Benefaction
[,benɪ'fækʃ(ə)n] or [,bɛnɪ'fækʃən]
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of conferring a benefit.
(n.) A benefit conferred; esp. a charitable donation.
錄入:莫拉
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Gift, donation, gratuity, grant, offering, contribution, boon, present, alms, charity.
手打:朱迪
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Grant, gratuity, boon, donation, aims, present, gift, endowment, bequest,favor, presentation
ANT:Deprivation, reservation, disfavor, presumption, confiscation, disendowment
手打:波莱特
解釋/意思:
n. the act of doing good: a good deed done or benefit conferred: a grant or endowment.—n. Benefac′tor one who gives a benefit to another esp. one who leaves a legacy to some charitable or religious institution a patron:—fem. Benefac′tress.—adj. Benefac′tory.
整理:贾丝廷
例句/造句/用法:
- Or a benefactor's veto might impose such a negation on a man's life that the consequent blank might be more cruel than the benefaction was generous. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- It did not call for this as a pious benefaction; it demanded it as a right. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- This Atticus had an immense fortune, and he amused himself by huge architectural benefactions to various cities. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- He made vast benefactions to the Buddhist teaching orders, and tried to stimulate them to a better study of their own literature. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
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