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alms

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n.施舍,救济物(钱,食物,衣物等)

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alms


/ɑ:mz; ɑmz/
n [pl] (dated 旧) money, clothes, food, etc given to poor people 救济金; 施舍物
*He gave alms to beggars in the street. 他给街上的乞丐一些施舍.
* They had to beg alms (of others) in order to feed their children. 他们得(向别人)乞求救济来养活孩子.

alms


n [plural]literary
[Language: Old English;Origin: Almesse, Alms, from Late Latin eleemosyna, from Greek, from eleos 'pity']
money, food etc given to poor people in the past