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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. 画廊以其最慷慨的捐助者命名。 a generous donation/gift/offer 慷慨的捐赠/礼物/提议 - generous with something
You've been incredibly generous with your time. 你对自己的时间非常慷慨。 - generous to somebody
He was generous to his friends and family. 他对朋友和家人很慷慨。 - generous in something
She was generous in her praise for her co-stars. 她对自己的搭档赞不绝口。 - generous in doing something
They were very generous in giving help 他们非常慷慨地给予帮助 - 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. 他主动提出为我们俩付钱，真是太慷慨了。
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesb1, Moneyb1John's getting very generous with the wine! 酒桌上的约翰变得很慷慨！ 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. 主任感谢主席慷慨的礼物。
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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。
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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。
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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).