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    A warm-hearted person is kind in a natural, feeling way — they care about people, they notice when you are unhappy, and they want to help. It is an adjective, and it is always a compliment.

    A warm-hearted person is kind in a natural, feeling way一個warm-hearted的人心地善良,是很自然、發自內心的那種——they care about people會關心別人,they notice when you are unhappy會注意到你不開心,and they want to help也會想幫忙。It is an adjective這是一個形容詞,and it is always a compliment而且永遠是稱讚的意思。

    The key thing is that it describes a person's whole nature, not one action: you are warm-hearted the way you are tall, all the time. So it fits people best ('a warm-hearted old lady', 'she's a warm-hearted boss'), though we also stretch it to things that come out of that nature — a warm-hearted welcome, a warm-hearted letter, a warm-hearted film.

    The key thing is that it describes a person's whole nature, not one action重點是,它形容的是一個人整體的個性,不是單一的行為:you are warm-hearted the way you are tall, all the time你warm-hearted是一直都這樣,就像你一直都很高一樣。So it fits people best所以它最適合用在人身上('a warm-hearted old lady'像心腸很好的老太太、'she's a warm-hearted boss'她是個心腸很好的老闆),though we also stretch it to things that come out of that nature不過我們也會延伸到從那種個性生出來的東西——a warm-hearted welcome熱心的歡迎、a warm-hearted letter溫暖的信、a warm-hearted film溫暖的電影。

    Compare it with its neighbours: 'kind' is about what you do; 'friendly' is about how easily you talk to people; 'warm-hearted' is about the feeling underneath, the sense that this person genuinely wishes you well.

    Compare it with its neighbours跟它的近義詞比較一下:'kind' is about what you do'kind'講的是你做了什麼;'friendly' is about how easily you talk to people'friendly'講的是你跟人講話容不容易;'warm-hearted' is about the feeling underneath'warm-hearted'講的是底下那份感覺,the sense that this person genuinely wishes you well是這個人真心希望你好的那種感覺。

    It has a slightly old-fashioned, story-book flavour — you meet it in novels and in speeches more than in a text message to a friend. Its opposite, cold-hearted, is much stronger and much crueller than warm-hearted is sweet.

    It has a slightly old-fashioned, story-book flavour它帶點老派、故事書的味道——you meet it in novels and in speeches more than in a text message to a friend比較常在小說和演講裡看到,不太會出現在傳給朋友的訊息裡。Its opposite, cold-hearted它的反義詞cold-hearted,is much stronger and much crueller than warm-hearted is sweet冷酷無情的程度,比warm-hearted溫暖甜美的程度強烈、殘忍得多。

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組成warm + heart + -ed. The -ed here does not mean past tense — it means 'having'. Warm-hearted = having a warm heart. English builds a lot of adjectives this way from body words: kind-hearted, big-headed, long-legged, blue-eyed.

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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。

warm-heartedadj

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    Amicable and friendly.

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    Kind, sympathetic, and generous.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。