| 英语单词 | boon |
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| 英美音标 | 英 [buːn] 美 [buːn] |
| 中文释义 | n.恩惠;所感激的事 adj.合得来的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) This baby is a great boon to the Smith family. (2) Remember the hurt that we give to others, forget the boon. (3) A priest accompanying your regiment into the fray is indeed a boon. (4) Park is a great boon to people in big city. (5) A car is a real boon when you live in the country. (6) He has a couple of boon companions. (7) Bill and Bob are boon companions. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 这个宝宝是老天赐给史密斯家的宝贝。 (2) 记住自己对别人的伤害,忘掉自己对别人的恩惠。 (3) 对于你的师团来说,有一名牧师与你的部队一同冲杀敌阵,着实是一种恩惠。 (4) 在大城市里,公园是人们的好去处。 (5) 在郊外居住,有辆汽车确实极为方便。 (6) 他有几个爱吃喝交际的朋友。 (7) 比尔和鲍勃是很合得来的朋友。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Boon means something beneficial to a specific person, entity, or cause. "Getting called out of school on the day of the test was a boon for Sam, as he hadn't remembered to study." |
| vocabulary扩展 | Boon derives from the Old Norse bón, a request for a favor. Think of boon as a favor that no one has necessarily asked for, something extra. "We'd just spent our last dollar on a cup of coffee so it was a real boon to find a ten dollar bill lying on the sidewalk." Boon can also be an adjective for someone friendly and welcoming, as in "a boon companion." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]给生活带来方便的事物 You can describe something as a boon when it makes life better or easier for someone. [usu
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