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.
双语例句
1. a book of extraordinary gravitas
一本非常严肃的书
来自《权威词典》
2. He is pale, dark, and authoritative, with the gravitas you might expect of a Booker prize winner.
他脸色苍白，皮肤较黑，颇有威信，浑身透着一种布克奖得主应有的庄重。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The manager could well have been smart in buying Edwin van der Sar to bring gravitas.
