magnanimous /mæɡˈnænɪməs/
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外刊例句
Lincoln's assassination 41 days later replaced his policy with a “reconstruction” anchored in revenge. Thus perished a president who, for many Americans, was an almost divine political presence; his magnanimous vision of the nation's future died with him.
41天后，林肯被暗杀，取而代之的是以复仇为目的的“重建”政策。在许多美国人看来，几乎是神圣的政治存在的总统就这样死去了，他对国家未来宽宏大量的憧憬随着他的去世而消失了。
——《经济学人》
基本释义
magnanimous：If you are magnanimous, you behave kindly and generously toward someone, especially after defeating them or being treated badly by them.
adj. 宽宏大量的；大度的
追根溯源
单词magnanimous里的词根magn来自拉丁语magnus，表示“大，伟大”，所以，在英语里包含magn/magni的单词，多与此相关。例如：
magnify /ˈmæɡnɪfaɪ/ v. 放大，夸大
magnifier /ˈmæɡnɪfaɪə(r)/ n. 放大镜
magnificent /mæɡˈnɪfɪsnt/ adj. 高尚的，宏伟的
magnitude /ˈmæɡnɪtjuːd/ n. 大小，量级
中间的词根anim表示“生命，思想”，后缀ous表示形容词，所以，magn anim ous=思想比较伟大的，气度大的→宽宏大量的
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