We would like to express our gratitude to everyone for their generous donations.
show your gratitude
Her face showed her gratitude.
feel gratitude
He felt a certain gratitude to Eleanor for giving him this idea.
earn somebody's gratitude
The useful service she performed raising money has earned our gratitude.
adjectives
somebody's eternal/undying gratitude (=used to emphasize how extremely grateful you are)
The doctors who saved my daughter have my undying gratitude.
somebody's deep gratitude (also profound gratitude formal)
My only emotions afterward were relief and deep gratitude.
somebody's sincere gratitude
First, I must express our sincere gratitude for all you have done.
somebody's immense gratitude (=being very grateful)
He would like everyone to know about his immense gratitude for all their work.
phrases
a feeling/sense of gratitude
She had a sudden feeling of gratitude towards him.
owe somebody a debt of gratitude
I owe my former teacher a deep debt of gratitude.
Examples from the Corpus
gratitude• She accepted his expressions of sympathy and gratitude for seeing him, with sweetwomanlygrace.• He wrote again, expressinggratitude for the help he had received.• "I'll take the van back, shall I?" he asked, and Elise nodded in gratitude.• Once Castro came to power, he presented Greene with a painting in gratitude.• A few clapped, but I think it was in gratitude for their drinks.• I wept in gratitude at seeing her genuinely happysmile and the tender ministrations of the two women near her.• I would like to express my gratitude to everyone that helped us.• She felt a deepsense of gratitude to the teacher who had encouraged her to go on to university.• Bruisedshadows of fatigue showed beneath her eyes - eyes in which Trent read gratitude and the beginnings of dependency.• The fact that gratitude is the motive of praise could not be more clearly expressed.• Aelred suggested that the Commission write to the Rev. MacLean expressing their gratitude for all the help he has given.• I would have gone down on my knees and wept with gratitude if Phagu had not been watching.
in gratitude for something• A few clapped, but I think it was in gratitude for their drinks.• The thirdportrait he promised to give to Madame Zborowska in gratitude foracting as a model.
Origingratitude
(1400-1500)FrenchLatingratitudo, from gratus; → GRATEFUL
ADJECTIVE | VERB + GRATITUDE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤deep, profound發自內心的感激;深切的感激▸➤heartfelt, sincere衷心的/真誠的感謝▸➤eternal, undying永存的感激VERB + GRATITUDE➤feel心存感激◇the very deep gratitude I felt towards / toward her我對她懷有的深切感激之情➤express, extend, show表達/致以/表示感激之情▸➤have心懷感激◇You have our undying gratitude.我們對你永存感激之情。➤deserve, earn (sb)值得/贏得(對某人的)感激◇They deserve our gratitude for all the work they do.他們所做的一切值得我們感激。◇His kindness earned him her eternal gratitude.他的友善令她永存謝意。PREPOSITION➤in gratitude出於感激◇He almost wept in gratitude when he saw the money.看到那筆錢時,他幾乎感激涕零。➤with gratitude心存感激地◇I remember them with gratitude.我心存感激地記着他們。➤gratitude at因⋯感恩◇my gratitude at her thoughtfulness我對她的體貼的感激之情➤gratitude for對⋯的感激➤gratitude to, gratitude towards/toward對⋯的感激◇I would like to express my deep sense of gratitude to the staff for their patience.我要對全體員工的耐心表示深深的感謝。PHRASES➤as a token of your gratitude以表謝意◇I sent him some money as a token of my gratitude.我寄了些錢給他聊表謝意。➤owe a debt of gratitude to sb對某人感激不盡◇We owe her a deep debt of gratitude for her services.對於她的付出,我們感激不盡。➤a feeling of gratitude, a sense of gratitude感激之情