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- courteous, kind, and pleasant, especially towards someone of lower social status（尤指对社会地位较低的人）谦和的, 亲切的, 令人愉快的：
smiling and gracious in defeat.
面对失败仍然和蔼可亲, 面带微笑。
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- elegant and tasteful, especially as exhibiting wealth or high social status（尤指在展现财富或上层社会地位时）雅致的; 有品位的：
the British painter specialized in gracious Victorian interiors
专门从事高品位的维多利亚式室内装饰的英国画家
gracious living.
雅致的生活。
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- (in Christian belief) showing divine grace（基督教中）显示天恩的：
I am saved by God's gracious intervention on my behalf.
拜赐天恩, 我才得救。
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- Brit. a polite epithet used of royalty or their acts〈英〉仁慈的（对王室及其行为的礼貌称呼）：
the accession of Her present gracious Majesty.
当今仁慈的女王陛下的登基。
- expressing polite surprise天哪！啊呀！（有礼貌地表示吃惊）。
派生词
graciously
adverbgraciousness
noun词源
Middle English: via Old French from Latin gratiosus, from gratia 'esteem, favour' （see GRACE）.