- a. 慷慨的;宽宏大量的;大量的;肥沃的
a.
- 慷慨的,大方的[(+with/in/to)]
- 宽宏大量的,宽厚的[(+to/towards)]
- 大量的;丰富的;丰盛的
- 肥沃的
派生
ad.
generously
n.
generousness
辨析
同义:
a.慷慨的,大方的
unselfish kind liberal openhanded bighearteda.大量的;丰富的
large plentiful ample反义:
a.“宽大的;慷慨的”的反义词
severe strict harsh hard stingy mean ungenerous miserly同义参见:
extensive voluminous profuse philanthropic expansive charitable lavish accommodating bountiful bounteous high-minded hospitable sensitive handsome benevolent sympathetic gracious反义参见:
stingy1 sparing vindictive parsimonious jealous greedy以上来源于:《英汉大辞典》
adj.
- freely giving more of something than is necessary or expected. ▸kind towards others.
- larger or more plentiful than is usual.
Derivative
- generously adv.
- generousness n.
Etymology
C16 (earlier (ME) as generosity), in sense ‘of noble birth’: via OFr. from L. generosus ‘noble, magnanimous’.
以上来源于:《简明牛津英语词典》