graced

英 [ɡreɪst] 美 [ɡreɪst]

v.  为增色; 为锦上添花; 装饰; 使荣耀; 使生辉; 承蒙光临
grace的过去分词和过去式

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  1. N-UNCOUNT 优美；优雅
    If someone moves with grace, they move in a smooth, controlled, and attractive way.
    1. He moved with the grace of a trained boxer...
      他的动作带着一种训练有素的拳击手的风采。
    2. Ballet classes are important for poise and grace.
      芭蕾课可以很好地使人保持优雅的仪态。
  2. N-UNCOUNT 修养；涵养
    If someone behaves with grace, they behave in a pleasant, polite, and dignified way, even when they are upset or being treated unfairly.
    1. The new King seemed to be carrying out his duties with grace and due decorum...
      新国王在履行职责时看起来举止得体、端庄稳重。
    2. The young woman had grace beyond her years.
      这个年轻女子有着超越年龄的涵养。
  3. N-PLURAL 风度；体面
    The graces are the ways of behaving and doing things which are considered polite and well-mannered.
    1. She didn't fit in and she had few social graces.
      她不适合这种场合，对社交礼仪所知甚少。
  4. N-UNCOUNT 宽限期；延缓期
    Grace is used in expressions such as a day's grace and a month's grace to say that you are allowed that amount of extra time before you have to finish something.
    1. She wanted a couple of days' grace to get the maisonette cleaned before she moved in...
      她想延缓几天，等到把这套复式公寓清理干净后再搬进去。
    2. We have only a few hours' grace before the soldiers come.
      士兵到来之前我们只剩下几个小时了。
  5. VERB 为…增色；使更加优美
    If you say that something graces a place or a person, you mean that it makes them more attractive.
    1. He went to the beautiful old Welsh dresser that graced this homely room...
      他走到为这间舒适的房间增色不少的漂亮的旧威尔士碗橱前。
    2. Her shoulders were graced with mink and her fingers sparkled with diamonds.
      肩上披着的貂皮衬托得她更加优雅，手上的钻戒则光彩夺目。
  6. VERB 给…增光;使生辉
    If you say that someone important will grace an event or an organization, you mean that they have agreed to be present at the event or to be part of the organization.
    1. He had been invited to grace a function at the evening college.
      他应邀为这所夜校的活动捧场。
  7. N-UNCOUNT （上帝的）恩宠，恩典
    In Christianity and some other religions, grace is the kindness that God shows to people because he loves them.
    1. It was only by the grace of God that no one died.
      承蒙上帝保佑才无人死亡。
  8. N-VAR （饭前或饭后的）谢恩祷告
    When someone says grace before or after a meal, they say a prayer in which they thank God for the food and ask Him to bless it.
    1. Leo, will you say grace?
      利奥，你来做饭前祷告吧？
    2. ...a Latin grace.
      拉丁文的谢恩祷告
  9. N-VOC; N-PROPER （对公爵、公爵夫人或大主教的尊称）大人，阁下，夫人
    You use expressions such as Your Grace and His Grace when you are addressing or referring to a duke, duchess, or archbishop.
    1. Your Grace, I have a great favour to ask of you.
      大人，我想请您施以大惠。
  10. See also: coup de grace saving grace
  11. PHRASE 突然失利；过气；受冷落
    If someone falls from grace, they suddenly stop being successful or popular.
    1. All went well at first, and I was in high favour; but presently I fell from grace...
      我最初一帆风顺，备受器重，但现在却失宠了。
  12. PHRASE 通情达理地做;知趣地做
    If someone has the good grace to do something, they are polite enough or honest enough to do it.
    1. He did not even have the grace to apologise...
      他甚至连一个道歉都没有。
    2. Many of us do stupid things in our youth, but we should have the good grace to admit them.
      我们很多人在年轻的时候都会干些糊涂事，但是，我们应该懂得承认错误。
  13. 若非上帝保佑，要不是我福大命大（我也会遭此不幸）
    If you are talking about someone who is in a bad situation and you say 'There but for the grace of God go I', you mean that you are lucky not to be in the same situation as them and you feel sympathy for them.
    1. PHRASE 情愿地/ 不情愿地；欣然地/不乐意地
      If you do something unpleasant with good grace or with a good grace, you do it cheerfully and without complaining. If you do something with bad grace or with a bad grace, you do it unwillingly and without enthusiasm.
      1. He accepted the decision with good grace, and wished me the very best of luck...
        他欣然接受这一决定并祝我好运。
      2. With appallingly bad grace I packed up and we drove north.
        我很不情愿地收拾好行囊，然后我们驱车向北开去。
    2. PHRASE 为…所赞同;得到…的欢心
      If you are in someone's good graces, they are pleased with you.
      1. You're so eager to stay in the good graces of the King that nothing else matters to you.
        你如此急于博得国王的欢心，以致其他事情都不管不顾了。
    3. airs and graces → see: air
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    双语例句

    1. He went to the beautiful old Welsh dresser that graced this homely room
      他走到为这间舒适的房间增色不少的漂亮的旧威尔士碗橱前。
    2. Her shoulders were graced with mink and her fingers sparkled with diamonds.
      肩上披着的貂皮衬托得她更加优雅，手上的钻戒则光彩夺目。
    3. Fine paintings graced the walls of the room.
      这些精美的绘画使四壁生辉。
    4. We were graced with the presence of the Queen.
      今天女王光临使我们感到荣幸。
    5. But I know him, John F. Kennedy, less as a man than as an icon, as a larger-than-life figure who graced this Earth for one brief and shining moment.
      但在我心目中，约翰肯尼迪并不是一个凡人，而是一位偶像，一个富有传奇色彩的人物，在地球上度过了短暂而光辉的时光。
    6. Last year, J.K. Rowling, the billionaire novelist, who started as a classics student, graced this podium.
      去年在这个讲台上演讲的是英国亿万身家的小说家J.K.罗琳女士，她起初是一个学古典文学的学生。
    7. Q. This isn't the first time your image has been on the cover of a business magazine. Tony Stark's face has graced the cover of a few news titles.
      问：你的照片出现在一本商业杂志封面上，这已经不是第一次了，《钢铁侠》主人公托尼•斯塔克的脸已经上过不少头版了。
    8. The capital, Bangkok, and other older cities are graced with elegant ruins and beautifully decorated temples.
      典雅的遗迹和装饰华丽的庙宇把首都曼谷和其它古老的城市装扮得美不胜收。
    9. But the two fields graced by Curie remain depressingly male.
      但令人郁闷的是，居里夫人获奖的两个领域仍是男性的天下。
    10. You will still be graced but unable to perceive you own uniqueness and integrity, and blind also to other attributes with which you are automatically gifted.
      你会依然被赐予恩典，但不能感知你自己的独特性和完整性，并对你的天赋的其他特性视而不见。
    11. That he has graced us worth his presence.
      可以说是我们的荣幸。
    12. We were graced with the presence of the mayor.
      市长的光临使我们倍感光荣。
    13. We cut it out, and it graced out kitchen wall for a long time.
      我们把照片剪了下来，并把它放在厨房里作为装饰挂了好长时间。
    14. Two English directors graced the board of the company.
      两名英国董事的出席给公司的董事会增了光。
    15. A tree covered with tinsel and gaudy paper chains graced one corner.
      一棵覆盖着金属丝和纸链的树让角落增光。
    16. SPORTING sunglasses and military fatigues, Daniel Ortega's portrait graced thousands of student-bedroom walls in the1980s.
      20世纪80年代，丹尼尔·奥尔特加戴着运动太阳镜、身着军照的肖像装饰了无数学生卧室的墙壁。
    17. Relax amidst original frescoes and sculptured reliefs, graced by sunlight and airy garden vistas.
      放宽原来的壁画和雕塑中浮雕，阳光和通风的园林景观增光。
    18. She is one of the finest players ever to have graced the game.
      她是曾使这场比赛生辉的最杰出的运动员之一。
    19. It is an honor to be graced by you, sir.
      被你关注是我的荣幸，感谢光临。
    20. Virtually every aspect of English literature has been graced by the writings of the Irish.
      英语文学几乎在各方面都因为爱尔兰人的作品而变得多采多姿。
    21. The Lord has graced you with a child.
      老天赐给了你一个孩子。
    22. Her photograph graced many a magazine cover.
      她的照片给很多杂志的封面增色。
    23. His Eminence graced the banquet by his presence.
      主教阁下的出席给宴会增添了光辉。
    24. Over the past three and half decades, Kitty's face has graced tens of thousands of products, from underwear, stationary, and airplanes to cell phones, digital cameras, and Netbooks.
      在过去三年半的十年间，小鹰的脸上增光了数以万计的产品从内衣，文具，以及手机，数码相机和上网本的飞机。
    25. Occasionally he graced his table with a piece of round-steak, or with a soup-bone.
      有时他还买圈牛后腿肉，或是炖汤的骨头给饭桌增添光彩。
    26. After months of work, Sarah presented me with the images of animals that have graced my life.
      几个月的工作之后，她向我展示了她的作品&这些让我的生活变得多姿多彩的动物们的画面。
    27. Afterwards, the Dutchman paid tribute to the legends who graced his big day.
      然后，这个荷兰人用一份大礼为这伟大的一天留下了纪念。
    28. Christina's celebrity charm has graced the covers of many national magazines.
      克里斯蒂娜的名人魅力使许多全国性杂志的封面生辉。
    29. I have been graced beyond measure by my family life with Hillary and Chelsea.
      我的家庭生活中因为有了希拉里与切尔希而增添了光彩。
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