humanitarian

adjective

/hjuːˌmænɪˈteəriən/

/hjuːˌmænɪˈteriən/

[usually before noun]

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connected with helping people who are suffering and improving the conditions that they are living in
- to provide humanitarian aid to the war zone
- humanitarian issues
- a humanitarian organization
- They are calling for the release of the hostages on humanitarian grounds.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
adverb
- purely
- essentially
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(especially in journalism) describing an event or situation that causes or involves a lot of human suffering, especially one that requires aid to be provided to a large number of people
- a humanitarian crisis
- These floods are the worst humanitarian disaster the country has seen.
- The expulsion of thousands of people represents a humanitarian catastrophe of enormous proportions.

Word Originearly 19th cent.: from humanity + -arian.

noun

/hjuːˌmænɪˈteəriən/

/hjuːˌmænɪˈteriən/

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a person who tries to help people who are suffering and improve the conditions that they are living in

单词	humanitarian
释义	humanitarian adjective /hjuːˌmænɪˈteəriən/ /hjuːˌmænɪˈteriən/ [usually before noun] jump to other results connected with helping people who are suffering and improving the conditions that they are living in to provide humanitarian aid to the war zone humanitarian issues a humanitarian organization They are calling for the release of the hostages on humanitarian grounds. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs be adverb purely essentially See full entry (especially in journalism) describing an event or situation that causes or involves a lot of human suffering, especially one that requires aid to be provided to a large number of people a humanitarian crisis These floods are the worst humanitarian disaster the country has seen. The expulsion of thousands of people represents a humanitarian catastrophe of enormous proportions. Word Originearly 19th cent.: from humanity + -arian. humanitarian noun /hjuːˌmænɪˈteəriən/ /hjuːˌmænɪˈteriən/ jump to other results a person who tries to help people who are suffering and improve the conditions that they are living in
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