- 1aC1
/ˈθæŋkfəl/
Glad and grateful that something has happened or is true, especially because things would have turned out much worse without it.
慶幸的；感恩的
比較級 more thankful最高級 most thankful
核心畫面
A picture that fits: you look back at how something turned out, quietly see the worse version that almost happened, and feel relieved and glad that it did not. The feeling points at the outcome — at luck, or at whoever or whatever kept the bad version away.
可以想成事情過去之後，你回頭一看，心裡浮現「差一點就變成很糟的樣子」，然後鬆一口氣、覺得還好。這個字的重點在「結果」…更多收起
可以想成事情過去之後，你回頭一看，心裡浮現「差一點就變成很糟的樣子」，然後鬆一口氣、覺得還好。這個字的重點在「結果」：慶幸事情是這樣收場的，也可能把這份心意指向讓它沒變糟的人或運氣。所以它裡面通常帶著一個沒說出口的對照——沒發生的那個壞版本。原始詞典資料3 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。
Thankfulname
- 1
A female given name.
thankfuladj/ˈθæŋkfəl/
- 1
Showing appreciation or gratitude.
- I'm thankful that you helped me out today. How can I ever repay you?
- 2
obsoleteObtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy.
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。