| 单词 | munificent |
| 释义 | munificent (once / 2673 pages) adj If you give your best friend a bracelet for her birthday, then you’re a good friend. If you give her a diamond bracelet, a racehorse, and an oil well, then you’re a munificent friend, meaning you are very lavish when it comes to giving gifts. (And it’s possible you may also be broke.) If you’re the generous type, you may already know that the word munificent traces back to the Latin word unificus, meaning “generous, bountiful, liberal,” which in turn originated from the word munus, meaning “gift or service.” Put those two concepts together and you have big-time gift giving on a lavish scale. Use the word munificent to describe instances of over-the-top generosity — think Oprah on a gift-giving binge at Christmastime. WORD FAMILYmunificent: munificence, munificently+/munificence: munificences USAGE EXAMPLESThe initial awards for physics, for example, were followed by equally munificent prizes in life sciences and mathematics. Economist(Dec 04, 2016) His many munificent mutterings include: the Shadowy Shades of the Seraphim, the Seven Rings of Raggadorr and — who can forget? — the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth. New York Times(Oct 27, 2016) The dictator fancied himself as a munificent overseer of the continent below. Time(Oct 21, 2016) adj very generous a munificent gift his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent Syn lavish, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting generous willing to give and share unstintingly |
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