gravitas

英 [ˈɡrævɪtɑːs]

美 [ˈɡrævɪtɑːs]

n.  严肃; 庄严

牛津词典

noun

• 严肃；庄严
  the quality of being serious
  1. a book of extraordinary gravitas
     一本非常严肃的书

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 庄严;严肃;睿智
  If you say that someone hasgravitas, you mean that you respect them because they seem serious and intelligent.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• formality in bearing and appearance
  1. he behaved with great dignity
  Synonym:dignitylordliness

双语例句

• For one thing, it shows how big tech companies such as Google are scrambling to increase their financial acumen and gravitas as their balance sheets grow in size and complexity.
  一方面，这体现出随着谷歌等大科技企业的资产负债表的规模和复杂程度与日俱增，它们正努力迅速提高自己的财务头脑和严谨性。
• IT department can also ascertain gravitas in the boardroom in getting the right resources for innovations.
  资讯科技署也能确定庄严在董事会中获得权利资源的创新。
• Gravitas is first and foremost about confidence and staying calm in a stressful situation, and then showing teeth, which means being decisive even when faced with hard choices, Ms. Hewlett says.
  休利特说，要做到举止端庄，最重要的就是自信和在有压力时保持冷静，其次是表现出强硬的一面，这意味着要果断，即便是在面对艰难抉择的情况下。
• The finished result may have charm but is technically poor and lacks the gravitas of previous official photographs, according to experts.
  专家表示，最后出来的结果可能还不错，但是缺少了技巧，和之前的官方照相比，也少了分庄严。
• Such careers had no particular gravitas – but all that has changed.
  这种职业没有特别庄严，不过这一切都改变了。
• Terry Pratchett's Discworld might not have the gravitas of other fantasy works, but it makes our list by virtue of being pure fun.
  特里.布莱切特的《碟形世界》也许不像其他奇幻作品那么严肃，它能够上榜正式因为其纯粹的好玩儿。
• 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。
• He's an effective enough politician but somehow he lacks the statesmanlike gravitas of a world leader.
  他是一个足够引人注意的政客，但他却有些缺乏一个世界领袖的政治家般的庄严举止。
• She never seemed like an ing é nue, though: Even as a teenager, she had gravitas.
  不过，她似乎从来没经历过天真少女的阶段：甚至在十几岁时，她都很稳重。
• The inscriptions, set in a custom typeface designed by the stone carver Nick Benson, manage to convey both extraordinary gravitas and a modern energy.
  碑文，有石头雕刻家NickBenson用特制的字体设计，充分表达了严肃庄严和现代力量。