| 单词 |
large-hearted |
| 释义 |
large-hearted, a.
(Stress variable)
Having a large heart (see large a. 3 c); magnanimous, generous; having wide sympathies.
1645Waller C'tess Carlisle in Mourning 32 Such as made Sheba's curious Queen resort To the large-hearted Hebrews famous Court. 1842Manning Serm. ii. (1848) I. 22 We see some men large-hearted and generous, denying themselves, almost above measure. 1865Pusey Truth Eng. Ch. 17 It is strange to contrast his niggard concessions with the large-hearted statements of Roman Catholics of other days. 1888Burgon Lives 12 Gd. Men I. Pref. 27 Large-hearted and open-handed too he was, when a real case was brought before him.
Hence large-ˈheartedness, magnanimity, generosity.
1640Bp. Reynolds Passions xvii. (1647) 452 In regard of Reasonable and Spiritual Desires, The effects of this affection are: Large-heartedness and Liberality. 1851D. Jerrold St. Giles xxiii. 241 The cobbler..being mightily touched by the large-heartedness of Blast. 1876Mozley Univ. Serm. iv. (1877) 87 Suddenly endowed with a new large-heartedness and benevolence. |
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