grateful
/ˈɡreɪtfl/
adj.
一句话记住
感激的；感谢的
释义与例句
adj.
感激的；感谢的
feeling or showing thanks for something kind that somebody has done
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I am extremely grateful for your help.
我非常感谢你的帮助。
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She was grateful to the neighbours who had looked after her cat.
她很感激帮忙照看猫的邻居们。
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We would be grateful if you could reply by Friday.
如您能在周五前回复，我们将不胜感激。
词源与构词
由古旧形容词 grate（令人愉快的、感谢的）加 -ful 构成，与拉丁语 gratus（令人喜悦的）有关。
记忆钩子
grateful 的拼写中间是 -ate-，不是 -eat-；be grateful for 后接事物，be grateful to 后接人。
词族与关联词
同根词（同一个词根长出来的词）
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congratulate 祝贺；向……道贺Her colleagues congratulated her on winning the award. 同事们祝贺她获奖。
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gratitude 感激；感谢之情She expressed her gratitude to everyone who had supported her. 她向所有支持过她的人表达了感激之情。
词族（同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式）
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gratitude 感激；感谢grateful 对应的抽象名词。
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gratefully 感激地grateful 加 -ly 构成副词。
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ungrateful 不领情的grateful 加否定前缀 un-。
同义词
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thankful 感激的；欣慰的grateful 常强调因他人的善意或帮助而感激；thankful 还可表示因幸运地避开坏事而欣慰、庆幸。We were thankful that no one was injured. 我们很庆幸没有人受伤。
反义词
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ungrateful 不领情的；忘恩的It would be ungrateful to ignore all the support we received. 无视我们得到的所有支持就太不领情了。
易混词（形近或义近，注意区别）
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gracious 亲切有礼的；宽厚的grateful 指因受到帮助而心怀感激；gracious 指待人亲切、有礼貌、宽厚，尤其用于地位较高或受到冒犯的人。She was a gracious host and thanked every guest. 她是位亲切有礼的主人，感谢了每一位客人。
常见搭配
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grateful for 因……而感激We are grateful for the support of our readers. 我们感谢读者的支持。
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grateful to somebody 感激某人I am deeply grateful to everyone who volunteered. 我深深感谢每一位志愿者。
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eternally grateful 永远感激The family will be eternally grateful to the rescue team. 这家人将永远感激救援队。