gravitas
英 [ˈɡræv.ɪ.tæs]
美 [ˈɡræv.ə.tæs]
- n. （拉）庄严；庄重；庄严的举止
英语词源
- gravitas (n.)
- 1924, usually in italics, from Latin gravitas "weight, heaviness;" figuratively, of persons, "dignity, presence, influence" (see gravity). A word wanted when gravity acquired a primarily scientific meaning.
权威例句
- 1. a book of extraordinary gravitas
- 一本非常严肃的书
- 2. He is pale, dark, and authoritative, with the gravitas you might expect of a Booker prize winner.
- 他脸色苍白，皮肤较黑，颇有威信，浑身透着一种布克奖得主应有的庄重。
- 3. The manager could well have been smart in buying Edwin van der Sar to bring gravitas.
- 买入范德萨稳固后防实在是主教练的明智之举.