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- the quality of being good, in particular好, 尤指：
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- virtue; moral excellence德行; 美德：
a belief in the basic goodness of mankind.
一种认为人性本善的信念。
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- kindness; generosity仁慈; 慷慨：
he did it out of the goodness of his heart.
他是出于仁慈之心才这样做的。
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- the beneficial or nourishing element of food（食物的）有益（或营养）成分。
- (as a substitution for'God') expressing surprise, anger, etc.天哪, 啊呀（用作“上帝”的替代语, 表示吃惊或愤怒等）：
goodness knows what her rent will be.
天知道她的租金会是多少！
短语
for goodness' sake
- 见SAKE1.
goodness of fit
- Statistics the extent to which observed data matches the values expected by theory【统计】（观测到的数据和理论值的）适合度, 吻合度。
have the goodness to do something
- used in exaggeratedly polite requests请（做）; 有（做…）的好意（用来过于礼貌地表达请求）：
have the goodness to look at me when I'm speaking to you!
我在和你说话时能否请你看着我的眼睛！
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