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kindness

noun
🔊/ˈkaɪndnəs/
🔊/ˈkaɪndnəs/
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  1. [uncountable] the quality of being kind仁慈；善良；体贴；宽容
    • to treat somebody with kindness and consideration待人体贴周到
    Extra Examples
    • They had shown him great kindness.他们对他非常友好。
    • I'll never forget your kindness to me.我永远也不会忘记您对我的好意。
    • She has always been kindness itself to me.对我来说，她一直就是善良的化身。
    • Show your appreciation by little acts of kindness.通过点滴善行来表达你的感激之情吧。
    • They volunteer out of the kindness of their hearts.他们出于善心而担任志愿者。
    Topics Personal qualitiesb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • great
    • loving
    • simple
    • …
    verb + kindness
    • show somebody
    • treat somebody with
    • meet with
    • …
    preposition
    • out of kindness
    • kindness to
    • kindness towards/​toward
    • …
    phrases
    • an act of kindness
    • kindness itself
    • out of the kindness of your heart
    • …
    See full entry
  2. [countable] a kind act友好（或仁慈、体贴）的举动
    • I can never repay your many kindnesses to me.我无法报答你对我无微不至的关怀。🔊🔊
    • Small kindnesses meant a lot to her.些微的善意表现对她而言意义重大。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • great
    • loving
    • simple
    • …
    verb + kindness
    • show somebody
    • treat somebody with
    • meet with
    • …
    preposition
    • out of kindness
    • kindness to
    • kindness towards/​toward
    • …
    phrases
    • an act of kindness
    • kindness itself
    • out of the kindness of your heart
    • …
    See full entry
Idioms
kill somebody/something with kindness
  1. to be so kind to somebody/something that you in fact harm them宠坏
the milk of human kindness
  1. (literary) kind behaviour, considered to be natural to humans人的善良天性；恻隐之心