Tra từ generous - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

gen·er·ous BrE [ˈdʒenərəs] NAmE [ˈdʒenərəs] adjective (approving)
1. giving or willing to give freely; given freely
•a generous benefactor
•~ (with sth) to be generous with your time
•to be generous in giving help
•a generous gift/offer
• It was generous of him to offer to pay for us both.
Opp: ↑mean
2. more than is necessary; large
Syn: ↑lavish
•a generous helping of meat
• The car has a generous amount of space.
3. kind in the way you treat people; willing to see what is good about sb/sth
•a generous mind
• He wrote a very generous assessment of my work.
Derived Word: ↑generously

Word Origin:
late 16th cent.: via Old French from Latin generosus ‘noble, magnanimous’, from genus, gener- ‘stock, race’. The original sense was ‘of noble birth’, hence ‘characteristic of noble birth, courageous, magnanimous, not mean’ (a sense already present in Latin).

Thesaurus:
generous [generous generously] adj.
1.
•a kind and generous man
•a very generous gift
written, sometimes disapproving liberal • • free with sth •
Opp: mean
be generous/liberal/free with sth
a generous/liberal amount of sth
Generous or liberal? People can be generous with their money, time or help. If they are generous with their money, you can just say that they are generous (without stating ‘with their money’). People can be liberal with their money, cash, criticism or advice.
2.
•He wrote a very generous assessment of my work.
kind • • considerate • • thoughtful • |especially spoken nice • • good • • sweet • |formal benevolent • • benign •
Opp: mean
generous/kind/considerate/nice/good/benevolent to sb
be generous/kind/considerate/thoughtful/nice/good/sweet of sb (to do sth)
a generous/kind/considerate/thoughtful/nice/good/sweet/benevolent man/woman/person

Example Bank:
•John's getting very generous with the wine!
•She's quite generous with her praise.
•Thank you for your donation. It was very generous of you.
•The review panel criticized the payments as overly generous.
•They have been extremely generous to the church.
•You have been most generous.
•He took a generous helping of pasta.
•He's a kind and generous man.
•Her generous spirit shone through in everything she did.
•It was very generous of her to offer to pay.
•That's a very generous offer.
•The director thanked the chairman for his generous gift.
•The gallery was named after its most generous benefactor.
•They were very generous with their time.