| 单词 | charity |
| 释义 | charity (once / 140 pages) 1n 2n 3n Charity is the donation of something, like money, to a cause or person in need. Before offering charity to someone, make sure he is, in fact, needy, and not just some fashion fiend dressed like a homeless person! Charity comes in many forms including monetary donation, volunteering, or providing clothes and food for those less fortunate. The Greek poet Homer said, “The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others.” Think of charity, then, as something that may cost you a little, but can benefit someone else greatly. Charity also refers to a nice way to treat people, an organization that helps people, or a plant with blue and white flowers. WORD FAMILYcharity: charitable, charities+/charitable: charitableness, charitablest, charitably, uncharitable/uncharitable: uncharitably USAGE EXAMPLESIn June the Kenyan company won awards from the clean energy charity Ashden, reports the Guardian. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) I was raising money for a charity called Operation South America and the thought of them got me through my darkest days. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) In costume, they visit hospitals and raise money for charity. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n an institution set up to provide help to the needy Hypo|Hyper community chest a charity supported by individual subscriptions; defrays the demands on a community for social welfare soup kitchena place where food is dispensed to the needy establishment, institution an organization founded and united for a specific purpose 2n a foundation created to promote the public good (not for assistance to any particular individuals) 2Hypo|Hyper philanthropic foundation a foundation that provides funds for science or art or education or religion or relief from disease etc. private foundationa charity that does not receive a major part of its support from the public public charitya charity that is deemed to receive the major part of its support from the public (rather than from a small group of individuals) foundation an institution supported by an endowment 1n a kindly and lenient attitude toward people Syn|Hyper brotherly love benevolence an inclination to do kind or charitable acts supernatural virtue, theological virtueaccording to Christian ethics: one of the three virtues (faith, hope, and charity) created by God to round out the natural virtues 2n an activity or gift that benefits the public at large 3Hypo|Hyper handout giving money or food or clothing to a needy person zakatthe fourth pillar of Islam is almsgiving as an act of worship gift, giving the act of giving n pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowers Syn|Hyper Greek valerian, Jacob's ladder, Polemonium caeruleum, Polemonium van-bruntiae, Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae polemonium any plant of the genus Polemonium; most are low-growing often foul-smelling plants of temperate to Arctic regions |
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