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单词 bequest
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be·quest

noun
/bɪˈkwest/
/bɪˈkwest/
(formal)
  1. money or property that you ask to be given to a particular person when you die遗产;遗赠
    • He left a bequest to each of his grandchildren.他给他的孙子孙女每人留下一笔遗产。
    Extra Examples
    • The library has received a generous bequest from a local businessman.图书馆从当地一位商人那里得到了一大笔遗赠。
    • The picture was acquired by bequest in 1921.这幅画是1921年遗赠得来的。
    • a bequest from the late Jack Dawkins已故的杰克・道金斯的遗赠
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • generous
    • large
    • charitable
    verb + bequest
    • leave (somebody)
    • make (somebody)
    • receive
    preposition
    • bequest from
    • bequest to
    Word OriginMiddle English: from be- ‘about’ + Old English cwis ‘speech’, influenced by bequeath.
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