grace
恩典,恩惠,恩宠,宽限期
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- : elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action: We watched her skate with effortless grace across the ice.
- : a pleasing or attractive quality or endowment: He lacked the manly graces.
- : favor or goodwill.
- : a manifestation of favor, especially by a superior: It was only through the dean's grace that I wasn't expelled from school.
- : mercy; clemency; pardon: He was saved by an act of grace from the governor.
- : favor shown in granting a delay or temporary immunity.
- : an allowance of time after a debt or bill has become payable granted to the debtor before suit can be brought against him or her or a penalty applied: The life insurance premium is due today, but we have 31 days' grace before the policy lapses.Compare grace period.
- : Theology. the freely given, unmerited favor and love of God.the influence or spirit of God operating in humans to regenerate or strengthen them.a virtue or excellence of divine origin: the Christian graces.Also called state of grace. the condition of being in God's favor or one of the elect.
- : moral strength: the grace to perform a duty.
- : a short prayer before or after a meal, in which a blessing is asked and thanks are given: Grandfather will now say grace.
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For all the power, grace and technical skill demanded of elite gymnastics, the true measure of greatness is determined by fractions of a point awarded by a panel of judges.
In the opening of “Smoke,” Isaiah has put his little house in East Long Beach on the market, bid a painful farewell to the love of his life, an artist named Grace, and hit the road.
In the last chat, Grace said, “Porto isn’t very good this year.”
Hutchings nonetheless took a moment to ask for grace from frustrated parents, teachers and students.
He spread his grace on everything and every one he came in contact with.
But there is a big twist in this story that has left both Grace Castro and Lozoya frustrated and grasping for more answers.
That is a reality that still eats at Grace Castro and Yvonne Lozoya.
Twin girls, Greta and Grace, run around the floor in circles, wearing pink playsuits with tiny pink wings attached.
They made quiet plans together, saying that when they had a child together, they wanted a girl called Grace.
“Light trumps darkness, hope beats despair, grace wins over sin, love defeats hate, life conquers death,” the cardinal said.
Many of them were delicious in the role; one of them was the embodiment of every womanly grace and charm.