grateful
adjectiveWord Family
- grateful adjective (≠ ungrateful)
- gratefully adverb
- gratitude noun (≠ ingratitude)
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feeling or showing thanks because somebody has done something kind for you or has done as you asked 感激的；表示感谢的 Thank you for doing this. I really am so grateful. 谢谢你这么做。我真的很感激。 - grateful to somebody
We are very grateful to all those who contributed. 我们非常感谢所有做出贡献的人。 - grateful for something
She said she was grateful for the support shown by the community. 她说她很感激社区给予的支持。 - grateful to somebody for something
I am extremely grateful to all the teachers for their help. 我非常感谢所有老师的帮助。 - grateful to do something
She seems to think I should be grateful to have a job at all. 她似乎认为我有份工作就该谢天谢地了。 - grateful (that…)
He was grateful that she didn't tell his parents about the incident. 他感到庆幸的是，她未将此事告诉他父母。 Grateful thanks are due to the following people for their help… 向下列给予过帮助的人表示衷心的感谢… Kate gave him a grateful smile. 凯特感激地对他笑了笑。
Express Yourself Thanking somebody for somethingThanking somebody for something 表达谢意 When someone gives you something, or does something for you, you often want to say more than just a brief ‘thank you’: 接受别人的馈赠或帮助后，想说的不仅仅是简单的 “谢谢”，还有其他表达谢意的方式： Thank you very much. It's very kind of you./You really shouldn't have. 非常感谢。你真是太好了。／您真的不必那么客气。
Thank you so much for coming. It was really nice to see you. 非常感谢你光临。见到你真高兴。
I'm very grateful. 我非常感激。
I do appreciate your help. 承蒙帮助，不胜感激。
回应： That's all right. 不用谢。
Don't mention it. 不用客气。
No problem. 不打紧。
My pleasure. 乐意效劳。
I'm glad I could help. 很高兴能帮上忙。
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsb1, Personal qualitiesb1I am more than grateful for their generous response. 我特别感激他们慷慨的回应。 I'll be forever grateful for your help. 我会永远感激你的帮助。 I'm eternally grateful that we managed to go there before the war. 我们设法在战争爆发前到了那里，我对此永生感恩。 I'm immensely grateful to you for your support. 对你的支持我万分感激。 I'm just grateful the injury is not as bad as we'd feared. 伤势并不像我们担心的那么严重，我对此真是庆幸不已。 We are deeply grateful to you and your family. 我们深深地感激你和你的家人。 Rebecca gave him a grateful look. 丽贝卡感激地看了他一眼。
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used to make a request, especially in a letter or in a formal situation （尤用于书信或正式场合提出请求）感激不尽，请
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from obsolete grate ‘pleasing, thankful’ (from Latin gratus) + -ful.