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giving or willing to give freely; given freely 慷慨的；大方的；慷慨給予的 The gallery was named after its most generous benefactor. 畫廊以其最慷慨的捐助者命名。 a generous donation/gift/offer 慷慨的捐贈/禮物/提議 - generous with something
You've been incredibly generous with your time. 你對自己的時間非常慷慨。 - generous to somebody
He was generous to his friends and family. 他對朋友和家人很慷慨。 - generous in something
She was generous in her praise for her co-stars. 她對自己的搭檔贊不絕口。 - generous in doing something
They were very generous in giving help 他們非常慷慨地給予幫助 - it is generous of somebody
Thank you for your donation. It was very generous of you. 感謝您的捐款，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. 他主動提出爲我們倆付錢，真是太慷慨了。
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesb1, Moneyb1John's getting very generous with the wine! 酒桌上的約翰變得很慷慨！ She's quite generous with her praise. 她很喜歡贊揚别人。 They have been extremely generous to the church. 他們對教會極爲慷慨。 He's a kind and generous man. 他是個仁慈大方的人。 The director thanked the chairman for his generous gift. 主任感謝主席慷慨的禮物。
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more than is necessary; large 豐富的；充足的；大的 a generous helping of meat 一大份肉 The car has a generous amount of space. 這輛汽車的空間很大。 The review panel criticized the payments as overly generous. 審查小組批評這些開銷太過手鬆。
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kind in the way you treat people; willing to see what is good about somebody/something 寬厚的；寬宏大量的；仁慈的 a generous mind 寬闊的胸懷 He wrote a very generous assessment of my work. 他給我寫的工作評價多有贊譽之詞。 Her generous spirit shone through in everything she did. 她所做的每件事都體現出寬宏大量的精神。
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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).