charitable

英语

词源

源自古法语 charitable。

发音

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形容词

charitable (比较级 more charitable，最高级 most charitable)

1. 慈善的，与慈善有关的
2. 善良的，慷慨的
   • 1884, John Ruskin, “By the Rivers of Waters”, 出自 “Our Fathers Have Told Us.”: Sketches of the History of Christendom for Boys and Girls who have been Held at Its Fonts, part I (The Bible of Amiens), Orpington, Kent: George Allen, →OCLC，第 30–31 页s:

     St. Martin [of Tours] looks round, first, deliberately;—becomes aware of a tatterdemalion and thirsty-looking soul of a beggar at his chair side, who has managed to get his cup filled somehow, also—by a charitable lacquey. St. Martin turns his back on the Empress, and hobnobs with him!

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   • 2017年4月6日, Samira Shackle, “On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers”, 出自 the Guardian‎^[1]:

     Pakistan can sometimes be a cruel environment, its residents caught between the dual pressures of poverty and violence. Yet it is also a place of great kindness, with a strong culture of charitable giving.

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3. 宽容的，仁慈的

近义词

• eleemosynary

衍生词汇

• charitable organisation / charitable organization
• charitable purpose
• charitable trust

法语

词源

源自古法语 charitable，源自charité。

发音

• 国际音标^(帮助): /ʃa.ʁi.tabl/

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形容词

charitable (复数 charitables)

1. 慈善的，与慈善有关的
2. 善良的，慷慨的
3. 宽容的，仁慈的

延伸阅读

• 查看“charitable”在 le Trésor de la langue française informatisé [法语数字化宝典] 中的释义。