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goodwill

noun
🔊/ˌɡʊdˈwɪl/
🔊/ˌɡʊdˈwɪl/
 [uncountable]
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  1. friendly or helpful feelings towards other people or countries友善；友好；善意；亲善
    • a spirit of goodwill in international relations国际关系中的亲善精神
    • a goodwill gesture/a gesture of goodwill友好的表示
    • The President is on a goodwill visit to Japan.总统正在对日本进行友好访问。
    • Given goodwill on both sides, I am sure we can reach an agreement.双方都有善意，我相信我们可以达成协议。
    • Theatres increasingly have to rely on the goodwill of private sponsors to survive.剧院越来越必须依靠私人赞助商的信誉才能生存。
    Extra Examples
    • He expressed goodwill towards his former colleagues.他对他以前的同事们表示出善意。
    • The government released him as a gesture of goodwill.政府释放他示好。
    • They are in danger of losing the government's goodwill.他们有失去政府信誉的危险。
    • They made the offer in a spirit of goodwill.他们善意地提出帮忙。
    Topics Personal qualitiesc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + goodwill
    • enjoy
    • have
    • create
    • …
    goodwill + noun
    • gesture
    preposition
    • goodwill  to
    • goodwill  towards/​toward
    phrases
    • a gesture of goodwill
    • in a spirit of goodwill
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  2. the good relationship between a business and its customers that is calculated as part of its value when it is sold信誉；商誉