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单词 good-hearted
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Definition of good-hearted in English:

good-hearted

adjective
  • Kind and well meaning.

    a good-hearted woman who tried to do her best
    Example sentencesExamples
    • And the movie itself is I think very good-hearted at its core.
    • I am sure that the Australian people want both a clear and cool-headed government and also a good-hearted government.
    • Her good-hearted hubby (gently played by Wynters) knows better, but indulges her anyway - with a plan of his own waiting on the back burner.
    • He was a good-hearted man who loved me and his son.
    • While it is a great shame that this year's York ride will not now take place, good-hearted cyclists can take comfort from the fact that a ride could be still be held in the future.
    • In many ways it's a send-up, but it's a good-hearted one.
    • One in five family sessions of traditional board games ends in some good-hearted wheeler dealing, according to research conducted to mark the start of National Game Playing Week on Monday.
    • And so begins a good-hearted, extremely cartoony adventure, with Rodriguez's trademark homemade special effects and music.
    • The good-hearted Alberto is barely fazed by what he sees.
    • But both are sincere, dedicated, good-hearted people.
    • He was good-hearted about it, but good-hearted in the sort of way that people who know they're right can afford to be good-hearted.
    • People who are ‘good with kids’ always seem like the most genuine, good-hearted folk.
    • Inevitably, there will be atrocities that will cause many good-hearted people to defect from the cause.
    • The contributors give the impression that good-hearted planners can easily achieve their intended aims.
    • Ibbotson is dextrous with pace and suspense, accessible, always amusing, and a treat to read aloud, and the book is both joyously light-hearted and profoundly good-hearted.
    • He is wretched, weak, ugly, inspiring contempt and disgust in not only all the supposedly good-hearted characters but also the reader.
    • And it's great - lively, funny and immensely good-hearted.
    • A fanatical Aberdeen Football Club supporter, he endures plenty of good-hearted stick from his colleagues about his allegiances with great good humour.
    • Yesterday's marchers were good-hearted and well-intentioned.
    • That naive misunderstanding summarizes the threat posed by this good-hearted, wrong-headed legislation.
    Synonyms
    kind, kindly, kind-hearted, friendly, obliging, generous, charitable, magnanimous, gracious, sympathetic, benevolent, benign, altruistic, unselfish, selfless

Derivatives

  • good-heartedness

  • noun
    • That said, one can't help but admire the resilience and good-heartedness of the people of Wirt County, who chipped in to build an addition onto the Lynch house to make it wheelchair friendly for Jessi.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Nonetheless, life is good, the earth is beautiful, human customs enchanting, and we must face up to things with a degree of stoical good-heartedness.
      • They were proud of what they tried to do because, you know, there was a good-heartedness behind all these endeavours, and they were glad to be able to talk about it, and they all did.
      • They took him prisoner but, because of his good-heartedness, they shipped him to a camp on the Greek mainland instead.
      • Along with his modesty, Hunter's unalterable good-heartedness contributed to his popularity.

Rhymes

downhearted, hard-hearted, heavy-hearted, kind-hearted, light-hearted, lion-hearted, overparted, tender-hearted, uncharted, warm-hearted, wholehearted
 
 

Definition of good-hearted in US English:

good-hearted

adjectiveˈˌɡʊd ˈˌhɑrdədˈˌɡo͝od ˈˌhärdəd
  • Kind and well meaning.

    a good-hearted woman who tried to do her best
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Ibbotson is dextrous with pace and suspense, accessible, always amusing, and a treat to read aloud, and the book is both joyously light-hearted and profoundly good-hearted.
    • A fanatical Aberdeen Football Club supporter, he endures plenty of good-hearted stick from his colleagues about his allegiances with great good humour.
    • I am sure that the Australian people want both a clear and cool-headed government and also a good-hearted government.
    • Her good-hearted hubby (gently played by Wynters) knows better, but indulges her anyway - with a plan of his own waiting on the back burner.
    • The contributors give the impression that good-hearted planners can easily achieve their intended aims.
    • He was a good-hearted man who loved me and his son.
    • While it is a great shame that this year's York ride will not now take place, good-hearted cyclists can take comfort from the fact that a ride could be still be held in the future.
    • He is wretched, weak, ugly, inspiring contempt and disgust in not only all the supposedly good-hearted characters but also the reader.
    • But both are sincere, dedicated, good-hearted people.
    • Yesterday's marchers were good-hearted and well-intentioned.
    • And so begins a good-hearted, extremely cartoony adventure, with Rodriguez's trademark homemade special effects and music.
    • That naive misunderstanding summarizes the threat posed by this good-hearted, wrong-headed legislation.
    • In many ways it's a send-up, but it's a good-hearted one.
    • He was good-hearted about it, but good-hearted in the sort of way that people who know they're right can afford to be good-hearted.
    • The good-hearted Alberto is barely fazed by what he sees.
    • One in five family sessions of traditional board games ends in some good-hearted wheeler dealing, according to research conducted to mark the start of National Game Playing Week on Monday.
    • And it's great - lively, funny and immensely good-hearted.
    • And the movie itself is I think very good-hearted at its core.
    • Inevitably, there will be atrocities that will cause many good-hearted people to defect from the cause.
    • People who are ‘good with kids’ always seem like the most genuine, good-hearted folk.
    Synonyms
    kind, kindly, kind-hearted, friendly, obliging, generous, charitable, magnanimous, gracious, sympathetic, benevolent, benign, altruistic, unselfish, selfless
 
 
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