charitable

adjective
🔊/ˈtʃærətəbl/
🔊/ˈtʃærətəbl/
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  1. connected with a charity or charities慈善团体的;慈善事业的
    • a charitable institution/foundation/trust慈善机构/基金会/基金机构
    • a charitable donation/gift慈善捐赠/赠品
    • (British English) to have charitable status (= to be an official charity)是认可的慈善机构
    Topics Social issuesc1
  2. helping people who are poor or in need慈善的;行善的;布施的
    • His later years were devoted largely to charitable work.他晚年主要致力于慈善工作。🔊🔊
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  3. kind in your attitude to other people, especially when you are judging them仁爱的;宽厚的;宽容的
    • Let's be charitable and assume she just made a mistake.咱们宽容些吧,就当她只是犯了个错误。🔊🔊
    • Less charitable accounts of his character say he was vain and selfish.关于他性格的较不慈善的说法说他虚荣​​而自私。
    Topics Personal qualitiesc1
  4. opposite uncharitable
    Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘showing Christian love to God and man’): from Old French, from charite, from Latin caritas, from carus ‘dear’.