趣味记单词animal：每日单词magnanimous

趣味记单词animal：每日单词magnanimousmagnanimous：If you are magnanimous you behave kindly and generously toward someone especially after defeating them or being treated badly by them. 基本释义 Lincoln's assassination 41 days later replaced his policy with a “reconstruction” anchored in revenge. Thus perished a president who for many Americans was an almost divine political presence; his magnanimous vision of the nation's futu

magnanimous /mæɡˈnænɪməs/

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外刊例句

Lincoln's assassination 41 days later replaced his policy with a “reconstruction” anchored in revenge. Thus perished a president who for many Americans was an almost divine political presence; his magnanimous vision of the nation's future died with him.

41天后，林肯被暗杀，取而代之的是以复仇为目的的“重建”政策。在许多美国人看来，几乎是神圣的政治存在的总统就这样死去了，他对国家未来宽宏大量的憧憬随着他的去世而消失了。

——《经济学人》

基本释义

magnanimous：If you are magnanimous you behave kindly and generously toward someone especially after defeating them or being treated badly by them.

adj. 宽宏大量的；大度的

追根溯源

单词magnanimous里的词根magn来自拉丁语magnus，表示“大，伟大”，所以，在英语里包含magn/magni的单词，多与此相关。例如：

magnify /ˈmæɡnɪfaɪ/ v. 放大，夸大

magnifier /ˈmæɡnɪfaɪə(r)/ n. 放大镜

magnificent /mæɡˈnɪfɪsnt/ adj. 高尚的，宏伟的

magnitude /ˈmæɡnɪtjuːd/ n. 大小，量级

中间的词根anim表示“生命，思想”，后缀ous表示形容词，所以，magn anim ous=思想比较伟大的，气度大的→宽宏大量的