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benefactor

noun
🔊/ˈbenɪfæktə(r)/
🔊/ˈbenɪfæktər/
 (formal)
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  1. a person who gives money or other help to a person or an organization such as a school or charity施主；捐款人；赞助人
    • a generous benefactor慷慨的捐助者
    • The equipment was funded by friends and benefactors of the hospital.设备由医院的朋友和捐助者资助。
    Extra Examples
    • A private benefactor donated $20 000.一位私人捐助者捐献了两万美元。
    • He was a great public benefactor and gave land for building the sea wall.他是一位了不起的公益捐助者，捐出土地来修建海堤。
    Topics Social issuesc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • generous
    • wealthy
    • great
    • …
    benefactor + verb
    • donate something
    • give something
    preposition
    • benefactor to
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin, from bene facere ‘do good (to)’, from bene ‘well’ + facere ‘do’.