1924, usually in italics, from Latin gravitas "weight, heaviness;" figuratively, of persons, "dignity, presence, influence" (see gravity). A word wanted when gravity acquired a primarily scientific meaning.
雙語例句
1. a book of extraordinary gravitas
一本非常嚴肅的書
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. He is pale, dark, and authoritative, with the gravitas you might expect of a Booker prize winner.
他臉色蒼白，皮膚較黑，頗有威信，渾身透著一種布克獎得主應(yīng)有的莊重。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The manager could well have been smart in buying Edwin van der Sar to bring gravitas.