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单词 generous
释义
generous
adjective
uk
/ˈdʒen.ər.əs/us
/ˈdʒen.ər.əs/

generousadjective(CHARACTER)

B1
willingto givemoney,help,kindness, etc.,especiallymore than isusualorexpected:
（尤指超乎一般或期望地）慷慨的，大方的；宽宏大量的，仁慈的
a very generous man非常慷慨的人
[+ to infinitive]Itwas generousofyoutolendme themoney.你借给我钱，心肠可真是太好了。
She's been very generouswithhertime.她不吝投入大量时间。
There's a generous(=kinderthandeserved)reviewof thebookin today'snewspaper.今天的报纸刊登了一篇书评，对该书赞赏有加。
Opposite
ungenerous
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
freely giving money, help, etc. to others
  • generousThey were quite generous, donating to several charities.
  • open-handedShe is incredibly open-handed and won't hesitate to donate whenever asked.
  • free withOur professor is quite free with his time and will often extend office hours to accommodate extra students.
  • philanthropicThere are fewer philanthropic billionaires than one would assume.
  • charitableOxfam is a well-known charitable organization working to end global poverty.
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More examples
  • The public'sresponseto thecrisisappealwas generous andcompassionate.
  • Hismotheris one generous woman.
  • JohnHerschel was anurbane,kindlyand generous man.
  • She's a reallysweetpersonand she's generous to afault.
  • Thecharitywill go underunlessa generousdonorcan befoundwithin the next fewmonths.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Generous & charitable
  • altruistic
  • altruistically
  • anti-materialism
  • anti-materialist
  • beneficence
  • charitable
  • generosity
  • generously
  • giver
  • handout
  • humane
  • largesse
  • lavish
  • munificence
  • munificent
  • open-handed
  • overgenerosity
  • unsparing
  • unstinting
  • volunteerism
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generousadjective(SIZE)

C1
largerthanusualorexpected:
（尤指超过一般预期）大的；大量的；丰富的
a generoussliceofcake一大块蛋糕
a generouspayincrease大幅度加薪
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
greater than the average size or amount
  • bigThey live in a big house in the country.
  • largeA large number of people were crowded into the room.
  • greatThe party was a great success.
  • enormousThey bought an enormous house in the suburbs.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Plenty and abundant
  • abound
  • abound in/withsomething
  • abundance
  • abundant
  • abundantly
  • drip
  • galore
  • generosity
  • generously
  • handsomely
  • healthily
  • lavish
  • luxuriant
  • overgenerosity
  • plenitude
  • plenteous
  • plentiful
  • plentifully
  • richly
  • well off
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Related word

generously
(Definition ofgenerousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

generous| American Dictionary

generous
adjective
us
/ˈdʒen·ə·rəs/
(of someone)willingto givehelporsupport,esp. more than isusualorexpected, or (of something)largerthanusualorexpected:
a generousdonor
foodin generousportions

generously

adverbus
/ˈdʒen·ə·rə·sli/
Please give generously to those in need.
(Definition ofgenerousfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgenerous

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Itsgenerouspension programme contrasts with a virtual absence of state interest in health or care provision for elders.
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Typically, it would have been a year when the management team would have hadgenerousbonus payouts.
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If we aregenerousin deciding what utterances involve transfer, the cue validity of the construction is markedly higher than the cue validity for verbs.
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Despite hergenerousmarking out of a lineage of critics who have inspired her, however, this book is very much her own.
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The strong defiance incentives probably weakened somewhat from the mid 1980s, when the state grants became moregenerous.
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We also acknowledge thegenerouscooperation extended by the staff of the study hospitals throughout the study. 14.
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The book isgenerouswith its data and ambitious in its aims but possibly over-stretched in its methodology.
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At the time of the study, an additional 10 per cent of the unemployed were covered by this lessgenerousunemployment benefit system.
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What role did thesegenerousprogrammes bear on citizens' political activity over time?
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The author wishes to thank two referees for very careful, constructive andgenerouscomments on earlier versions of the paper.
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The book itself has been widely and favourably reviewed in various media, although some academic reviewers have been lessgenerous.
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Secondly, even if an older person chooses the moregenerous' service option ', this is unlikely to cover all their needs for help.
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Their statements might have been motivated by thankfulness towards verygeneroushosts.
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In the examples we use a moregeneroussyntax (for instance, we allow the inclusion of natural numbers).
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The authors suggest that a reason for this gradient of shared caring is that 'generouspublic help stimulates informal care'.
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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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