charity
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT A charity is an organization which raises money in order to help people who are ill, disabled, or very poor. 慈善机构
...an AIDS charity. …一个艾滋病慈善机构。
2. N-UNCOUNT If you give money to charity, you give it to one or more charitable organizations. If you do something for charity, you do it in order to raise money for one or more charitable organizations. 慈善
He made substantial donations to charity. 他做了大量的慈善捐赠。
Gooch will be raising money for charity. 古奇将为慈善筹集款项。
3. N-UNCOUNT People who live on charity live on money or goods which other people give them because they are poor. 救济金; 救济物
Her husband is unemployed and the family depends on charity. 她的丈夫失业了，全家靠救济度日。
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charity /ˈtʃærɪtɪ/ (charities)
剑桥词典
- The lawyer asked the jury to take cognizance of the defendant's generosity in giving to charity.
- 5% of our profits are covenanted to charity.
- She directs a large charity.
- An anonymous businesswoman donated one million dollars to the charity.
- Thanks to a large gift from an anonymous donor , the charity was able to continue its work .
charity noun (GIVING)
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 or 不可数或单数名词：没有复数形式的名词 ]a system of giving money , food , or help free to those who are in need because they are ill , poor , or have no home , or any organization that has the purpose of providing money or helping in this way
慈善事业；慈善组织，慈善机构
She does a lot of work for charity. 她做了很多慈善工作。
People tend to give to (= give money to) charity at Christmas time . 人们往往在圣诞节向慈善组织捐钱。
Proceeds from the sale of these cards will go to (= be given to) local charities. 卖这些贺卡所得的收益将捐献给地方慈善组织。
UNICEF is an international charity. 联合国儿童基金会是国际性慈善组织。
They did a charity performance on the first night , to raise money for AIDS research . 他们的首晚演出是慈善义演，为艾滋病研究募集资金。
例句
charity noun (KIND)
[ 不可数或单数名词：没有复数形式的名词 ] formalthe quality of being kind to people and not judging them in a severe way
仁慈，宽容，友善