英语单词 | bounty |
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英美音标 | 英 ['baʊnti] 美 ['baʊnti] |
中文释义 | n.慷慨;慷慨的赠予物;(由政府提供的)奖金 |
英语例句 | (1) He is famous for his bounty to the poor. (2) He was awarded a cash bounty by his boss. (3) We received a bounty from the government. (4) There's a bounty for foxes in some countries. |
中文例句 | (1) 他因对穷人慷慨相助而出名。 (2) 他的上司奖给他一笔现金。 (3) 我们收到政府给予的一笔补助金。 (4) 在有些国家捕捉到狐狸可得赏金。 |
vocabulary简明 | If there is bounty on your table, it means there are lots of kinds of foods and plenty of them. If there's a bounty on your head, it means the government has put out a reward for your capture. |
vocabulary扩展 | Bounty derives from the Latin bonus "good." Both meanings of bounty are connected with the idea of generosity, giving. A government known for its bounty will probably set a large bounty on the head of a murderer at large. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-VAR 可变名词]大量提供的东西;慷慨的赠予 You can refer to something that is provided in large amounts as bounty . [with supp] [LITERARY 文]
2 [N-COUNT 可数名词](尤指为找到或杀死某人而悬赏的)赏金,奖金 A bounty is money that is offered as a reward for doing something, especially for finding or killing a particular person.
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