| 词组 | grateful |
| 释义 | grateful Grateful in its sense meaning "appreciative" may be used with the prepositions for or to. In general, grateful for is used with benefits received, grateful to with people: • Separated from his dream, he was sickened at its ugliness and grateful for the lights and sounds of day —John Cheever, The Wapshot Chronicle, 1957 • The world was grateful for this moment of fresh air —Thomas Merton, Center Mag., September 1969 • I am uncommonly grateful to you for drawing my attention to it —Dorothy L. Sayers, The Nine Tailors, 1934 • She was touched by the offer of the rings, and grateful to George —Herman Wouk, Marjorie Morning-star, 1955 When grateful means "pleasing" and is used with a preposition, the preposition is usually to. • ... the sight of Clara was grateful to his senses as a glass of iced wine —Elinor Wylie, Mr. Hodge and Mr. Hazard, 1928 • ... gave me ample room to develop my theme, but forced upon me a concision that my practice as a dramatist had made grateful to me —W. Somerset Maugham, The Summing Up, 1938 • ... expertly composed in full romantic vein, lavish with melody, grateful to the voices —Herbert Weinstock, Saturday Rev., 23 Mar. 1968 |
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