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- concerned 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。
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- 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。
- a person who seeks to promote human welfare; a philanthropist人道主义者; 慈善家。
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.
派生词