philanthropies
philanthropies — 名詞
1. charitable organizations that use donated money or other support to help people
慈善機構
靠捐款運作並提供援助的組織
charitable organizations that use donated money or other support to help people or improve public life
Several philanthropies offered grants to artists recovering after the fire.
好幾個慈善機構向火災後正在復原的藝術家提供補助。
offer grants — typical activity of charities
Padma mapped which philanthropies financed school lunches across the county.
Padma 整理出哪些慈善機構在全郡資助學校午餐。
philanthropies finance public programs
Smaller philanthropies often depend on one donor family for most income.
較小的慈善機構往往靠一個捐助家族提供大部分收入。
The mayor asked local philanthropies to support the new mental health center.
市長請在地慈善機構支持新的心理健康中心。
- charities
the broad everyday word for organizations that help people in need
- foundations
often suggests a formally structured body that manages donated funds
- nonprofits
is the wider administrative label and can include groups that are not mainly charitable
文法句型
local philanthropies support + cause
philanthropies offer grants to + people
private philanthropies depend on donors
用法筆記
Usually refers to organized charitable bodies rather than single donations. In reports and nonprofit writing it often overlaps with charities or foundations.
2. donations, projects, or other generous actions intended to improve other people'
善舉
為幫助他人而做的捐助或行動
donations, projects, or other generous actions intended to improve other people's lives
Neighborhood philanthropies supplied blankets and clean water after the flood.
洪水過後，各種社區善舉送來毛毯和乾淨飲水。
philanthropies + supply practical help
Joshua's quiet philanthropies kept the after-school music club open.
Joshua 默默做的善舉讓課後音樂社得以繼續開下去。
possessive philanthropies — someone's acts of giving
Corporate philanthropies funded free eye checks in remote fishing villages.
企業善舉資助了偏遠漁村的免費眼睛檢查。
Winter philanthropies from market vendors filled the food bank shelves.
市場攤商在冬天做出的善舉把食物銀行的架子補滿了。
- charitable acts
the clearest neutral phrase for individual helpful actions
- donations
is narrower because it stresses money or goods rather than broader helpful projects
- good works
is more literary and can include moral action beyond giving money
文法句型
philanthropies fund + project
someone's philanthropies help + group
community philanthropies after + event
用法筆記
Focuses on the helpful actions or gifts themselves, not the organizations behind them. Distinguish from sense 1, which names the groups that carry out or fund such work.
3. different traditions or forms of concern for human welfare and for the good of o
博愛心
關懷整體人群的善念或價值
different traditions or forms of concern for human welfare and for the good of other people
The exhibition compared the philanthropies of two industrial families.
這場展覽比較了兩個工業家族不同的博愛心。
the philanthropies of + people/groups
Shirin traced village philanthropies back to local religious teaching.
Shirin 追溯出村裡這些博愛心，源自本地的宗教教導。
trace philanthropies back to a tradition
The historian wrote about the everyday philanthropies of wartime neighbors.
歷史學家寫下戰時鄰里之間日常展現的博愛心。
Emily admired the old philanthropies that shaped the town hospital.
Emily 很欣賞那些塑造鎮上醫院的老一輩博愛心。
- benevolence
usually names a general kind disposition rather than several traditions or forms
- humaneness
stresses kindness toward people or animals in behavior and judgment
- altruism
focuses on putting other people's needs first, often as a moral principle
文法句型
the philanthropies of + people
old philanthropies that shape + place
trace philanthropies back to + tradition
用法筆記
Mostly found in historical or literary writing about traditions of caring for others. Distinguish from sense 2, which refers to concrete donations or projects.