- [uncountable]
the quality of being kind 仁慈；善良；体贴；宽容 to treat somebody with kindness and consideration 待人体贴周到
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesb1They had shown him great kindness. 他们对他非常友好。 I'll never forget your kindness to me. 我永远也不会忘记您对我的好意。 She has always been kindness itself to me. 对我来说，她一直就是善良的化身。 Show your appreciation by little acts of kindness. 通过点滴善行来表达你的感激之情吧。 They volunteer out of the kindness of their hearts. 他们出于善心而担任志愿者。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- loving
- simple
- …
- show somebody
- treat somebody with
- meet with
- …
- out of kindness
- kindness to
- kindness towards/toward
- …
- an act of kindness
- kindness itself
- out of the kindness of your heart
- …
- [countable]
a kind act 友好（或仁慈、体贴）的举动 I can never repay your many kindnesses to me. 我无法报答你对我无微不至的关怀。 Small kindnesses meant a lot to her. 些微的善意表现对她而言意义重大。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- loving
- simple
- …
- show somebody
- treat somebody with
- meet with
- …
- out of kindness
- kindness to
- kindness towards/toward
- …
- an act of kindness
- kindness itself
- out of the kindness of your heart
- …
Idioms
kill somebody/something with kindness
to be so kind to somebody/something that you in fact harm them 宠坏
the milk of human kindness
- (literary)
kind behaviour, considered to be natural to humans 人的善良天性；恻隐之心