, in all their gentleness and mildness, on his face. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- I asked, with the utmost possible gentleness, as soon as I had done. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Still, the gentleness with which he treated me during the rest of the day, went somehow to my heart. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Mr. van der Luyden looked at him with extreme gentleness. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- He expressed great gentleness and kindness for my father's state, and I am sure he felt it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Your dog is a philosopher who judges by the rule of knowing or not knowing; and philosophy, whether in man or beast, is the parent of gentleness. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
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