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verb + gracefully
副词放在动词后，修饰动作进行的方式。
She danced gracefully across the stage.
她在舞台上优雅地起舞。
优雅地；温文地
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优雅地；温文地
in a graceful manner
She danced gracefully across the stage.
她在舞台上优雅地起舞。
优雅地
In a graceful manner.
She danced gracefully across the stage.
她在舞台上优雅地跳舞。
The swan glided gracefully over the lake.
天鹅在湖面上优雅地滑行。
He gracefully accepted the criticism.
他优雅地接受了批评。
副词放在动词后，修饰动作进行的方式。
She danced gracefully across the stage.
她在舞台上优雅地起舞。
副词放在动词前，常强调态度或反应得体。
He gracefully accepted the criticism.
他优雅地接受了批评。
修饰过去分词，构成“优雅地完成/设计”等形容性短语。
The garden is gracefully designed.
这座花园设计得很优雅。
Not this
She danced graceful at the party.
Use this
She danced gracefully at the party.
danced 是动词，需要用副词 gracefully 来修饰动作的方式；graceful 是形容词，只能修饰名词，不能放在动词后作状语。
Not this
My grandmother wants to grow gracefully old.
Use this
My grandmother wants to grow old gracefully.
grow old 是固定搭配，表示“变老”；副词 gracefully 修饰整个短语时应放在 old 之后，而不是插在 grow 和 old 中间。
Not this
He gracefully offered his seat to the elderly woman.
Use this
He graciously offered his seat to the elderly woman.
主动让座体现的是礼貌和善意，应该用 graciously；gracefully 强调动作姿态的优美，并不表示“礼貌地”。
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优雅地老去
She hopes to age gracefully.
她希望优雅地老去。
优雅地移动
The ballet dancer moved gracefully across the stage.
芭蕾舞演员在舞台上优雅地移动。
优雅地接受
He accepted the criticism gracefully.
他优雅地接受了批评。
优雅地谢绝
She declined the invitation gracefully.
她优雅地谢绝了邀请。
优雅地落地
The cat landed gracefully on its feet.
那只猫优雅地四脚着地。
优雅地鞠躬
The performer bowed gracefully to the audience.
表演者向观众优雅地鞠躬。
优雅地老去；从容接受变老
My grandmother believes in growing old gracefully and never tries to look younger.
我祖母相信要优雅地老去，从不想办法让自己显得更年轻。
体面地退出；优雅地告别
After a long career, he decided to bow out gracefully.
在漫长的职业生涯之后，他决定体面地退出。
大度地让步；不失体面地退让
Realizing his mistake, he backed down gracefully.
意识到自己的错误后，他大度地让步了。
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Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
grace 是“优雅”，想象天鹅优雅地滑过水面：gracefully 就是“优雅地”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：描写动作或仪态、形容应对或处理方式 gracefully 为中性副词，通常用于描述动作、姿态或处事方式的优雅，口语和书面语中都自然，不限于正式场合。
真正与 gracefully /ˈɡreɪsfəli/ 押韵的是 disgracefully（/dɪsˈɡreɪsfəli/）。gratefully 读音很接近，但重读元音后的辅音不同（/s/ 对 /t/），不算严格押韵。hopefully、peacefully、beautifully、carefully 只是拼写上以 fully 结尾，重读元音不同，发音并不押韵。
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