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sb's goodness
使用所有格修饰 goodness。
Everyone praised her goodness.
每个人都赞扬她的善良。
善良；优良；美好
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
善良；优良；美好
The quality or state of being good.
Everyone praised her goodness.
每个人都赞扬她的善良。
善的状态或特性；善良。
The state or characteristic of being good.
令人愉悦或有价值或有用的事物
that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
某物中良好、营养、健康的部分或成分。
The good, nutritional, healthy part or content of something.
道德卓越或令人钦佩的品质
moral excellence or admirableness
Her goodness is evident in the way she always helps others without expecting anything in return.
她的善良体现在她总是帮助别人而不求回报。
The story teaches children that goodness will eventually triumph over evil.
这个故事教导孩子们，善良终将战胜邪恶。
I admire the goodness in people who dedicate their time to volunteering.
我钦佩那些把时间奉献给志愿服务的人身上的善良。
使用所有格修饰 goodness。
Everyone praised her goodness.
每个人都赞扬她的善良。
表示某物的优良品质。
The goodness of the apples was undeniable.
这些苹果的优良品质无可否认。
固定短语，表示出于善意。
He helped them out of the goodness of his heart.
他出于内心的善良帮助他们。
Not this
She is a goodness person.
Use this
She is a good person.
Goodness 是名词，不能直接修饰名词；应改用形容词 good。
Not this
He has many goodnesses.
Use this
He has many good qualities.
Goodness 是不可数名词，不应加复数 -es；表示“许多优点”常用 many good qualities。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
出于内心的善良；发自善心
He volunteered to help us out of the goodness of his heart.
他自愿帮助我们，完全是出于内心的善良。
道德上的善；美德
The teacher praised the moral goodness shown in her essay.
老师称赞了她文章中展现的道德善。
天生的善良；固有的善性
She has a firm belief in the innate goodness of people.
她坚信人性本善。
全部营养成分；所有精华
The recipe keeps all the goodness of the fresh tomatoes.
这个食谱保留了新鲜番茄的全部营养成分。
看在老天爷的份上；天哪（用于表示恼怒或强调请求）
For goodness' sake, hurry up!
看在老天爷的份上，快点儿！
谢天谢地
Thank goodness you're safe!
谢天谢地，你安全了！
出于好心
He helped us out of the goodness of his heart.
他出于好心帮助了我们。
善良是唯一不会失败的投资。
This well-known aphorism is often attributed to American writer Henry David Thoreau. It expresses the idea that moral virtue is of lasting value, so 'goodness' here refers to moral excellence.
这句名言常被归于美国作家亨利·戴维·梭罗。它表达了道德美德具有持久价值的理念，因此这里的“goodness”指的是道德上的善。
天哪，好大的火球！
This is the iconic chorus of Jerry Lee Lewis's 1957 hit song 'Great Balls of Fire', a rock and roll classic. The exclamation 'goodness gracious' is still commonly used as a mild way to show surprise. Here 'goodness' is used in a fixed phrase rather than as a description of virtue.
这句话出自杰瑞·李·刘易斯1957年的热曲《Great Balls of Fire》的标志性副歌，是摇滚乐经典。感叹词“goodness gracious”至今仍常用作表示惊讶的委婉说法。这里的“goodness”出现在固定短语中，而不是指美德。
发短 /ʊ/ 音 (如 good, book)
Use goodness naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 goodness 拆成 good（好）+ ness（名词尾巴），好的品质、好的成分都装进这个词里：善良、美德、精华。
语域：mixed 常见场景：道德与宗教讨论、文学或正式文本、食品营养说明 作为名词，goodness 的语体会随义项变化：表示“善良、美德”时多用于正式、文学或宗教语境；表示“营养、精华”时常见于食品与健康类说明。通常不作日常口语中的常用名词，建议根据具体搭配选择语体。
押韵组合：good /ɡʊd/、wood /wʊd/、hood /hʊd/（都含 ood，读 /ʊd/）。goodness 的首音节也是 /ɡʊd/，但后面多出 /nəs/，所以并不与它们完整押韵。happiness、kindness、darkness 虽都以 -ness 结尾，但重读元音不同，只是拼写相似的形近词，发音不同。
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.