| 词汇 | munificence |
| 释义 | munificence noun[ U ] formaluk /mjuːˈnɪf.ɪ.səns/ us /mjuːˈnɪf.ə.səns/ the quality of being very generous with money: 慷慨解囊 I thanked them for their munificence.我感谢了他们的慷慨解囊。 His fellow guests did not share his munificence.其他客人并没有像他那样慷慨。 See munificent "Thank you for your hospitality," he said, bowing. "I am unworthy of such munificence." Sir Richard appeared delighted at his own munificence. If the millionaire wants to keep his munificence so mysterious, why's he doing it on television? Generous & charitable altruistic altruistically anti-materialism anti-materialist beneficence eleemosynary generosity generous generously giver largesse munificent munificently open-handed open-handedly super-sweet unsparing unsparingly unstinted unstinting Examples of munificencemunificence The stoic retreat is simply an extension of that basic definition to each person gaining freedom through the munificence of others. And what is this handout, this munificence we ask for? The reason for this exceptional munificence was the incomparable prestige that came to their sponsor. Throughout the sultan's long reign, he and his bureaucracy exercised various forms of munificence, both traditional and innovative, to create a rich repertoire of acts of imperial giving. It is very difficult to acknowledge adequately all the princely munificence of the ruling chiefs in connection with the expedition. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Until recent times the arts in this country were subsidised by private munificence, which very wealthy people could afford to do, and did. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I understand the arrangements in the first instance are due to private munificence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That means treating people as individuals with legitimate expectations of quality, rather than as lucky beneficiaries of public munificence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The lottery will be judged by its impact upon the nation through the munificence of its large sums of money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those contributions are not made for reasons of munificence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The trouble was that that munificence extended for just 12 months. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are grateful, too, for his munificence in his gifts to museums. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are all supposed to gasp and thank him for his munificence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The local acquiring authority, in their munificence, offered him £75 in all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I merely think that it was a little ungenerous of him to refer to this munificence as a "spavined nag". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of munificence 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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