| 词汇 | goodwill |
| 释义 | goodwill noun uk /ɡʊdˈwɪl/ us /ɡʊdˈwɪl/ goodwillnoun (FRIENDSHIP)[ U ] friendly and helpful feelings: 善意，友善，友好，亲善 The school has to rely on the goodwill of the parents to help it raise money.这所学校不得不依赖学生家长们的友善帮助来筹款。 gesture of goodwill/goodwill gestureReleasing the hostages has been seen as a gesture of goodwill/a goodwill gesture.释放人质被视为表示友好的姿态。 [ U ] part of a company's value that includes things that cannot be directly measured, for example, its good reputation or its customers' loyalty: 商家信誉 The company's assets are worth £200 million, plus goodwill.这家公司资产价值2亿美元，再加上商誉。 Friendly affability affable affably affiliative agreeableness congeniality conversable convivial conviviality convivially hospitable hospitably hospitality inseparable socially sugar and spiceidiom sweet-natured sweet-tempered sweetness the human touch You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Kind & thoughtful Estimating value goodwillnoun (CHARITY)Goodwill (also informalthe Goodwill) abbreviation for Goodwill Industries: a US-based organization that collects old clothes and other unwanted things and sells them at low prices in special shops. The money is used to provide jobs, training, and services for people who are poor and cannot find work: My aunt gave me some towels, and I gave them to the Goodwill. Organizations - charities aid benevolence benevolent benevolent society button day charitable charity charity begins at homeidiom charity box drive foreign aid foundation good cause non-profit non-profit-making not-for-profit Oxfam pearly king the Peace Corps the Red Crescent goodwill | American Dictionarygoodwill noun[ U ] us/ˈɡʊdˈwɪl/ a friendly attitude in which you wish that good things happen to people: We hope the negotiations will take place in an atmosphere of openness and goodwill. goodwill | Business Englishgoodwill noun[ U ] uk /ɡʊdˈwɪl/us COMMERCE the value to a company or organization of things that cannot be directly measured, for example, its good reputation or its customers' loyalty: Charitable endeavours are important to us in terms of goodwill. ACCOUNTING the difference between the value of a company's assets and what profit it is expected to make in the future, which is included in the price paid when it is bought or sold: We expect the business to raise at least $100,000 in goodwill. Examples of goodwillgoodwill As always in times of retrenchment, elected officials have needed to win the goodwill of voters and interest groups for these unpopular cutbacks. Without their tolerance, commitment and goodwill this work could not have been undertaken. Instinctively, they draw close to those whose goodwill, sympathy and courage they know. He shows how difficult the task of negotiating teams would be in the absence of goodwill to overcome their differences. In the absence of any representative assembly, detailed reporting of domestic politics was totally dependent on ministerial goodwill. This suggests a nexus of goodwill that permeates their lives, moving across social zones of family, friends and neighbourhood. However, we expect the state to set up enough polling stations for people not to have to rely on others' goodwill. However impressive, presentation will regularly frustrate goodwill and intelligence. It was not dictated from the outside but based on goodwill. The first question is about the general sense of trust and the second question is about goodwill or volunteerism or sense of community. Now the messages of goodwill flash under the waves, heedless of storms. Here it seems that goodwill toward the patients had not been withdrawn. It is this ongoing commitment to the patient's welfare that constitutes the goodwill of the profession. To reiterate, we can think of trust as a judgment-sensitive attitude of confidence in the goodwill and competence of another. Non-reciprocity also occurs in relationships, challenging goodwill and the continuation of ties. See all examples of goodwill These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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