charitable

adjective

/ˈtʃærətəbl/

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connected with a charity or charities
- a charitable institution/foundation/trust
- a charitable donation/gift
- (British English) to have charitable status (= to be an official charity)
Topics Social issuesc1
helping people who are poor or in need
- His later years were devoted largely to charitable work.
Topics Social issuesc1
kind in your attitude to other people, especially when you are judging them
- Let's be charitable and assume she just made a mistake.
- Less charitable accounts of his character say he was vain and selfish.
Topics Personal qualitiesc1

opposite uncharitable

Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘showing Christian love to God and man’): from Old French, from charite, from Latin caritas, from carus ‘dear’.

单词	charitable
释义	charitable adjective /ˈtʃærətəbl/ /ˈtʃærətəbl/ jump to other results connected with a charity or charities a charitable institution/foundation/trust a charitable donation/gift (British English) to have charitable status (= to be an official charity) Topics Social issuesc1 helping people who are poor or in need His later years were devoted largely to charitable work. Topics Social issuesc1 kind in your attitude to other people, especially when you are judging them Let's be charitable and assume she just made a mistake. Less charitable accounts of his character say he was vain and selfish. Topics Personal qualitiesc1 opposite uncharitable Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘showing Christian love to God and man’): from Old French, from charite, from Latin caritas, from carus ‘dear’.
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