Charity

['tʃærɪtɪ] or ['tʃærəti]

解释:

(noun.) an activity or gift that benefits the public at large.

(noun.) a kindly and lenient attitude toward people.

(noun.) an institution set up to provide help to the needy.

(noun.) a foundation created to promote the public good (not for assistance to any particular individuals).

编辑:诺拉--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) Love; universal benevolence; good will.

(n.) Liberality in judging of men and their actions; a disposition which inclines men to put the best construction on the words and actions of others.

(n.) Liberality to the poor and the suffering, to benevolent institutions, or to worthy causes; generosity.

(n.) Whatever is bestowed gratuitously on the needy or suffering for their relief; alms; any act of kindness.

(n.) A charitable institution, or a gift to create and support such an institution; as, Lady Margaret's charity.

(n.) Eleemosynary appointments [grants or devises] including relief of the poor or friendless, education, religious culture, and public institutions.

校对:莱利亚

同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Benevolence, kindness, tenderness, affection, benignity, humanity, kind-heartedness, fellow-feeling, good-will, good-nature, milk of human kindness.[2]. Beneficence, liberality, generosity, bounty, alms-giving, active goodness, doing of good.[3]. Benefaction, gift, alms.

录入:莫拉

同义词及反义词：

[See BENEVOLENCE]

校对:斯坦顿

解释:

n. (N.T.) universal love: the disposition to think favourably of others and do them good: almsgiving: (pl.) affections.—adj. Char′itable of or relating to charity: liberal to the poor.—n. Char′itableness.—adv. Char′itably.—Cold as charity an ironical phrase implying the coldness of much so-called charity which should naturally be warm.

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