kinder

英 [ˈkɪndə(r)]

美 [ˈkɪndər]

adj.  体贴的; 慈祥的; 友好的; 宽容的; 客气请求或命令
kind的比较级

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柯林斯词典

NOUN USES AND PHRASES 名词用法和短语

• N-COUNT 种类
  If you talk about a particularkind ofthing, you are talking about one of the types or sorts of that thing.
  1. The party needs a different kind of leadership...
     该党需要一种不同的领导风格。
  2. Had Jamie ever been in any kind of trouble?...
     杰米遇到过什么麻烦吗？
  3. I'm not the kind of person to get married...
     我不是那种适合结婚的人。
  4. This book prize is the biggest of its kind in the world...
     这一图书奖项是世界上同类奖项中分量最重的。
  5. Ear pain of any kind must never be ignored.
     决不要忽视耳部的任何疼痛。
• N-COUNT 同类人
  If you refer to someone'skind, you are referring to all the other people that are like them or that belong to the same class or set.
  1. I hate Lewis and his kind just as much as you do...
     我和你一样痛恨刘易斯之流。
  2. I can take care of your kind.
     我能对付像你这样的家伙。
• PHRASE 各种类型的；五花八门的
  You can useall kinds ofto emphasize that there are a great number and variety of particular things or people.
  1. Adoption can fail for all kinds of reasons...
     收养不成功可能有各种原因。
  2. Donations came from all kinds of people...
     捐赠来自于各界人士。
  3. All kinds of remarkable things began to happen.
     开始发生各种不寻常的事。
• PHRASE 稍微；有几分；有点儿
  You usekind ofwhen you want to say that something or someone can be roughly described in a particular way.
  1. It was kind of sad, really...
     有点儿让人难过，真的。
  2. She wasn't beautiful. But she was kind of cute...
     她不漂亮。但她有几分可爱。
  3. It kind of gives us an idea of what's happening.
     这让我们大概了解了正在发生的事情。
• PHRASE 名不副实，徒有其名（指不如本应有的那么好）
  You can useof a kindto indicate that something is not as good as it might be expected to be, but that it seems to be the best that is possible or available.
  1. There is good news of a kind for the Prime Minister...
     对总理来说也算是有个好消息。
  2. She finds solace of a kind in alcohol.
     她从酒精中多少得到一些安慰。
• PHRASE 独一无二的；独特的
  If you refer to someone or something asone of a kind, you mean that there is nobody or nothing else like them.
  1. She's a very unusual woman, one of a kind.
     她是个非常与众不同的女人，是独一无二的。
• PHRASE 两个/三个/四个同一类的
  If you refer, for example, totwo, three, orfour of a kind, you mean two, three, or four similar people or things that seem to go well or belong together.
  1. They were two of a kind, from the same sort of background.
     他们俩是一类人，有相同的背景。
• PHRASE 以同样的方式
  If you respondin kind, you react to something that someone has done to you by doing the same thing to them.
  1. They hurled defiant taunts at the riot police, who responded in kind.
     他们向防暴警察挑衅大骂，防暴警察同样回骂他们。
• PHRASE 以实物支付；以货代款；以服务偿付
  If you pay a debtin kind, you pay it in the form of goods or services and not money.
  1. Inflation and the shortage of banknotes has forced factories to pay their workers in kind.
     通货膨胀和纸币短缺使工厂不得不以实物抵付工人的工资。
  2. ...benefits in kind.
     实物形式的福利

ADJECTIVE USES 形容词用法

• ADJ-GRADED 慈祥的；体贴的；乐于助人的
  Someone who iskindbehaves in a gentle, caring, and helpful way towards other people.
  1. She is warm-hearted and kind to everyone and everything...
     她对每个人每件事都很热心、宽厚。
  2. I must thank you for being so kind to me...
     我很感激你对我这么好。
  3. It was very kind of you to come.
     你能来真是太好了。
• ADJ-GRADED 请…，…可以吗（表示坚定且客气地请求某人做某事）
  You can usekindin expressions such asplease be so kind as toandwould you be kind enough toin order to ask someone to do something in a firm but polite way.
  1. Please be so kind as to see to it that all the alterations are made at once!...
     请务必立即执行变更！
  2. I wonder if you'd be kind enough to call him.
     请你给他打个电话好吗？
• ADJ-GRADED 突出优点的；使胜过实物的
  Something that iskindemphasizes the good qualities in something, and perhaps makes it appear better than it really is.
  1. Summer clothes are invariably less kind to fuller figures.
     体形较丰满的人穿夏装总是不那么好看。
• See also:kindlykindness

双语例句

• The vet says that our dog is so ill that it would be kinder if we put her down.
  兽医说我们的狗病得太厉害了，我们杀死它反倒更仁慈些。
• We were much kinder to one another after that night.
  那晚以后我们彼此更加友好了。
• Will David Cameron's softer, kinder Tories do better?
  戴维卡梅伦（DavidCameron）更温和、更仁慈的保守党会表现得更好吗？
• He was at home more often for supper now and he was kinder to the servants and more affectionate to Wade and ella.
  他现在时常回家吃晚饭，对仆人更和气，对韦德和爱拉也更亲热了。
• If everyone tries to do this, the world will be a kinder, brighter and happier place.
  如果每个人都这样做，那这个世界将会成为一个更加友善、更加光明快乐的福地。
• Specifically, I would like to thank Richard D. Johnson and Steve Kinder for their review of this article.
  我特别要感谢RichardD.Johnson和SteveKinder对本文进行了审阅。
• Where shall we see a better daughter, or a kinder sister, or a truer friend?
  我们上哪儿能找到一个这么孝顺的女儿，这么亲切的姐妹，这么真挚的朋友？
• Kinder Chocolate is rich in milk and it is conceived especially, but not only, for kids.
  健达巧克力富含牛奶，尤其适合于孩子们。
• But although critical gossip may serve an important social function, it's certainly much kinder to resist.
  但是，虽然带有批判的闲话可能起到了一个重要的社交功能，肯定是不去说会好地多。
• I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him.
  我从来没有仁慈比在整个一周的老男人之前，我杀了他。