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A seriousness of manner that makes people take you seriously — not loud, not , a kind of weight in how you stand and speak. News writers love it for judges, leaders, actors in heavy roles: she has gravitas.
A seriousness of manner一種莊重的態度that makes people take you seriously讓人不由得認真看待你not loud不吵鬧not jokey不愛開玩笑a kind of weight而是一種分量in how you stand and speak在你的站姿和說話方式裡News writers love it新聞寫作者很愛拿它for judges, leaders, actors in heavy roles來形容法官、領袖，還有演出份量很重角色的演員she has gravitasshe has gravitas
It is a formal, slightly loan from Latin; in ordinary talk you might just say someone is serious, or has presence.
It is a formal, slightly showy loan from Latin這是一個正式、帶點炫的拉丁外來語in ordinary talk平常講話you might just say你可能就只會說someone is serious某人很認真or has presence或是有 presence（氣場）
Though actually, it is not the same as being cold or . A person can be warm and still have gravitas.
Though actually不過其實it is not the same as這跟being cold or unkind冷漠或不親切不一樣A person can be warm一個人可以很溫暖and still have gravitas同時還是有 gravitas
It is also not the science word gravity, even though the two are twins from Latin. Gravity kept the ‘heaviness / pull of the Earth’ meaning; gravitas kept the ‘weight of character’ meaning.
It is also not它也不是the science word gravity科學用語 gravity（重力）even though雖然the two are twins from Latin這兩個字是拉丁文裡的雙胞胎Gravity kept the 'heaviness / pull of the Earth' meaninggravity 保留了「重量／地球引力」的意思gravitas kept the 'weight of character' meaninggravitas 保留了「性格上的分量」的意思
You will not hear children say it much. You will hear it in newspapers and speeches.
You will not hear children say it much你不太會聽到小孩子說這個字You will hear it你會聽到它in newspapers and speeches在報紙和演講裡
組成Borrowed from Latin gravitās, ‘weight, heaviness’. Doublet of gravity: same Latin source, two English words now. Latin gravis meant heavy.
同家族的字
- gravitya doublet from the same Latin gravitās; gravity later became the everyday science word for the Earth’s pull
- gravethe adjective only — a grave voice, a grave mistake — from Latin gravis ‘heavy’, not the burial noun
- gravitatefrom the same Latin ‘heavy’ family: to be pulled toward something
- gravitationthe scientific name for that pulling force
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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。
gravitasnoun/ˈɡɹævɪtɑs/
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Seriousness in bearing or manner; dignity.
- “Because he refuses to level with the American people about the dangers which he has placed American troops and our diplomatic corps, personnel and civilians, as well as our partners and allies, or demonstrated even a modicum of presidential gravitas, I will attempt to do that,” said Mr. Biden, who is one of 14 candidates seeking the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Substance, weight.
- The other campaign against Ms. Yellen has been subtler, involving repeated suggestions — almost always off the record — that she lacks the “gravitas” to lead the Fed. What does that mean? […] Sorry, but it’s hard to escape the conclusion that gravitas, in this context, mainly means possessing a Y chromosome.
- Unlike most moons of the solar system, ours has the heft, the gravitational gravitas, to pull itself into a sphere.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。