bounty
英 ['ba?nt?]
美 ['ba?nti]
- n. 慷慨；豐富；獎勵金；贈款
- vt. 發給…獎金等；為…而發給賞金
- vi. 以賞金等形式發放
助記提示
1. bonus => bon- "good" => boun- "good" + -ty => bounty.
中文詞源
bounty 獎金來自詞根bon, 好，同bonus. -ty, 抽象名詞后綴。
英文詞源
- bounty
- bounty: see beauty
- bounty (n.)
- mid-13c., "generosity," from Old French bonte "goodness" (12c., Modern French bonté), from Latin bonitatem (nominative bonitas) "goodness," from bonus "good" (see bene-). Sense of "gift bestowed by a sovereign or the state" led to extended senses of "gratuity to a military recruit" (1702) and "reward for killing or taking a criminal or enemy" (1764).
I do ... promise, that there shall be paid ... the following several and respective premiums and Bounties for the prisoners and Scalps of the Enemy Indians that shall be taken or killed .... ["Papers of the Governor of Pennsylvania," 1764]
雙語例句
- 1. A bounty of $50,000 was put on Dr. Alvarez's head.
- 有人懸賞50,000美元買阿爾瓦雷斯博士的人頭。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The charity is totally dependent on the Church's bounty.
- 慈善業完全依靠全體基督徒的慷慨贈予.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Beauty without bounty avails nought.
- 沒有仁愛的美麗毫無用處.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. We received a bounty from the government.
- 我們收到政府給予的一筆補助金.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. The government has placed a bounty on the heads of many of its opponents.
- 政府懸賞要許多反對者的腦袋.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》