| 正面 | 8098.generosity 英 [dʒenə'rɒsətɪ]美 [,dʒɛnə'rɑsəti] ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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| 背面 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 释义: 1. 拉丁语 villa 'country house' => villain.2. villa 原指“农庄住宅、庄园”,而 villain 则指为 villa 的主人工作的“农奴、农民”,后来贵族由于阶级优越感以及他们对农民的阶级偏见,往往把意指农民、乡下人的词语同“愚昧、粗野、邪恶”等概念相联系,由此含义出现了贬降。3. 同源词:villa, villain, village.n. 慷慨,大方;宽宏大量 例句: 1. Generosity is its own form of power.别低估了慷慨的力量。 generosity (n.)early 15c., "nobility, goodness of race," from Latin generositatem (nominative generositas) "nobility, excellence, magnanimity," from generosus "of noble birth; magnanimous" (see generous). Meaning "munificence, quality of being generous" is recorded from 1670s." |
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