grateful adj. [ˈɡreɪtfl]
感激的;表示感谢的;(尤用于书信或正式场合提出请求)感激不尽
1.be grateful to sb 感激某人
You are doing me a great service, and I‘m very grateful to you
你帮了我一个大忙，非常感激。
2.be grateful for 为...而感谢; 因...感激;很庆幸
She would be grateful for their company on the drive back
有他们做伴开车陪她回去，她会很感激的。
He was grateful for a chance to relax and collect his thoughts.
他很庆幸有机会放松放松，整理一下自己的思绪。
She is all too aware that we should be grateful for good health
我们应对健康的身体心存感恩，这一点她太清楚了。
We would be grateful for any information you can give us.
如能提供信息我们将感激不尽。
I will forever be grateful for his considerable input.
我将永远感激他的大量投入。
considerable [kənˈsɪdərəbl] adj.相当多(或大、重要等)的
3.be grateful to do.做某事而心存感激
She seems to think I should be grateful to have a job at all.
她似乎认为我有份工作就该谢天谢地了。
4.be grateful that （if）从句
I’m very grateful that you lent your book to me.
你把书借给我，我非常感激。
He was grateful that she didn‘t tell his parents about the incident.
他感到庆幸的是她未将此事告诉他父母。
I would be grateful if he could cast an expert eye over it and tell me what he thought of it
如果他能够以专家的眼光浏览一下，告诉我他的想法，我将非常感激。
5.feel grateful 感恩，心怀感激
The Government flies these kites of disinformation, then people feel grateful
when the changes don‘t happen.
政府故意放出这些虚假消息来试探舆论，而当其中提到的改变并未出现时，老百姓便会心怀感激。
disinformation[ˌdɪsˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃn] n.(尤指政府机构故意发布的)虚假信息，假消息
6.be grateful to sb. for sth 因…感谢某人
I am extremely grateful to all the teachers for their help.
我非常感谢所有老师的帮助。
She was grateful to him for being so good to her
他对她这么好，令她很感激。
I am grateful to him for letting me read his early chapters in manuscript.
他让我拜读了其手稿的前几章，对此我十分感激。
manuscript. [ˈmænjuskrɪpt] n.
手稿;原稿;(印刷术发明以前书籍或文献的)手写本，手抄本
We are grateful to you for permission to reproduce this article.
非常感谢您允许我们复印这篇文章。
We are particularly grateful to him for his timely help.
我们特别感谢他的及时帮助。
I‘m very grateful to you for your kindness.
你的好意，我十分领情。
I am very grateful to you for your advice.
多谢你的指导。
We are extremely grateful to you for the trouble you have taken on our behalf.
多蒙鼎力相助，不胜感谢。
Grateful acknowledgment is made for permission to reprint.
为获准重印致以深切感谢。