| 单词 | handout |
| 释义 | handout (hændaʊt ) Word forms: handouts 1. countable noun A handout is a gift of money, clothing, or food, which is given free to poor people. Soldiers oversee the food handouts. Each family is being given a cash handout of six thousand rupees. 2. countable noun If you call money that is given to someone a handout, you disapprove of it because you believe that the person who receives it has done nothing to earn or deserve it. [disapproval] ...the tendency of politicians to use money on vote-buying handouts. 3. countable noun A handout is a document which contains news or information about something and which is given, for example, to journalists or members of the public. Official handouts describe the Emperor as 'particularly noted as a scholar'. 4. countable noun B2 A handout is a paper containing a summary of information or topics which will be dealt with in a lecture or talk. Collocations: cash handout Cash handouts and gifts were not all that was on offer. Times, Sunday Times That includes education, cash handouts for 'pocket money' and private security. The Sun Concealing her true identity, she visits charities to decide who will benefit most from her cash handouts. The Sun By 4pm, 140,000 firms had applied for cash handouts of a total of more than £1billion. The Sun Cash handouts, which replaced state subsidies on fuel and basic foodstuffs in 2012, would stop and be replaced with a means-tested allowance to the poorest only. Times, Sunday Times Yet they shouldn't be effectively bankrolled by a taxpayer handout. Times,Sunday Times Shareholders should expect a write-down, not a taxpayer handout, if the chief executive cannot get a better grip. Times, Sunday Times Nuclear power has always needed taxpayer handouts to make it profitable. Times, Sunday Times Until the private sector can wean itself off taxpayer handouts, the power of the state will steadily increase. Times, Sunday Times Most of those taxpayer handouts are dispensed to big businesses anyhow. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 施舍物 Japanese: 施し物 |
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