gen·er·ous
adjective/ˈdʒenərəs/
/ˈdʒenərəs/
(approving)- giving or willing to give freely; given freely
慷慨的；大方的；慷慨给予的 - The gallery was named after its most generous benefactor.
该画廊以其最慷慨的捐助者的名字命名。 - a generous donation/gift/offer
慷慨的捐赠；丰厚的礼物；慷慨的提议 - generous with something You've been incredibly generous with your time.
您如此慷慨，不吝时间。 - generous to somebody He was generous to his friends and family.
他对朋友和家人非常慷慨。 - generous in something She was generous in her praise for her co-stars.
她慷慨地赞扬了她的搭档。 - generous in doing something They were very generous in giving help
他们非常慷慨地提供帮助 - it is generous of somebody Thank you for your donation. It was very generous of you.
感谢您的捐款，您真是慷慨大方。 - it is generous of somebody to do something It was extremely generous of him to offer to pay for us both.
他主动要为我们俩付钱，真是太大方了。
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesb1, Moneyb1- They were very generous with the food!
他们对食物非常慷慨！ - She's quite generous with her praise.
她很喜欢赞扬别人。 - They have been extremely generous to the church.
他们对教会极为慷慨。 - He's a kind and generous man.
他是个仁慈大方的人。 - The director thanked the chairman for his generous gift.
董事感谢主席的慷慨馈赠。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
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- The gallery was named after its most generous benefactor.
- more than is necessary; large
丰富的；充足的；大的 - a generous helping of meat
一大份肉 - The car has a generous amount of space.
这辆汽车的空间很大。 - The review panel criticized the payments as overly generous.
审查小组批评这些开销太过手松。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
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- a generous helping of meat
- kind in the way you treat people; willing to see what is good about somebody/something
宽厚的；宽宏大量的；仁慈的 - a generous mind
宽阔的胸怀 - He wrote a very generous assessment of my work.
他给我写的工作评价多有赞誉之词。 - Her generous spirit shone through in everything she did.
她所做的每件事都体现出宽宏大量的精神。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
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- feel
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- extremely
- fairly
- very
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- a generous mind
Word Originlate 16th cent.: via Old French from Latin generosus ‘noble, magnanimous’, from genus, gener- ‘stock, race’. The original sense was ‘of noble birth’, hence ‘characteristic of noble birth, courageous, magnanimous, not mean’ (a sense already present in Latin).