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benefactor

/ben-uh-fak-ter, ben-uh-fak-/US // ˈbɛn əˌfæk tər, ˌbɛn əˈfæk- //UK // (ˈbɛnɪˌfæktə, ˌbɛnɪˈfæk-) //

恩人,贡献者,捐款人,捐赠者

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who confers a benefit; kindly helper.
    • : a person who makes a bequest or endowment, as to an institution.

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Examples

  • Those subsidies will soon end as its benefactors start making more and more of their own EVs.

  • It ensnared freelancers like writers, musicians, and others who gig for a living and get paid by multiple benefactors.

  • The insurer has refused to identify the benefactor other than to say it was not a person or company doing business with the plan.

  • The company is among the top business benefactors of the pandemic, which has displaced millions of workers from office buildings and sped up digital transformation.

  • While the share of the company’s loans that lead to lawsuits may seem low, they said the rate is far higher than that of its peers — particularly for a lender that paints itself as a flexible benefactor.

  • He used to pay $55, says Abu Omar, but wages were cut recently because the benefactor could not afford to continue at that rate.

  • Her benefactor is simply “him,” “my man,” and sometimes even “lover;” but not “boyfriend,” and never “husband.”

  • Perhaps Ham will dedicate a plank in the replica ark to his bowtied benefactor.

  • Producer/comedienne Louise Palanker, who was a mentor and benefactor to the Arvizo family, was also there.

  • The team is affiliated with the Seattle Mariners, and exists at the mercy of its major-league benefactor.

  • Georges d'Amboise a French cardinal and statesman, died; a great benefactor to France.

  • It is said to be not unusual, for the peasantry of Liverpool, to speak of Mr. Bell, as a benefactor of the emigrant domestics.

  • Died in the latter part of 1829 at the age of fifteen, shortly after the death of his benefactor, the physician.

  • Whether Daudet was as much at liberty to make free with the character of his benefactor Morny is another matter.

  • Mademoiselle de Langeais even came down a few steps, to meet their benefactor the sooner.

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