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benevolence

/buh-nev-uh-luhns/US // bəˈnɛv ə ləns //UK // (bɪˈnɛvələns) //

仁爱,仁爱之心,仁义,仁术

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : desire to do good to others; goodwill; charitableness: to be filled with benevolence toward one's fellow creatures.
    • : an act of kindness; a charitable gift: She bequeathed many benevolences from her vast fortune.
    • : English History. a forced contribution to the sovereign.

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Examples

  • The statue of Divine watches over the international visiting guests with benevolence and the same understanding Rebecca has for all artists who don’t fit in.

  • The long arc of history points to our benevolence and cooperation as a species, and the real science is only now catching up and changing researchers’ views on subjects from economics to psychology.

  • Some depended on small donations, others on the benevolence of wealthy patrons.

  • It’s this hint of benevolence that makes him perhaps the most complicated video game president we’ve ever had.

  • In the community, he set a standard for engagement and benevolence.

  • There may be a reason beyond some internal benevolence that John McCain chose not to go down this road.

  • I think the vampire continues to be associated with beauty, glamour, elegance, great strength, a secret benevolence, and goodness.

  • And your current brand of persuasion entails tempering pushiness with aplomb, brute force with benevolence.

  • He was sheriff of Paris, 1770, and employed his leisure in objects of benevolence, till the revolution overwhelmed him.

  • He mentioned the name of a woman well known in Summerville for strong character and wise benevolence.

  • It changed all the benevolence of her nature into wrathful bitterness and unmitigated contempt.

  • To all of this Mr Dean listened in perfect silence, patiently, and with a smile of universal benevolence.

  • In manners affable, and in benevolence unsurpassed, the Kentucky planter gains the plaudits of all.