| 词汇 | benefactor |
| 释义 | benefactor noun[ C ] uk /ˈben.ɪ.fæk.tər/ us /ˈben.ə.fæk.tɚ/(female alsobenefactress, uk /ˈben.ɪ.fæk.trəs/ us /ˈben.ə.fæk.trəs/) someone who gives money to help an organization, society, or person捐助人，赞助人 someone who gives something giverWomen are the primary gift givers in households. donorOne anonymous donor contributed $1 million. benefactorPip is told he has a mysterious benefactor and is going to be very well off. philanthropistThe philanthropist has given a large chunk of his fortune to good causes. sponsorLondon Fashion Week is funded by corporate sponsors. backerThey were lucky to find two wealthy backers. Supporters, members & defenders advocate allyship anti-evolution anti-evolutionary anti-evolutionist apologist apostle booster card-carrying member custodian defender natalist non-member non-membership patron patroness pro-natalist protagonist recruit surrogate And herewith greetings and heartfelt thanks, for I know your members to be great benefactors to suffering humanity. He was my benefactor. In many villages there are old almshouses founded by pious benefactors for "poor brethren and sisters." Sometimes I knew the hand by which assistance was sent, but at other times my benefactors remained unknown. These had been bestowed on the monastic churches by benefactors, who considered that what was used in the service of God should be the best which man could offer. benefactor | American Dictionarybenefactor noun[ C ] us/ˈben·əˌfæk·tər/ someone who gives money to help an organization, society, or person benefactor | Business Englishbenefactor noun[ C ] FINANCEuk /ˈbenɪfæktər/us someone who gives money to a person or organization, usually without expecting anything back in return: They hope to find a benefactor, and turn the factory into a museum. Examples of benefactorbenefactor The rulers of today are perceived to a lesser degree than in the past as benefactors, albeit still as the most efficient potential protectors. Exhibitions held at most institutions were largely or entirely made up of objects donated by local private benefactors. Other distributions were often carried out on the anniversaries of benefactors. It was only natural that they became the benefactors, masters/deans, resident teachers and frequent guest lecturers of these old classic learning institutions. There is precise information about the celebration of the anniversaries of founders and benefactors throughout the year, with appropriate pittances and almsgiving. Yet it is unclear whether it is the multiculturalism or the pluralism (not necessarily the same thing) which is the benefactor here. A strange phenomenon has arisen that was not foreseen by the seventeenth century benefactor. If it costs the benefactor little trouble to give a charitable donation, he would be acting optimally if the beneficiary experiences enormous happiness. The left hemisphere was the benefactor, at least if language is considered a blessing. They are extolled as public benefactors and national heroes. Tiberio was a noted social benefactor who was later made a cardinal. The motives standardly attributed to benefactors largely disappear. On the other hand, they functioned as elaborate chantries and tombs for governing dynastic families and for prominent university personnel, dignitaries and benefactors. Consider the undeniable transformation of so many 'rave' organisers from self-purported anarchists into capitalist benefactors. There were also "vision mausoleums" built by pious benefactors who had experienced dreams. 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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