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animated
1、 Full of life; lively, vigorous, active.
2、 Seeming or appearing to be alive.
🌱Her gestures as she talked were so animated that even people across the room were watching her. 🌳Animated cartoon characters have been "given life" by film techniques, though the animation of drawings actually goes back to handheld toys in the 1830s. A child watching the cartoon may also be animated—squealing, laughing, and jumping around—as can a crowd of hockey fans or a rock-concert audience. And the best discussions and arguments are often highly animated. magnanimous 1、 Showing a lofty and courageous spirit.
2、 Generous and forgiving.
🌱She was magnanimous in victory, saying she'd been lucky to win and praising her opponent's effort. 🌳The basic meaning of magnanimity is "greatness of spirit." Thus, magnanimity is the opposite of pettiness or "smallness." A truly magnanimous person can lose without complaining and win without gloating. Angry disputes can sometimes be resolved when one side makes a magnanimous gesture toward the other. And it's the mark of magnanimity to give credit to everyone who worked on a project even if you'd rather it all went to you. animosity Ill will or resentment.
🌱Legend has it that the animosity between the Greeks and the Trojans began with the stealing of the beautiful Helen from her husband, Menelaus. 🌳The important Latin word animus （very closely related to anima） could mean a great many things having to do with the soul and the emotions, one of them being "anger." As an English word, animus has generally meant "ill will," so it isn't mysterious that animosity means basically the same thing. Animosity can exist between two people, two groups or organizations, or two countries, and can sometimes lie hidden for years before reappearing. The deep animosities that exist between certain ethnic and religious groups sometimes seem as if they will last forever. inanimate 1、 Not alive; lifeless.
2、 Not lively; dull.
🌱The sculptures of Rodin are so expressive that, although inanimate, they seem full of life and emotion. 🌳The couch you sit on while you watch TV is an inanimate object, as is your footrest, your bag of snacks, and your remote control. Spend too much time on that couch and you risk becoming a couch potato. （A potato is an inanimate object.）
2、 Seeming or appearing to be alive.
🌱Her gestures as she talked were so animated that even people across the room were watching her. 🌳Animated cartoon characters have been "given life" by film techniques, though the animation of drawings actually goes back to handheld toys in the 1830s. A child watching the cartoon may also be animated—squealing, laughing, and jumping around—as can a crowd of hockey fans or a rock-concert audience. And the best discussions and arguments are often highly animated. magnanimous 1、 Showing a lofty and courageous spirit.
2、 Generous and forgiving.
🌱She was magnanimous in victory, saying she'd been lucky to win and praising her opponent's effort. 🌳The basic meaning of magnanimity is "greatness of spirit." Thus, magnanimity is the opposite of pettiness or "smallness." A truly magnanimous person can lose without complaining and win without gloating. Angry disputes can sometimes be resolved when one side makes a magnanimous gesture toward the other. And it's the mark of magnanimity to give credit to everyone who worked on a project even if you'd rather it all went to you. animosity Ill will or resentment.
🌱Legend has it that the animosity between the Greeks and the Trojans began with the stealing of the beautiful Helen from her husband, Menelaus. 🌳The important Latin word animus （very closely related to anima） could mean a great many things having to do with the soul and the emotions, one of them being "anger." As an English word, animus has generally meant "ill will," so it isn't mysterious that animosity means basically the same thing. Animosity can exist between two people, two groups or organizations, or two countries, and can sometimes lie hidden for years before reappearing. The deep animosities that exist between certain ethnic and religious groups sometimes seem as if they will last forever. inanimate 1、 Not alive; lifeless.
2、 Not lively; dull.
🌱The sculptures of Rodin are so expressive that, although inanimate, they seem full of life and emotion. 🌳The couch you sit on while you watch TV is an inanimate object, as is your footrest, your bag of snacks, and your remote control. Spend too much time on that couch and you risk becoming a couch potato. （A potato is an inanimate object.）
ANIM comes from the Latin anima, meaning "breath" or "soul." So, for example, an animal is a living, breathing thing—though human animals have often argued about whether other species actually have souls.🌸