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单词 humanitarian
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Definition of humanitarian in English:

humanitarian

adjective hjʊˌmanɪˈtɛːrɪən(h)juˌmænəˈtɛriən
  • 1Concerned with or seeking to promote human welfare.

    人道主义的;博爱的;慈善的

    groups sending humanitarian aid

    提供人道主义援助的团体。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Nor is it motivated by concern to ensure that humanitarian efforts proceed unhindered.
    • There is a recognition that any military action must be accompanied by huge humanitarian aid.
    • The Scouts are learning about international humanitarian aid by doing it themselves.
    • Clearly our forces now need to adapt to the change in the civilian attitude and humanitarian crisis emerging.
    • He suggested duties would involve reconstruction, health care and humanitarian aid.
    • There is a massive humanitarian need and aid agencies are crying out for safe access to the people who need us.
    • They had no intention of joining the fighting, they insist, but only of giving humanitarian aid.
    • They told us that they want us to stop humanitarian aid by the first of the year.
    • In a humanitarian response, aid agencies must consider their long term goals.
    • It joined a convey of 23 ambulances and nine lorries packed with humanitarian aid.
    • What is true is that it is very rare for donors to provide aid on humanitarian grounds.
    • An excellent example of the difference between military and humanitarian concern comes from Namibia.
    • The clear intention was to kill civilians gathered for food aid and to disrupt humanitarian relief.
    • Most of the signatories were happy to sign because of their profound humanitarian concerns.
    • It won't be humanitarian concerns that tip us into this new era, but they laid the foundation.
    • Apart from giving the children a holiday each year, we also send out many tonnes of humanitarian aid.
    • The aid agencies now despair since even basic humanitarian work is ever more impossible.
    • It was simply that domestic policy considerations took priority over humanitarian concerns.
    • These are billions that should have been used for humanitarian aid.
    • No credence can be given to any genuine humanitarian concern from Paris or London.
    Synonyms
    compassionate, humane
    unselfish, altruistic, generous, magnanimous, benevolent, civilized, merciful, kind, good, sympathetic
    rare benignant
    charitable, philanthropic, public-spirited, socially concerned, doing good works, welfare
    1. 1.1 Denoting an event or situation which causes or involves widespread human suffering, especially one which requires the large-scale provision of aid.
      (事件,局势)需要人道主义救援的
      human rights groups have warned of a worsening humanitarian crisis

      人权组织提醒人们警惕日趋恶化的人道主义危机。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • For the first time NATO nations agreed, without a formal UN resolution, to use military force to solve a growing humanitarian crisis within a sovereign state's boundaries.
      • You know, both sides have been calling this a humanitarian disaster.
      • The Chadian President on Wednesday urged the international community to act quickly in Darfur to avoid a "humanitarian tragedy" in the western part of Sudan.
      • Its attack on that people is a political and humanitarian catastrophe.
      • A former governor of Sudan's stricken Darfur region yesterday appealed to the Irish Government to intervene to help solve what has become the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
      • Some U. N. officials are now warning of a humanitarian crisis in the occupied territories and saying it isn't far off.
      • What can you tell us about plans of dealing with that terrible humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan?
      • The NATO intervention exacerbated the humanitarian crisis.
      • Does the administration view it as a humanitarian crisis?
      • Darfur has been a humanitarian crisis since 2003, when rebels frustrated by a long history of marginalization attacked government forces.
      • Well, the humanitarian crisis in Congo is so urgent the United Nations is boosting its peacekeeping force there by 3,000 more troops.
      • In Europe, this was still often presented as a regrettable exception, triggered by a humanitarian emergency, to the normal respect for international law characteristic of democracies.
      • Figuring out how to apply the laws governing property and commercial activity are among the most complicated tasks in a humanitarian crisis.
      • The Janjaweed have waged a brutal campaign to drive out African farmers and U.S. officials are calling the dire situation in Sudan the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.
      • So we have got two humanitarian disasters.
      • Pressure has been mounting for greater Western involvement to end violence and a humanitarian crisis in Darfur.
      • They did not mention the humanitarian disaster they caused.
      • The World Food Programme, the leading agency in dealing with famine and humanitarian disasters, is facing a crisis of its own.
      • Even before the war there was a humanitarian catastrophe.
      • The Egyptian foreign ministry says it will be open "as long as this humanitarian as long as this is a humanitarian crisis."
noun hjʊˌmanɪˈtɛːrɪən(h)juˌmænəˈtɛriən
  • A person who seeks to promote human welfare.

    人道主义的;博爱的;慈善的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There's nothing in it for the humanitarians amongst us, but that's not the idea.
    • Many liberal and socialist humanitarians took the same view.
    • It is not hard to find countless examples of humanitarians giving up six-figure incomes to contribute to aid work.
    • Compiled with the help of readers' nominations, it is a list of politicians, businessmen, humanitarians, artisans and more.
    • But right now it is happening, and you can't help wondering where all the great humanitarians are.
    • Before the peacekeepers arrive, it's often the humanitarians in harm's way with no back-up.
    • It was also described as cruel by Western humanitarians when the country tried to restrict its population growth with the introduction of a one-child policy.
    • So what do the real humanitarians think of this?
    • It seems to be that the humanitarian thing to do - and I know that most anti-war people consider themselves humanitarians.
    • In the weeks prior to the outbreak of the Second World War, an English archaeologist is responsible for a series of daring rescues of important scientists and humanitarians from Nazi-occupied territories.
    • ‘We want to end all humanitarian programs all over the world because we want, as humanitarians, to see development and ourselves out of work,’ he said.
    • The new generation of terrorists does not spare unarmed humanitarians.
    • I look up to a lot of great writers, humanitarians, political figures/activists, scientists, religious figures.
    • Join the real humanitarians as we strive to satisfy the needs and wants of every individual in the world.
    • Soldiers can only draw a line in the sand; it is the humanitarians who must create development and hope.
    • Permanent liaison and participation with such organizations will facilitate the definition of common goals and therefore defuse further conflict between utilitarians and humanitarians.
    • The case is tidily made that he was one of the 20th Century's great humanitarians.
    • My thanks go to those aforementioned humanitarians in the town, the skilled hospital staff and, especially, to all my thoughtful friends and neighbours for their gifts and many good wishes.
    • He is one of the most dedicated humanitarians I have ever known.
    • The same belief led some influential humanitarians to support removal policy in the United States.
    Synonyms
    philanthropist, altruist, benefactor, social reformer, do-gooder, good Samaritan
    historical almsgiver
    rare philanthrope, Maecenas

Usage

The primary sense of humanitarian is 'concerned with or seeking to promote human welfare’. Since the 1930s a new sense, exemplified by phrases such as the worst humanitarian disaster this country has seen, has been gaining currency, and is now broadly established, especially in journalism, although it is not considered good style by all. In the Oxford English Corpus the second most common collocation of humanitarian is crisis

Rhymes

agrarian, antiquarian, apiarian, Aquarian, Arian, Aryan, authoritarian, barbarian, Bavarian, Bulgarian, Caesarean (US Cesarean), centenarian, communitarian, contrarian, Darien, disciplinarian, egalitarian, equalitarian, establishmentarian, fruitarian, Gibraltarian, grammarian, Hanoverian, Hungarian, latitudinarian, libertarian, librarian, majoritarian, millenarian, necessarian, necessitarian, nonagenarian, octogenarian, ovarian, Parian, parliamentarian, planarian, predestinarian, prelapsarian, proletarian, quadragenarian, quinquagenarian, quodlibetarian, Rastafarian, riparian, rosarian, Rotarian, sabbatarian, Sagittarian, sanitarian, Sauveterrian, sectarian, seminarian, septuagenarian, sexagenarian, topiarian, totalitarian, Trinitarian, ubiquitarian, Unitarian, utilitarian, valetudinarian, vegetarian, veterinarian, vulgarian

Definition of humanitarian in US English:

humanitarian

adjective(h)juˌmænəˈtɛriən(h)yo͞oˌmanəˈterēən
  • 1Concerned with or seeking to promote human welfare.

    人道主义的;博爱的;慈善的

    groups sending humanitarian aid

    提供人道主义援助的团体。

    a humanitarian organization

    人道主义机构。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They had no intention of joining the fighting, they insist, but only of giving humanitarian aid.
    • Nor is it motivated by concern to ensure that humanitarian efforts proceed unhindered.
    • It won't be humanitarian concerns that tip us into this new era, but they laid the foundation.
    • The aid agencies now despair since even basic humanitarian work is ever more impossible.
    • No credence can be given to any genuine humanitarian concern from Paris or London.
    • Most of the signatories were happy to sign because of their profound humanitarian concerns.
    • These are billions that should have been used for humanitarian aid.
    • It was simply that domestic policy considerations took priority over humanitarian concerns.
    • The clear intention was to kill civilians gathered for food aid and to disrupt humanitarian relief.
    • The Scouts are learning about international humanitarian aid by doing it themselves.
    • There is a recognition that any military action must be accompanied by huge humanitarian aid.
    • They told us that they want us to stop humanitarian aid by the first of the year.
    • Clearly our forces now need to adapt to the change in the civilian attitude and humanitarian crisis emerging.
    • What is true is that it is very rare for donors to provide aid on humanitarian grounds.
    • An excellent example of the difference between military and humanitarian concern comes from Namibia.
    • Apart from giving the children a holiday each year, we also send out many tonnes of humanitarian aid.
    • It joined a convey of 23 ambulances and nine lorries packed with humanitarian aid.
    • In a humanitarian response, aid agencies must consider their long term goals.
    • He suggested duties would involve reconstruction, health care and humanitarian aid.
    • There is a massive humanitarian need and aid agencies are crying out for safe access to the people who need us.
    Synonyms
    compassionate, humane
    charitable, philanthropic, public-spirited, socially concerned, doing good works, welfare
    1. 1.1 Denoting an event or situation which causes or involves widespread human suffering, especially one which requires the large-scale provision of aid.
      (事件,局势)需要人道主义救援的
      human rights groups have warned of a worsening humanitarian crisis

      人权组织提醒人们警惕日趋恶化的人道主义危机。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The World Food Programme, the leading agency in dealing with famine and humanitarian disasters, is facing a crisis of its own.
      • The Janjaweed have waged a brutal campaign to drive out African farmers and U.S. officials are calling the dire situation in Sudan the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.
      • For the first time NATO nations agreed, without a formal UN resolution, to use military force to solve a growing humanitarian crisis within a sovereign state's boundaries.
      • A former governor of Sudan's stricken Darfur region yesterday appealed to the Irish Government to intervene to help solve what has become the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
      • The Egyptian foreign ministry says it will be open "as long as this humanitarian as long as this is a humanitarian crisis."
      • What can you tell us about plans of dealing with that terrible humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan?
      • Does the administration view it as a humanitarian crisis?
      • Figuring out how to apply the laws governing property and commercial activity are among the most complicated tasks in a humanitarian crisis.
      • Darfur has been a humanitarian crisis since 2003, when rebels frustrated by a long history of marginalization attacked government forces.
      • The NATO intervention exacerbated the humanitarian crisis.
      • Well, the humanitarian crisis in Congo is so urgent the United Nations is boosting its peacekeeping force there by 3,000 more troops.
      • Some U. N. officials are now warning of a humanitarian crisis in the occupied territories and saying it isn't far off.
      • In Europe, this was still often presented as a regrettable exception, triggered by a humanitarian emergency, to the normal respect for international law characteristic of democracies.
      • You know, both sides have been calling this a humanitarian disaster.
      • They did not mention the humanitarian disaster they caused.
      • So we have got two humanitarian disasters.
      • Pressure has been mounting for greater Western involvement to end violence and a humanitarian crisis in Darfur.
      • The Chadian President on Wednesday urged the international community to act quickly in Darfur to avoid a "humanitarian tragedy" in the western part of Sudan.
      • Its attack on that people is a political and humanitarian catastrophe.
      • Even before the war there was a humanitarian catastrophe.
noun(h)juˌmænəˈtɛriən(h)yo͞oˌmanəˈterēən
  • A person who seeks to promote human welfare; a philanthropist.

    人道主义的;博爱的;慈善的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But right now it is happening, and you can't help wondering where all the great humanitarians are.
    • Compiled with the help of readers' nominations, it is a list of politicians, businessmen, humanitarians, artisans and more.
    • It seems to be that the humanitarian thing to do - and I know that most anti-war people consider themselves humanitarians.
    • ‘We want to end all humanitarian programs all over the world because we want, as humanitarians, to see development and ourselves out of work,’ he said.
    • Before the peacekeepers arrive, it's often the humanitarians in harm's way with no back-up.
    • Permanent liaison and participation with such organizations will facilitate the definition of common goals and therefore defuse further conflict between utilitarians and humanitarians.
    • He is one of the most dedicated humanitarians I have ever known.
    • In the weeks prior to the outbreak of the Second World War, an English archaeologist is responsible for a series of daring rescues of important scientists and humanitarians from Nazi-occupied territories.
    • The new generation of terrorists does not spare unarmed humanitarians.
    • There's nothing in it for the humanitarians amongst us, but that's not the idea.
    • Join the real humanitarians as we strive to satisfy the needs and wants of every individual in the world.
    • So what do the real humanitarians think of this?
    • I look up to a lot of great writers, humanitarians, political figures/activists, scientists, religious figures.
    • It is not hard to find countless examples of humanitarians giving up six-figure incomes to contribute to aid work.
    • My thanks go to those aforementioned humanitarians in the town, the skilled hospital staff and, especially, to all my thoughtful friends and neighbours for their gifts and many good wishes.
    • It was also described as cruel by Western humanitarians when the country tried to restrict its population growth with the introduction of a one-child policy.
    • Many liberal and socialist humanitarians took the same view.
    • Soldiers can only draw a line in the sand; it is the humanitarians who must create development and hope.
    • The same belief led some influential humanitarians to support removal policy in the United States.
    • The case is tidily made that he was one of the 20th Century's great humanitarians.
    Synonyms
    philanthropist, altruist, benefactor, social reformer, do-gooder, good samaritan

Usage

The primary sense of humanitarian is 'concerned with or seeking to promote human welfare.’ Since the 1930s, a new sense, exemplified by phrases such as the worst humanitarian disaster this country has seen, has been gaining currency, and is now broadly established, especially in journalism, although it is not considered good style by all. In the Oxford English Corpus, the second most common collocation of humanitarian is humanitarian crisis
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