| 单词 | donor fatigue |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdonor fatigue donor fatigue n. a diminishing public willingness to donate to charitable causes, typically attributed to the frequency of appeals for money, or a feeling that such contributions have no real or lasting effect; cf. compassion fatigue n. at compassion n. Additions. ΚΠ 1948 N.Y. Times 25 June 25/1 Donor fatigue is a natural result of inflation. 1973 E. M. Martin Devel. Co-operation i. i. 13 Comment on the current status and recent progress of the development partnership has been putting increasing emphasis on ‘donor fatigue’ with all aspects of development co-operation. 1978 D. Rothchild & R. L. Curry Scarcity, Choice & Public Policy in Middle Africa iii. vii. 274 For many opinion formers in Third World countries, aid is viewed as an interference in their internal affairs which entails undesirable consequences in terms of structural dependency... The upshot is considerable recipient skepticism and donor fatigue. 2001 Herald (Glasgow) (Electronic ed.) 7 Feb. Christian Aid says there is no evidence of donor fatigue since the earthquake in Gujarat, but such is our attention span that we don't want that human tragedy to bother us for more than a week. < as lemmas |
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