charities
charities — 名詞
- charitiessingular
- charitiesesplural
1. Organizations created to collect and use money, goods, or services to help peopl
慈善機構
幫助弱勢或公益的非營利組織
Organizations created to collect and use money, goods, or services to help people who need support or to back a useful public cause, rather than to pay profit to owners.
The festival sent half its ticket income to three local charities.
這場活動把一半的票房收入分給三個地方慈善團體。
local charities
Amira checks annual reports before giving monthly donations to large charities.
Amira 每月捐款給大型慈善團體前，都會先看年報。
donations to charities
Several children's charities opened emergency kitchens after the typhoon.
幾個兒童慈善團體在颱風過後開設了緊急廚房。
Minho left his bicycle race prize money to two medical charities.
Minho 把自行車比賽的獎金留給兩個醫療慈善機構。
The company asked staff which charities should receive this year's grant.
公司問員工，今年的補助款該由哪些慈善團體獲得。
- nonprofit
broad modern term; can include groups beyond direct relief work
- aid group
emphasises practical help in crises or poverty
- foundation
often a grant-making body rather than a hands-on service group
- NGO
common in international-development contexts; not always a charity in law
文法句型
give to charities
work for charities
charities that do something
用法筆記
Usually names registered organisations rather than single gifts. Distinguish from sense 2, which is about separate acts of giving, and sense 3, which is about kind judgment.
常見錯誤
2. Separate donations, relief efforts, or money-raising undertakings done for the s
善舉；義捐
為公益而做的捐助或救濟
Separate donations, relief efforts, or money-raising undertakings done for the sake of people in difficulty or for a public cause.
Eitan's yearly charities included winter coats and school lunches.
Eitan 每年的善舉包括捐冬衣和提供學校午餐。
yearly charities
The estate's charities funded a village clinic and two nursing scholarships.
這筆遺產的幾項義捐資助了一間村莊診所和兩個護理獎學金。
estate's charities
Sophia listed her father's charities separately in the family records.
Sophia 把父親的幾項善舉另外列在家族紀錄裡。
Paloma's Easter charities paid for medicine, blankets, and bus passes.
Paloma 的復活節義捐支付了藥品、毛毯和公車票。
- donations
narrower; focuses on gifts rather than the whole charitable undertaking
- benefactions
formal and slightly old-fashioned; often used for generous gifts
- relief efforts
focuses on organised practical help after hardship
文法句型
someone's charities
annual charities
charities for a cause
用法筆記
Mostly formal in modern English and often seen in reports, wills, or historical writing. It names the gifts or projects themselves, not the organisations receiving them.
3. Acts of generous understanding in which you excuse another person's faults or in
寬容；寬貸
對他人過失從寬看待的善意
Acts of generous understanding in which you excuse another person's faults or interpret their behaviour kindly instead of blaming them at once.
After the outburst, the tired nurse deserved a few charities from us.
那場發作之後，我們理應對這位疲憊的護理師多一點寬容。
a few charities from someone
Ari's review showed no charities to the singer's uneven first album.
Ari 的評論對這位歌手起伏不定的首張專輯毫不寬貸。
show no charities to someone
Even stern teachers sometimes extend small charities to frightened children.
再嚴厲的老師，有時也會對受驚的孩子留下一點寬容。
Ilan asked for one of the judge's charities after missing the filing date.
Ilan 錯過申報期限後，請求法官給他一次寬貸。
- leniencies
focuses on milder treatment after a fault
- mercies
stronger; often suggests sparing someone from hardship or punishment
- forbearances
formal; stresses patient restraint toward another's weakness
文法句型
show charities to someone
ask for someone's charities
small charities
用法筆記
Literary and formal, often used with words like small, few, or no. It is about lenient judgment, not money or public aid.