| 词汇 | bequeathing |
| 释义 | bequeathing present participle ofbequeath bequeath verb[ T+ two objects ] formaluk /bɪˈkwiːð/ us /bɪˈkwiːð/ to arrange for money or property to be given to somebody after your death: 把…遗赠给 Her father bequeathed her the family fortune in his will.她父亲在遗嘱中写明将家产传给她。 Picasso bequeathed most of his paintings and sculptures to Spain and France.毕加索将他大部分的绘画和雕塑作品遗赠给了西班牙和法国。 Synonyms leave will(LEAVE) Inheriting & bequeathing assign beneficiary bequeath bequest cadger co-executor executrix heir heir apparent heiress heirless inherit inheritance pass something down patrimony pond life pond scum primogeniture settle testate Examples of bequeathingbequeathing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Because at least units of income must be consumed to induce parental transfers, is interpreted as the fixed cost of bequeathing. For example, cuckoo parents repeatedly select host nests for their offspring, thereby bequeathing modified selection pressures, as well as genes, to their chicks. Ownership may be a status, but acquiring property is something that we do, as are selling, transferring, managing, or bequeathing. The other major preoccupation of testators was the bequeathing of favourite saints to preferred heirs. First, the nuns' relatives followed the widespread practice of acting as patrons of the convent by offering and bequeathing gifts (including money), commissioning artworks and paying for building work. Left to themselves, they will be the victims of their uncontrolled fertility, bequeathing problems in many ways incapable of solution to the children they cannot look after. We are also bequeathing a railway which runs at a loss and a port which runs at a loss. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I may well end up bequeathing those books outside this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For example, we are bequeathing to our successors some demographic problems, the full measure of which we have not yet taken. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The last speaker referred to the very simple case of a man bequeathing everything to his wife. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If they seek actively to promote enmity between two parts of the island, they are bequeathing to their children a chilling legacy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our citizens are now distraught and our young people anguished by the legacy we are bequeathing them. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English This is what we are bequeathing to succeeding generations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But what a dreadful legacy we are now bequeathing to the future! From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That would be far more dangerous than bequeathing to them the shorter term problem of the disposal of nuclear waste. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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