grateful
adjective
uk/ˈɡreɪt.fəl/us/ˈɡreɪt.fəl/B1
showingorexpressingthanks,especiallyto anotherperson:
（尤指对其他人）感激的，表示感谢的I'm so grateful (toyou)forall that you've done.你为我做了这一切，我（对你）真是感激不尽。
If you could get thatreportfinishedbyThursday, I'd be very grateful.如果你能在周四之前完成那份报告，我将感激不尽。
After theearthquakewefeltgratefultobealive.地震后，我们大难不死，真是应该感谢上苍。
I'm just gratefulthatI'm not stillworkingfor him.真是谢天谢地，我现在不再为他工作了。
formalI would bemostgrateful if you wouldsendme thebookimmediately.如果你能马上把书寄给我，我将感激不尽。
Synonym
thankful
Opposite
ungrateful
showing or expressing thanks to someone
- gratefulI'm grateful for your kindness.
- appreciativeI'm really appreciative of all the help you've given me.
- I/we appreciateI really appreciate all the help you've given me.
- glad ofWe were very glad of some extra help.
- indebted toI'm indebted to my parents for all their love and support.
- It was alongjourneyand I was grateful for hiscompany.
- Itriedtoconveyin myspeechhow grateful we all were for hishelp.
- I'd beeternallygrateful if you couldarrangeit.
- We are allprofoundlygrateful foryourhelpandencouragement.
- Theauthorsare grateful for theunceasingsupportof theeditorsin London and New York.
Relieved and thankful
- a load/weight offyourmindidiom
- appreciative
- appreciatively
- beholden
- bless
- bless you!idiom
- cheers
- count
- indebtedness
- million
- mind
- obliged
- owe a debt of gratitude/thanksidiom
- release
- relief
- thankfully
- thankfulness
- thanks
- thanks a millionidiom
- vote of thanks
Grammar
Gratefulorthankful?
We use grateful to talk about how we feel when someone is kind to us or does us a favour:…