英语词汇： generous 和 liberal 用法辨析

generous 和 liberal 都可表示“慷慨的”、“大方的”短语意思。generous 指大方地帮助

人，强调有同情心; liberal 指出手大方，强调给予财物不计较数量。

例句：

In some respects she seems to be a most selfish woman, yet at times she will be most

generous.

在某些方面她似乎是一个很自私的女人，而有时她却是十分慷慨。

John expressed his great gratitude to those who rendered him generous help when

he was in difficulty.

约翰对在他的困难的时候给予他慷慨帮助的人表示感谢。

Kind and generous, he is always ready to help in case of emergency.

他生性善良大方，遇到紧急情况一定会挺身相助。

He got a fine fame for being generous with his money to help the poor.

他因慷慨解囊帮助贫困者而得到好名声。

The generous person finds his life becomes richer, fuller, bigger in every way. The

stingy person finds his life becomes poorer, emptier, smaller in every way.

慷慨的人发现他的生命更富有，更丰富，更广大。吝啬的人发现他的生命更穷困，更空虚，

更渺小。

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Mrs. Brown preferred that nothing be said about his liberal contribution to the

Institute of Children's Welfare.

布朗夫人宁愿人们不要赞扬她对儿童福利院的慷慨捐献。

He seemed so shrewd that nobody thought he was a liberal giver to charities when

he was alive.

看来他确实很精明，没有人认为他活着的时候给慈善机构作大量慷慨的捐助。

It was acknowledged that he was a liberal man, and did much good among the poor.

大家都公认他是个很大方的人，做了许多济苦救贫的事。

He is liberal with his money and buys a lot of presents for her girl friend’s parents.

他对钱毫不吝惜，给他女朋友父母买了许多礼物。

generous 和 liberal 还可表示“宽容”、“大度”。 generous 侧重指能体谅他人的处

境，原谅他人的错误、缺点、缺陷等。liberal 侧重指为人心胸宽阔，宽宏大度，思想开明、

能理解且尊重他人意见。

例句：

He is very generous and will not care much about your fault.

他很大度，不会在乎你的错。

When you do that, you gain respect from another person, and are viewed as

generous and kind.

因为你这么做会赢得别人对你的尊重，你会被认为是宽宏大量、心地善良的人。

So far as I know, he is very generous, so he would not care for your attitude on the

matter.

据我所知，他是有雅量的人，不会计较你在这个问题上态度的。

I really appreciate your generous manner in dealing with such a dishonest fellow.

我很赞赏你在处理这么不诚实的的傢伙的所表现出的宽容。

He who in adversity would have succor, let him be generous while he rests secure.

谁想在逆境中得到援助，就应在身处顺境时待人宽厚。

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He was liberal in mind and stout of body, and always looked young.

他这个人心宽体胖，总不显老。

I try to be more liberal about such things than I used to.

对这样的事，我尽量做到比以前更加豁达大度。

She is a tender, cute, smart, a little naught and liberal lady kin.

她是一个温和、可爱、聪明、有点淘气，又很豁达的一个小女人。

She and her husband are liberal people with easy manner.

她和她丈夫都很宽宏大度，待人随和的人。

I hope that the new manager would be more liberal than the original manager.

但愿新来的经理比原来的经理心胸宽大。