goodness

B2 CET-4 Oxf 5000 高中 FREQ #1925 ★★☆☆☆

n. 仁慈, 善良

发音

US /ˈɡʊdnəs/

词形变化

goodnesses 复数 goodnesses

别名

goodnesse BAGS

教材释义与例句

名词

善良，优秀 ；精华，养分

the quality of being good

感叹词

天哪

said when you are surprised or sometimes angry

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    The state or characteristic of being good.

    不可数 可数
  2. 2.

    The good, nutritional, healthy part or content of something.

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    God.

    委婉 不可数 可数

    Thank goodness that the war is over!

  4. 4.

    The moral qualities which constitute Christian excellence; moral virtue.

    可数 不可数 宗教
interj. B1
  1. 1.

    Clipping of goodness me or various similar exclamations such as goodness gracious.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

good

反义词 2

badness evilness

上位词 2

quality morality

下位词 10

better benefit wisdom kindness welfare virtue optimum graciousness soundness desirability

相关短语

goodness me goodness gracious me goodness gracious goodness knows 天晓得!谁也不知道；上帝作证 God knows 天知道,谁知道,没人知道 oh my goodness gracious out of the goodness of one's heart for goodness' sake thank goodness 谢天谢地, 幸亏 my goodness oh my goodness honest to goodness gracious goodness

词源

From Middle English goodnesse, godnesse, from Old English gōdnes (“goodness; virtue; kindness”), from Proto-West Germanic *gōdnassī (“goodness”), equivalent to good + -ness. Cognate with Scots guidness (“goodness”), West Frisian goedens (“goodness”), Old High German guotnessī (“goodness”), Middle High German guotnisse (“goodness”), Russian годность (godnostʹ, “suitability, fitness”).

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