| 英语单词 | gentleness |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['dʒentlnəs] 美 ['dʒentlnəs] |
| 中文释义 | n.温和;温柔 |
| 英语例句 | (1) He was swift to see it and his face changed to gentleness. (2) Kindn ess and gentleness are often more effective than force. (3) Only hope that your gentleness will stay longer. (4) Gentleness should be in the words that you use. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 艾希礼很快就感觉到这一点,脸色也就变得温和了。 (2) 仁慈与温和往往比压力更有效。 (3) 只希望你的温柔能够多做停留。 (4) 温柔就是你所运用的词汇。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Gentleness is the quality of being kind and careful. Your gentleness with a frightened stray dog will eventually convince her to let you feed and pet her. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The noun gentleness is perfect for describing the way someone acts when they are soft and calm and sweet to other people. A good kindergarten teacher speaks to his students with gentleness, and your favorite dentist might be one who treats you with gentleness. The original meaning, from around 1300, was "inherited nature," but by the 1600s it had come to mean "freedom from harshness and violence," with the Latin root gentilis, "of the same family or clan." |
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