bequest

FREQ #45561

n. 遗赠物, 遗产, 遗赠 [经] 遗产

发音

其它 /bɪˈkwɛst/
US /bɪˈkwɛst/

词形变化

bequests 复数 bequests bequested bequesting bequests 三单 bequesting 现在分词 bequested 过去式 bequested 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act of bequeathing or leaving by will.

  2. 2.

    The transfer of property upon the owner's death according to the will of the deceased.

    2006 SHERRY CLODMAN & EDWARD H. PEARCE: Well Advised. p.25 Civil Sector Press →ISBN A specific bequest is the gift of a specific sum of money, or the gift of a specific property or a particular asset. Perhaps the most common type of bequest, and undoubtedly the most certain, it is the first to be paid after the settlement of estate debts.

  3. 3.

    That which is left by will; a legacy.

  4. 4.

    That which has been handed down or transmitted.

  5. 5.

    A person's inheritance; an amount of property given by will.

v.
  1. 1.

    To give as a bequest; bequeath.

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

legacy

上位词 3

gift inheritance heritage

词源

From Middle English biqueste, bequeste (“will, testament, bequest”), from be + -quiste, queste (“saying, utterance, testament, will, legacy”), from Old English *cwist, *cwiss (“saying”) (compare Old English andcwiss, ġecwis, uncwisse, etc.), from Proto-Germanic *kwissiz (“saying”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet- (“to say”). Related to Old English andcwiss (“answer, reply”), Old English uncwisse (“dumb, mute”), Middle English bequethen (“to bequeath”). Not related to quest, which is from Latin. More at quoth, bequeath.

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