bounty
美音:
[´bauntı
]英音:
[´bauntı
]n.慷慨,宽大,施舍,奖励金
难易程度:
bounty为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词复数:bounties
词根
bene-=well,good(与male-相反) 同义词bon-=bonus=good
近义词, 同义词
bounty
/'baʊntɪ; `bauntɪ/
n
1 [U] (dated 旧) generosity in giving; liberality 慷慨; 大方
*a monarch famous for his bounty 以好施而闻名的君主.
2 [C] (dated 旧) generous gift 慷慨馈赠的礼物.
3 [C] reward or payment offered (usu by a government) to encourage sb to do sth (eg to increase production of goods) 奖金(通常由政府提供, 以鼓励某人作某事, 如提高产量).
bounty
npluralbounties
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: bonté 'goodness', from Latin bonitas, from bonus; BONUS]
[C]
an amount of money that is given to someone by the government as a reward for doing something, especially catching or killing a criminal
bounty on
a notorious cattle rustler with a bounty on his head
[U]literary
food or wealth that is provided in large amounts
People came from all over the world to enjoy America's bounty.
[U]literary
the quality of being generous