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

• Finance director Douglas Flint, too, has the gravitas to succeed Mr Green as chairman.
  财务总监范智廉（DouglasFlint）也有接替葛霖担任主席的庄严气质。
• My father and the fathers of my boyhood friends were men of gravitas, authority figures.
  我的父亲，还有我小时候玩伴的父亲，他们都是说一不二的严父类型。
• 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。
• 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。
• If you don't pass that test, no one's going to worry too much about your gravitas because you are struck off the list, 'Ms. Hewlett says.
  休利特说，如果你没有通过这个测试，就没有人会太在意你举止是否庄重，因为你已经被从名单上除名。
• Do employees walk around the office with their heads held a little higher and answer the phone with a bit more gravitas in their voice?
  员工走在办公室里有没有头抬得更高，接电话的语调更庄重了？
• 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。
• 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。
• Founders are generally free to execute their vision with added "gravitas," Harford argues.
  哈福德认为，创始人往往具有额外的分量，可以不受约束地执行他们的设想。
• 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。