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单词 bequeath
释义
bequeath
(bɪkwð )
Word forms: bequeaths , bequeathing , bequeathed
1. verb
If you bequeath your money or property to someone, you legally state that they should have it when you die. [formal]
Fields's will bequeathed his wife Hattie and son Claude the sum of twenty thousand dollars. [VERB noun noun]
He bequeathed all his silver to his children. [VERB noun + to]
Synonyms: leave, will, give, grant  
2. verb
If you bequeath an idea or system, you leave it for other people to use or develop. [formal]
He bequeaths his successor an economy that is doing quite well. [VERB noun noun]
It is true that colonialism did not bequeath much to Africa. [VERB noun + to]
[Also VERB noun]
Synonyms: give, offer, accord, grant  
Translations:
Chinese: 遗赠
Japanese: 遺贈する
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