词汇 | benevolent-society |
释义 | benevolent society noun[ C ] uk /bəˈnev.əl.ənt səˌsaɪ.ə.ti/ us /bəˈnev.əl.ənt səˌsaɪ.ə.t̬i/ an organization that gives money to and helps a particular group of people in need: 慈善机构 a benevolent society for sailors' widows为水手遗孀服务的慈善协会 Organizations - charities aid alms benevolence benevolent button day charitable charity charity begins at homeidiom charity box drive foreign aid foundation good cause goodwill non-profit non-profit-making not-for-profit Oxfam the Peace Corps the Red Crescent Examples of benevolent societybenevolent society That was, first and foremost, the kind of benevolentsociety which would see to it that the interests of the people and the community came first. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In private life, he was among the first to promote useful and benevolent societies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. We do not enjoy our franchise as a privilege bestowed on us by a benevolentsociety. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The tenth, if not a monster, could be offered to some other benevolentsociety. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The mining industry is a benevolentsociety, and a notice would be pinned to the wall. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This particular society, however, is not a relief or benevolentsociety: it is a religious society. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With the repeal of the law of mortmain there is no need for any restriction on the amount of land to be held by a benevolentsociety. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The city possesses also a benevolentsociety and two other societies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The society converted itself into a benevolentsociety but substantially kept its aims. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This practice continued in the 1920s, and benevolent societies also engaged physicians at fixed fees to treat their members. In contrast to the benevolent societies, these organisations did not cooperate directly with the public authorities in order to investigate individuals' circumstances. Such traditional musical funerals still take place when a local musician, a member of a club, krewe, or benevolentsociety, or a noted dignitary has passed. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Then trade unions have funds from which they pay out for the benefit of dependants; co-operative societies do the same; benevolent societies do the same. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The trade unions, which are losing their meaning these days, could go back to being the benevolent societies that they began as. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The definition would also include benevolent societies and working-men's clubs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of benevolent society 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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