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单词 magnanimity
释义 mag·na·nim·i·ty
\ˌmagnəˈniməd.ē, ˌmaig-, -mətē, -i\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English magnanimite, from Middle French magnanimité, from Latin magnanimitat-, magnanimitas, from magnanimus + -itat-, -itas -ity
1.
 a. : a loftiness of spirit enabling one to sustain danger and trouble with tranquillity, firmness, and courage
  < can bear whatever happens with manlike magnanimity — James Harris >
  < was not wanting in a sense of the magnanimity of warriors — Walter Pater >
 b. archaic : a loftiness of ambition and outlook
  < that magnanimity of soul which delights in bold enterprises — William Robertson †1793 >
2.
 a. : a nobility of feeling that is superior to meanness, pettiness, or jealousy and that disdains revenge or retaliation : generosity of mind
  < nothing pays richer dividends than magnanimity — W.E.Binkley >
  < an opportunity for magnanimity … to unite a country that seems at times to be hopelessly divided — M.W.Childs >
  < magnanimity, which was her chosen attitude, was often a strain to her — Mary Austin >
 b. : an instance of magnanimity — usually used in plural
  < all her thoughts may like the linnet be … dispensing round their magnanimities of sound — W.B.Yeats >
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