喜樂美語
  1. 1肯付出的、慷慨的、大方的（指為人）

    A giving person is kind, caring, and generous. They think of other people and are happy to share time, help, or things, without keeping a mean little score. “She is so giving” praises someone’s character, not one single present. It is a warm word, a little softer than generous, which can sound like money. Though actually the same spelling is also just the -ing form of the verb give (“She is giving a talk”; “Giving is better than receiving”). That is grammar. This sense is the describing word: what kind of person they are.

    形容人時，giving 指善良、關心別人、慷慨大方的人。這樣的人會替別人著想，願意分享時間、幫助或東西，不會斤斤計較。像「She is so giving」，是在稱讚一個人的品格，而不是指某一次送的禮物。

    這個字語氣溫暖，比 generous 柔和一點，因為 generous 有時會讓人聯想到金錢。同一個拼法也是動詞 give 的 -ing 形式，例如「She is giving a talk」，那是文法上的用法；這裡講的是形容人的詞。

From the word’s history

give + -ing.

由 give 加上字尾 -ing 組成。

Wiktionary

組成give + -ing. As an adjective, -ing turns the verb into a describing word: a person who gives.

同家族的字

  • givethe verb this adjective is built from
  • givera person who gives

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

givingadj/ˈɡɪvɪŋ/

  • 1

    Having the tendency to give; generous.

    • To become like Christ involves everything else: becoming a loving and giving person, having confidence enabling you to be vulnerable (psychologically and physically; Jesus did both), having the wisdom to see people's needs and the desire to meet them.
  • 2

    slangAwesome, outstanding, radiating, stunning; exceeding expectations. (Probably derived from earlier transitive use of give (“give off [a certain vibe or appearance]”), as in this outfit gives ‘college girl’, that one is giving ‘old Hollywood’.)

    • Your outfit is giving!
    • There were lots of statement nail moments at the 2022 MTV VMA‘s, and Latto‘s metallic french tip manicure was one of them. [see title]

givingnoun/ˈɡɪvɪŋ/

  • 1

    The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.

  • 2

    A gift; a benefaction.

    • his gains were sure, His givings rare
  • 3

    The act of softening, breaking, or yielding.

    • [U]pon the first giving of the weather.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

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