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Charitable People Charity Kind Organization Helps 英 Tʃærətəbl] 美

英语单词 charitable
英美音标 英 ['tʃærətəbl] 美 ['tʃærətəbl]
中文释义 adj.仁慈的;(为)慈善事业的;宽恕的
英语例句 (1) Charity is a kind of salvation, and now it's even more to charity as the spirit of self-redemption, to participate in charitable initiative getting higher and higher.
中文例句 (1) 慈善是一种救赎,如今的人们更把慈善作为自我精神的救赎,参与慈善事业的积极性越来越高。
vocabulary简明 Something that's charitable has to do with helping people who need assistance. A charitable act might include volunteering at a soup kitchen or homeless shelter.
vocabulary扩展 A charitable donation is money you give to an organization that helps needy people — and the organization itself is also charitable. You can also use the word to describe, more generally, someone who's kind and generous, or the quality of giving people the benefit of the doubt: "He always had such a charitable opinions of me." Charitable comes from charity, from the Old French charité, "mercy or compassion."
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ 形容词](组织或活动)慈善的 A charitable organization or activity helps and supports people who are ill, disabled, or very poor.
  [ADJ n]
  • ...charitable work for the handicapped.

    为残疾人做的慈善工作

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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]仁慈的;体谅的 Someone who is charitable to people is kind or understanding towards them.
  [usu v-link ADJ]
  • They were rather less than charitable towards the referee.

    他们对裁判根本不体谅。

charitably
  • Still, he reflected charitably, it was hardly her fault.

    不过,他体谅地想,这不能算是她的错。

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