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单词 pro bono publico
释义

pro bono publicoadv.adj.

Brit. /ˌprəʊ ˌbəʊnəʊ ˈpʊblᵻkəʊ/, U.S. /ˈˌproʊ ˌboʊnoʊ ˈpʊbləˌkoʊ/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pro bono publico.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin pro bono publico for the public good (15th cent.) < classical Latin prō pro prep. + bonō , ablative of bonum , use as noun of neuter of bonus (see bonus n.) + pūblicō , ablative of pūblicus public adj.
Originally Law.
For the public good, now usually with the implication of no financial recompense. Also occasionally attributive or as adj. Cf. pro bono adv. and adj.Also used on an open letter to a newspaper in place of the author's name.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > advantage > [phrase] > for general or public benefit
pro bono publico1640
for the good of the loo1764
society > society and the community > social attitudes > public-spiritedness > for the public good [phrase]
pro bono publico1640
society > communication > correspondence > letter > letter or note [phrase] > concluding phrases
your (affectionate, very, etc.) friend1454
aggradation1533
Yours ever1564
yours faithfully1564
I (will) remain1600
pro bono publico1640
sincerely1702
regards1775
yours respectfully?1777
yours truly1788
1640 H. Parker Case Shipmony 16 The Law is, that where the whole state in grantee, that grant shall have the force of a Statute, because it is pro bono publico.
1671 F. Philipps Regale Necessarium 338 Private mens Actions and Suits must be suspended for a convenient time, where it is pro bono publico, the Weal-publick.
a1726 G. Gilbert Cases Law & Equity (1760) 113 It is pro bono publico, in which they are included.
1769 D. Garrick Let. 2 Oct. (1963) II. 666 Is Yr Friend Mr Farmer asleep? Such Men ought to be Wak'd pro bono publico.
1810 Mrs S. Green Romance Readers & Romance Writers 8 Read aloud, pro bono publico.
1848 E. C. Gaskell in Howitt's Jrnl. 1 Jan. 4/1 She was inclined to think, that an ‘Ode to an early Rose-bud’, in the corner devoted to original poetry, and a letter in the correspondence department, signed ‘Pro Bono Publico’, were her husband's writing.
1860 C. Darwin Let. 20 July in Corr. (1993) VIII. 296 If it would stop your doing original work you ought not, even pro bono publico, undertake this new work.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xii. [Cyclops] 298 Someone..ought to write a letter pro bono publico to the papers about the muzzling order for a dog the like of that.
1988 J. Kultgen Ethics & Professionalism ii. vii. 125 The nonspecific and nonenforceable obligation of pro bono publico work.
2002 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 5 June 38 Directed lending? It seems to happen when banks are told by governments and others what to do, supposedly pro bono publico.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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