grace /ɡreɪs/ CET4 TEM4 ( gracing, graced, graces )

• 1. 

  N-UNCOUNT If someone moves with grace, they move in a smooth, controlled, and attractive way. 优美

  例：

  He moved with the grace of a trained boxer.

  他的动作带有一个训练有素的拳击手的风采。

• 2. 

  N-PLURAL The graces are the ways of behaving and doing things which are considered polite and well-mannered. 风度

  例：

  She didn't fit in and she had few social graces.

  她不适应而且没有什么社交风度。

• 3. 

  V-T If you say that something graces a place or a person, you mean that it makes them more attractive. 使优美 [正式]

  例：

  He went to the beautiful old Shaker dresser that graced this homely room.

  他走向那个使这间陋室生辉的漂亮的夏克尔式旧橱柜。

• 4. 

  N-UNCOUNT In Christianity and some other religions, grace is the kindness that God shows to people because He loves them. (上帝的) 恩惠

  例：

  It was only by the grace of God that no one died.

  正是承蒙上帝的恩惠才没有人死去。

• 5. 

  N-VAR When someone says grace before or after a meal, they say a prayer in which they thank God for the food and ask Him to bless it. (饭前或饭后的) 谢恩祷告

  例：

  Leo, will you say grace?

  利奥，你要做祷告吗？