英语单词 | nonprofit |
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英美音标 | 英 [ˌnɒn'prɒfɪt] 美 [ˌnɒn'prɒfɪt] |
中文释义 | adj.非赢利的 n.非赢利组织 |
英语例句 | (1) This charity is a nonprofit organization. (2) A nonprofit group based in the American state of Colorado is working to save lives. |
中文例句 | (1) 这个慈善团体是个非盈利性组织。 (2) 一个基于美国科罗拉多州的非营利组织致力于解救这些生命。 |
vocabulary简明 | A business or organization is nonprofit if its main purpose isn't making money for its owners. Nonprofit companies usually raise money for charities. |
vocabulary扩展 | You can use the word nonprofit as an adjective or a noun — a nonprofit is an organization that benefits some public good, rather than raising revenue for stockholders or owners. There are educational nonprofits, religious nonprofits, public health nonprofits, and many others. The word's been around since the 1920s, combining non, or "not," with profit, from the Latin root profectus, "advance, increase, success, or progress." |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ 形容词]非营利的 A non-profit organization is one which is not run with the aim of making a profit. [usu ADJ n] [BUSINESS 商]
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