grace

noun

动作 of movement

1. 优美；优雅
   an attractive quality of movement that is smooth, elegant and controlled
   1. She moves with the natural grace of a ballerina.
      她的动作具有芭蕾舞演员自然优雅的丰姿。

行为 behaviour

2. 文雅；高雅
   a quality of behaviour that is polite and pleasant and deserves respect
   1. He conducted himself with grace and dignity throughout the trial.
      在整个审讯过程中他表现得文雅而有尊严。
3. 风度；体面
   ways of behaving that people think are polite and acceptable
   1. He was not particularly well versed in the social graces .
      他对社交礼节并不特别熟悉。

额外时间 extra time

4. 宽限期；延缓期
   extra time that is given to sb to enable them to pay a bill, finish a piece of work, etc.
   1. They've given me a month's grace to get the money.
      他们宽限我一个月弄到这笔钱。

上帝 of God

5. 恩宠；恩典
   the kindness that God shows towards the human race
   1. It was only by the grace of God that they survived.
      承蒙天恩，他们才幸免于难。

祈祷 prayer

6. （饭前的）谢恩祈祷
   a short prayer that is usually said before a meal to thank God for the food
   1. Let's say grace .
      我们做饭前祷告吧。

称呼 title

7. （对大主教、公爵、公爵夫人、女公爵的尊称）大人，阁下，夫人
   used as a title of respect when talking to or about an archbishop , a duke or a duchess
   1. Good Morning, Your Grace.
      早上好，阁下。
   2. Their Graces the Duke and Duchess of Kent.
      肯特公爵及公爵夫人阁下。

verb

1. 为增色；为锦上添花；装饰
   to make sth more attractive; to decorate sth
   1. The table had once graced a duke's drawing room.
      这张桌子曾一度为公爵的起居室增色不少。
2. 使荣耀；使生辉；承蒙光临
   to bring honour to sb/sth; to be kind enough to attend or take part in sth
   1. She is one of the finest players ever to have graced the game.
      她是曾使这运动生辉的最杰出的运动员之一。
   2. Will you be gracing us with your presence tonight?
      请问您今晚能否赏光？

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.
14. 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。
15. 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。
16. airs and graces → see: air

1. Grace had dried her eyes. That boded well.
   格雷丝已擦干了眼泪，应该没事了。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. The young woman had grace beyond her years.
   这个年轻女子有着超越年龄的涵养。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. 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。
10. 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。
11. 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。
12. It was only by the grace of God that no one died.
    承蒙上帝保佑才无人死亡。
13. Leo, will you say grace?
    利奥，你来做饭前祷告吧？
14. Your Grace, I have a great favour to ask of you.
    大人，我想请您施以大惠。
15. 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。
16. He did not even have the grace to apologise
    他甚至连一个道歉都没有。
17. 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。
18. 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。
19. 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。
20. 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。
21. 'Mum thinks I should stop imposing on your hospitality, Leo,' said Grace.
    “利奥，我妈妈觉得我不应该再在这儿麻烦你了，”格雷丝说。
22. You'd think that at least he'd have the good grace to admit his blinding, jammy luck.
    你可能会认为他起码应该大方地承认自己是撞上了好运。
23. I can't think why Grace doesn't like me
    我不明白为什么格雷丝不喜欢我。
24. I was a little nervous when I announced my engagement to Grace, but I needn't have worried
    我宣布和格雷丝订婚时有点紧张，但我本不必担心的。
25. She hesitated, then put her hand on Grace's arm
    她犹豫了一下，然后把手放到格雷斯的胳膊上。
26. Ageing's one saving grace is you worry less about what people think.
    上了年纪的一个好处是不再那般担心别人的看法。
27. Grace tapped on the bedroom door and went in
    格雷丝轻轻敲了敲卧室的门，走了进去。
28. She recognized her mother's grace handwriting on the envelope.
    她认出信封上她母亲那娟秀的笔迹。
29. He declined the invitation with stately grace.
    他庄严而文雅地谢绝了邀请。
30. I hope the grace of God would descend on me.
    我期望上帝的恩惠。

n.

be in sb's good graces

• 为某人所赞同（或喜爱）；得到某人的欢心
  to have sb's approval and be liked by them

fall from grace

• （尤指因做了错事或不道德之事而）失去信任，失去尊重，失去恩宠
  to lose the trust or respect that people have for you, especially by doing sth wrong or immoral

sb's fall from grace

• （尤指因做了错事或不道德之事的）失去信誉
  a situation in which sb loses the trust or respect that people have for them, especially because of sth wrong or immoral that they have done

have the (good) grace to do sth

• （尤指犯错后）知趣地做某事，通情达理地做某事
  to be polite enough to do sth, especially when you have done sth wrong
  1. He didn't even have the grace to look embarrassed.
     他甚至连一丝尴尬的神色都没有。

there but for the grace of God (go I)

• 若非天助，区区岂能幸免
  used to say that you could easily have been in the same difficult or unpleasant situation that sb else is in

with (a) bad grace

• 勉强地；不情愿地；无礼地
  in an unwilling and/or rude way
  1. He handed over the money with typical bad grace.
     他照常不情愿地把钱交出来。

with (a) good grace

• 心甘情愿地；乐意地；高高兴兴地
  in a willing and pleasant way
  1. You must learn to accept defeat with good grace.
     你必须学会欣然承认失败。

airs and graces

• 摆架子；装腔作势
  a way of behaving that shows that sb thinks that they are more important, etc. than they really are

in a state of grace

• （罗马天主教指灵魂上没有大罪的状态）受天主眷爱，蒙受恩宠
  (in the Roman Catholic Church) having been forgiven by God for the wrong or evil things you have done

year of grace

year of our Lord

• 纪元某年；公元某年
  any particular year after the birth of Christ

noun

1. a disposition to kindness and compassion
   1. the victor's grace in treating the vanquished

   Synonym:    good willgoodwill

2. (Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God
   1. God's grace is manifested in the salvation of sinners
   2. there but for the grace of God go I

   Synonym:    grace of Godfree grace

3. a sense of propriety and consideration for others
   1. a place where the company of others must be accepted with good grace

   Synonym:    seemliness

4. elegance and beauty of movement or expression
   1. a beautiful figure which she used in subtle movements of unparalleled grace

   Synonym:    gracility

5. a short prayer of thanks before a meal
   1. their youngest son said grace

   Synonym:    blessingthanksgiving

6. (Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God
   1. the conception of grace developed alongside the conception of sin
   2. it was debated whether saving grace could be obtained outside the membership of the church
   3. the Virgin lived in a state of grace

   Synonym:    saving gracestate of grace

verb

1. make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
   1. Decorate the room for the party
   2. beautify yourself for the special day

   Synonym:    decorateadornornamentembellishbeautify

2. be beautiful to look at
   1. Flowers adorned the tables everywhere

   Synonym:    deckadorndecorateembellishbeautify