| 单词 | philanthropy |
| 释义 | philanthropyWord family nounphilanthropephilanthropyadjectivephilanthropicadverbphilanthropically phi·lan·thro·py /fəˈlænθrəpi/ noun [uncountableU] GIVEthe practice of giving money and help to people who are poor or in trouble 慈善行为 Examples from the Corpus philanthropy• All that development and philanthropy disguised hard commercial policies.• A minority or Liberals attacked the principle of state welfare, arguing that the state should rather encourage self-help and philanthropy.• And I began to discover that his philanthropy was no longer casual now, but constant and systematic.• The myth of philanthropy is quickly discredited by a realistic look at how older people lead their lives.• If it had been only philanthropy, would it have felt like it did?• Born and raised in San Francisco, the 71-year-old Rosenberg has been preaching philanthropy his entire adult life. (1600-1700) Late Latin philanthropia, from Greek, from phil- ( → PHILANDERER) + anthropos “human being” |
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