Benefactor
['benɪfæktə] or ['bɛnɪfæktɚ]
解释:
(noun.) a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help).
编辑:维尔玛--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) One who confers a benefit or benefits.
编辑:勒罗伊
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Friend, supporter, contributor, upholder, well-wisher, favorer, well-doer,patron
ANT:Foe, opponent, disfavorer, antagonist, rival, backfriend, oppressor
校对:尼古拉斯
娱乐性解释:
n. One who makes heavy purchases of ingratitude without however materially affecting the price which is still within the means of all.
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例句:
- A man that is ungrateful to his benefactor, in a manner affirms, that he never received any favours from him. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- It could lynch one as a moral monster, when as a matter of fact his ideals were commonplace; it could proclaim one a great benefactor when in truth he was a rather dull old gentleman. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- The will, of course, was in their possession, as my benefactor had returned to England when I was at school, and made his will in my favor. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- So I'll be a benefactor to society, and go. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Is my benefactor to be made known to me to-day? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- My friend, my benefactor, my honoured companion,' murmured Mr. Winkle, catching at his wrist. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- His gratitude to his kind benefactor knew no bounds, and his industry was indefatigable. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- Says you, Joseph, I have this day seen my earliest benefactor and the founder of my fortun's. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- With others who have given much attention to this remarkable reed, I believe that in its manifold uses the bamboo is the world's greatest dendral benefactor. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- But the dear child,' said Lammle, with a crooked smile, 'ought to have been open with her benefactor and benefactress. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- It would displeasure our benefactor if he knew a stranger was so treated in this house. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- That Dutch bottle was found by my noble benefactor and yours, after he entered on possession of the estate. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- It is largely due to the Patent Law, which justly regards the inventor as a public benefactor, and seeks to make for him some protection in the enjoyment of his rights. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- If ever a good man were ruined by good fortune, it is my benefactor. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Reward of ingratitoode to his earliest benefactor, and founder of fortun's. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- Ivanhoe expressed great repugnance to this plan, which he grounded on unwillingness to give farther trouble to his benefactors. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- If the tallow candle, hitherto unknown, were now invented, its creator would be hailed as one of the greatest benefactors of the present age. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- That, if statues were decreed in Britain, as in ancient Greece and Rome, to public benefactors, this shining citizen would assuredly have had one. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- The circumstance occasioned no alteration, however, in the behaviour of his benefactors. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- O my benefactors! 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- I felt ashamed to appear before my benefactors so clad. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- The owners of such places as Chesney Wold, said Mr. Skimpole with his usual happy and easy air, are public benefactors. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
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