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boon

/boon/US // bun //UK // (buːn) //

蓬勃发展,兴旺,兴隆,兴盛

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : something to be thankful for; blessing; benefit.
    • : something that is asked; a favor sought.

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Examples

  • A Walmart-Microsoft acquisition could be a boon for e-commerce companies that want alternatives to the digital advertising duopoly of Facebook and Google.

  • The pandemic’s forced stay-at-home orders was a huge boon to Netflix, adding 26 million global subscribers in the first half of this year, compared to 12 million during the same period last year.

  • The coronavirus pandemic has been a boon for the test proctoring industry.

  • Yet another potential boon for targeted drug delivery is nanotechnology, whereby medical nanorobots have now been used to fight incidences of cancer.

  • The real boon is that even statements about arithmetic formulas, called metamathematical statements, can themselves be translated into formulas with Gödel numbers of their own.

  • The story of fluoridation reads like a postmodern fable, and the moral is clear: a scientific discovery might seem like a boon.

  • Apple is already positioning egg freezing as a boon to women at the company.

  • Adding vehicles to the grid could be a boon to vehicle and fleet owners in several ways.

  • That could be a great boon to the Peshmerga, but not without costs.

  • Now they do business year round, which has been a boon in times of economic crisis.

  • Renounce the good law of the worshippers of Mazda, and thou shalt gain such a boon as the Murderer gained, the ruler of nations.

  • And now, gentlemen, I have a boon to ask—where there is so much joy, why not make all happy at once?

  • The boon was granted, and I remember the wave of delight that swept over us, and how we enjoyed the long summer evenings.

  • He died on March 3rd, 1844, at the age of eighty, having given his subjects the precious boon of twenty-five years of peace.

  • Thus many artesian wells have been sunk in the Algerian Sahara which have proved an immense boon to the district.