benevolence

B2 CET-6 大学 FREQ #28797

n. 善意, 慈悲, 善行 [法] 捐助物, 捐款, 仁慈

发音

其它 /bəˈnɛvələns/
其它 /bəˈnɛvələns/
US /bəˈnɛvələns/

词形变化

benevolences 复数 benevolences

教材释义与例句

名词

仁慈；善行

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    Disposition to do good.

    仁慈

    仁

    慈悲

    不可数 可数

    gesture of benevolence

    show benevolence

    spirit of benevolence

    She smiled with benevolence at the children.

  2. 2.

    Charitable kindness.

    不可数 可数

    His acts of benevolence earned him great respect.

  3. 3.

    An altruistic gift or act.

    可数 不可数
  4. 4.

    A kind of forced loan or contribution levied by kings without legal authority, first so called under Edward IV in 1473.

    英国 可数 历史 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

benefaction

反义词 1

malevolence

上位词 3

love kindness benignity

下位词 3

charity beneficence brotherly love

词源

Circa 1400, original sense “good will, disposition to do good”, Old French benivolence from Latin benevolentia (also directly from Latin), literally “good will”, from bene (“well, good”) + volentia, form of volēns, form of volō (“to wish”), components cognate to English benefit and voluntary, more distantly will (via Proto-Indo-European).

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