bounty
bounty
(pl. -ies)
(pl. -ies)
- a monetary gift or reward in return for a service or action, in particular
奖金，赏金，尤指
■a sum paid for killing or capturing a person or animal
（为捕杀人或动物而设的）悬赏金
there was an increased bounty on his head.
拿到他人头的赏金又上涨了。
■(historical)a sum paid by the state to encourage trade
(史)贸易津贴
■(chiefly historical)a sum paid by the state to army or navy recruits on enlistment
(主 史)（部队或海军新兵入伍时领的）新兵补贴
■(poetic/literary)something given or occurring in generous amounts
(诗/文)大量的事物
the bounties of nature.
大自然丰富的物产。
■[mass noun](chiefly poetic/literary)generosity
(主 诗/文)慷慨
for millennia the people along the Nile have depended entirely on its bounty.
几千年来尼罗河沿岸的居民一直完全依靠这条河慷慨的恩赐为生。
- Middle English (denoting goodness or generosity): from Old French bonte 'goodness', from Latin bonitas, from bonus 'good'. The sense 'monetary reward' dates from the early 18th cent
热门查询
- readjustment n.再调整，重新整理
- readme n.自述文件
- readmission n.重新接纳，重新入场（或入学）许可
- readmit vt.重新接纳，允许再次加入,再次接收…住院
- readmitance n.重新接纳
- readopt vt.重新采取，再采纳
- readorn vt.重新装饰
- readout n.读出器，读出 adj.读出的[亦作read-out]
- readset 读集
- readvance v.（使）再前进，（冰川等）再推进
- ready adj.准备好的，现成的,即时的，敏捷的,情愿的,即将的 vt.做好…的准备 adv.预先,已完成地 n.现款
- reafference n.再内导
考试词汇表
