good‧ness S2 / ɡʊdnəs, ɡʊdnɪs / 名词 [不可数名词]

1 my goodness!/goodness (gracious) me! spoken said when you are surprised or sometimes angry :

My goodness, you have spent a lot!

2 for goodness’ sake spoken said when you are annoyed or surprised, especially when telling someone to do something :

For goodness’ sake stop arguing!

3 goodness (only) knows spoken used to emphasize that you are not sure about something, or to make a statement stronger :

That bar’s been closed for goodness knows how long.

Goodness knows, I tried to help him!

4 being good the quality of being good :

the desire to see goodness and justice in the world

5 best part the part of food which is good for your health :

All the goodness of an egg is in the yolk.

6 have the goodness to do something old-fashioned formal used when asking someone to do something in an extremely polite way :

Please have the goodness to wait.

7 out of the goodness of sb’s heart used when someone has done something in order to be kind or helpful to other people :

He did it out of the goodness of his heart.