grace/ɡreɪs/

n

1. U (动作，举止)优美；得体；温文

• Mary danced with much grace. 玛丽舞姿婀娜。

• She answered their questions with grace and dignity. 她温文得体地回答了他们的问题。

2. [～s] 礼仪风范

• the social graces 社交风度

3. U 通情达理；风度

• He had the grace to say he was wrong. 他很有风度地承认自己错了。

• He apologized with (a) bad(good) grace. 他很勉强地(很诚恳地)道了歉。

4. U (上天的)恩惠

• By the grace of God they were saved. 蒙上帝垂怜他们得救了。

5. U 宽限

• I got a week's grace to finish my essay. 我得到一周的宽限来完成我的论文。

6. C,U (饭前或饭后的)谢恩祈祷

• Who will say (a) grace? 谁来做祈祷?

7. U 【宗】 (灵魂)蒙受天恩的状态

• die in a state of grace 死时受到主的感召(尤指受到宽恕后行圣礼)

词组be in sb.'s good (bad) graces 被某人喜欢(厌恶) fall from grace

1. 失宠

• Despite his good connections he fell from grace again. 尽管他有很好的人事背景，但仍失宠了。

2. 又干坏事

• The boy fell from grace when he lied. 这男孩老毛病复发，又撒谎了。

Your (或 His) Graces [对公爵、公爵夫人或大主教的尊称] 阁下

• Their Graces the Duke and Duchess of Kent 肯特公爵和公爵夫人阁下