| graceful gracious | | graceful: 侧重动作、外形的优雅得体,形容人 / 物的外在姿态gracious: 侧重态度、举止的和蔼有礼,形容人的内在修养 | 1. The ballerina made a graceful bow.2. The queen received guests with a gracious smile. | |
| gratuitous gratis | | gratuitous: ① 无偿的(正式);② 无端的、没必要的(贬义,核心区别义)gratis: 仅表示免费的 / 地(口语 + 书面通用,无贬义) | 1. His gratuitous criticism upset everyone.2. Students can get museum tickets gratis on weekends. | |
| congratulatory gratulatory | | congratulatorygratulatory: 偏正式书面语,多用于演讲、公文等严肃场合 | 1. We sent a congratulatory card to the newlyweds.2. The speech ended with gratulatory remarks for the leader. | |
| ungraceful graceless | | ungraceful: 侧重动作的笨拙不灵活,中性偏客观描述graceless: 侧重举止的粗鲁无教养,贬义,含道德评价 | 1. She had an ungraceful fall on the ice.2.His graceless comment ruined the dinner. | |
| ungrateful ingrate | | ungratefulingrate: 名词,指 **“忘恩负义的人”**,直接作主语 / 宾语 | 1.It’s ungrateful to ignore your parents’ help.2. No one wants to be called an ingrate. | |
| agreeable gracious | | agreeable: 侧重性格随和、容易相处,或事物 “令人愉快的”gracious: 侧重待人接物的宽厚有礼,格调更高 | 1. She has an agreeable personality.2.It’s gracious of you to forgive his mistake. | |