charity

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈtʃæɹɪti/    美 /ˈt͡ʃɛɹəti/|[ˈt͡ʃɛɹəɾi]|/ˈt͡ʃæɹəti/|[ˈt͡ʃæɹəɾi]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An organization, the objective of which is to carry out a charitable purpose. countable
    — ‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”.[…]’.
  2. The goods or money given to those in need. countable
  3. Benevolence to the less fortunate; the providing of goods or money to those in need. uncountable
    — act of charity
  4. In general, an attitude of kindness and understanding towards others, now especially suggesting generosity. countable,uncountable
    — July 20, 1677, John Mitchell Mason, letter to a friend Judge thyself with the judgment of sincerity, and thou witl judge others with the judgment of charity.
  5. Christian love; representing God's love of man, man's love of God, or man's love of his fellow-men. archaic,countable,uncountable
    — Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil.
  6. A free throw. Philippines,US,countable,informal,uncountable

词形变化

charities plural

词汇关系

近义词
charitable organization
衍生词
anticharity charidee charitarian charity begins at home charity box charity boy charity case charity girl charity label charityless charity mugger charity shop charity stamp charity stripe charityware chug chugger cold as charity discharity incharity kiss of charity metacharity principle of charity Roman charity sharity uncharity

词源

From Middle English charite, from Old French charité, cherte, chariteit, cariteit, from Latin cāritās.
* The Tyndale Bible uses native English love instead.
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