Bequeath
[bɪ'kwiːð] or [bɪ'kwið]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) leave or give by will after one's death; 'My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry'; 'My grandfather left me his entire estate'.
整理:露丝--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To give or leave by will; to give by testament; -- said especially of personal property.
(v. t.) To hand down; to transmit.
(v. t.) To give; to offer; to commit.
伊夫林整理
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. Leave, demise, devise, will, give by will.
錄入:卢卡斯
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Give, grant, leave_by_will, devise, will, bestow, impart, demise, leave_\n.\,Legacy, inheritance
ANT:Withhold, alienate_\n.\, Disinheritance, transference, abalienation,dispossession
丹尼校對
解釋/意思:
v.t. to leave personal property by will to another: to transmit to posterity to leave behind: to commit or entrust to any one.—adj. Bequeath′able.—ns. Bequeath′al Bequeath′ment.
手打:内蒂
例句/造句/用法:
- I merely say, with quite another view, you are probably aware I have some property to bequeath to my child? 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Dear, bequeath me that great patience Which has power to sustain A cheerful, uncomplaining spirit In its prison-house of pain. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- And with such a diet they may be expected to live in peace and health to a good old age, and bequeath a similar life to their children after them. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- The Abbe, quoting from King Cathire’s will, says, To Drimoth I bequeath fifty billiard balls of brass with the cues of the same material. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Having now bequeathed all he had to dispose of, and arranged his affairs in this world, Johnny, thus speaking, left it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- But Epicurus bequeathed his gardens to his own school. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Every thing about the church is marble, and all from the same quarry; it was bequeathed to the Archbishopric for this purpose centuries ago. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Do not think that this genial flame sustained itself, or lived wholly on a bequeathed hope or a parting promise. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Our respected father, as you well know, bequeathed all the Stanhill effects that remained at Norland (and very valuable they were) to your mother. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- All the rest he died possessed of, he bequeathed to Peggotty; whom he left residuary legatee, and sole executrix of that his last will and testament. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- The third bequeathed the Moonstone as a birthday present to his niece, on condition that my father would act as executor. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- The latter informs the party that she bequeaths untold wealth to the young pair and an awful doom to Don Pedro, if he doesn't make them happy. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- To the head-bandage was pinned a slip of paper: it bore in pencil these mocking words-- The nun of the attic bequeaths to Lucy Snowe her wardrobe. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
阿奇校對