grateful

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈɡɹeɪtf(ʊ)l/    美 /ˈɡɹeɪtf(ə)l/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful.
    — I’m grateful that you helped me out.
  2. Of a thing or (obsolete) person: pleasing to the mind or senses; agreeable, pleasant, welcome. archaic
    — [T]his is a guift / Very gratefull, I am ſure of it, to expreſſe / The like kindneſſe my ſelfe, that haue beene / More kindely beholding to you then any: […]

词形变化

gratefuller comparative more grateful comparative gratefullest superlative most grateful superlative gratefull alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
gratefully gratefulness ingrateful overgrateful pergrateful ungrateful
相关词
gratitude ingrate

词源

From grate (“(obsolete) serving to gratify, agreeable, pleasing; grateful, thankful”) + -ful (suffix forming adjectives with the sense of tending to have or thoroughly having a quality). Grate is a learned borrowing from Latin grātus (“agreeable, pleasing; beloved, dear; grateful, thankful”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“to express approval, praise; to elevate”).
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