bounty
英 ['baʊntɪ]
美['baʊnti]
- n. 慷慨；丰富；奖励金；赠款
- vt. 发给…奖金等；为…而发给赏金
- vi. 以赏金等形式发放
词态变化
复数: bounties;
助记提示
1. bonus => bon- "good" => boun- "good" + -ty => bounty.
中文词源
bounty 奖金
来自词根bon, 好，同bonus. -ty, 抽象名词后缀。
英文词源
- bounty
- bounty: see beauty
- bounty (n.)
- mid-13c., "generosity," from Old French bonte "goodness" (12c., Modern French bonté), from Latin bonitatem (nominative bonitas) "goodness," from bonus "good" (see bene-). Sense of "gift bestowed by a sovereign or the state" led to extended senses of "gratuity to a military recruit" (1702) and "reward for killing or taking a criminal or enemy" (1764).
I do ... promise, that there shall be paid ... the following several and respective premiums and Bounties for the prisoners and Scalps of the Enemy Indians that shall be taken or killed .... ["Papers of the Governor of Pennsylvania," 1764]
双语例句
- 1. A bounty of $50,000 was put on Dr. Alvarez's head.
- 有人悬赏50,000美元买阿尔瓦雷斯博士的人头。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The charity is totally dependent on the Church's bounty.
- 慈善业完全依靠全体基督徒的慷慨赠予.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Beauty without bounty avails nought.
- 没有仁爱的美丽毫无用处.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. We received a bounty from the government.
- 我们收到政府给予的一笔补助金.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 5. The government has placed a bounty on the heads of many of its opponents.
- 政府悬赏要许多反对者的脑袋.
来自《简明英汉词典》