goodness

将“goodness”分解为“good”和“ness”，想象“good”这个品质无处不在，像是覆盖一切的一种美好状态，从而形成“goodness”，即美好、仁慈的特质或状态。

goodness (n.)

Old English godnes "goodness, virtue, kindliness;" see good (adj.) + -ness. In exclamations from 1610s as a term of emphasis, first recorded in for goodnesse sake, i.e. "as you trust in the divine goodness" (i.e., God).

1. She had an unshakeable faith in human goodness and natural honesty.

她坚信人的本性是善良诚实的。

2. My goodness, Tim, you have changed!

我的天，蒂姆，你变了！

3. My goodness, you're soaked through. Where's your car?

天哪，你都成落汤鸡了。你的车呢？

4. Keep your voice down, for goodness sake.

看在上天的份儿上，小点儿声。

5. She seemed to personify goodness and nobility.

她宛如善良和高贵的化身。

【goodness, purity, integrity, morality, virtue】
这组词都有“美德”的意思，其区别是：
goodness: 含义最广，侧重固有的仁爱，慷慨等高尚的美德。
purity: 侧重于道德上无缺点。
integrity: 指品格的纯正，有高度是非感的美德。
morality: 强调符合道德标准的行为或用道德准则衡量某事，尤注重男女间的道德品行。
virtue: 一般用词，指符合道德准则的隐恶扬善行为或品行或指一种有意识去做善事的高尚道德。