单词 | altruist |
释义 | altruist (once / 6502 pages) n WORD FAMILY altruist: altruistic, altruists+/altruism: altruisms, altruist/altruistic: altruistically USAGE EXAMPLESNonetheless, Esvelt’s goals are essentially those of an effective altruist. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) Enablers like to think of themselves as altruists or heroes. Wall Street Journal(Oct 10, 2016) The Effective Altruist might see this as a flaw of reasoning, if not a major source of waste in our efforts to improve the world. Slate(Aug 18, 2016) n someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being Syn|Exp|Hyper philanthropist Andrew Carnegie United States industrialist and philanthropist who endowed education and public libraries and research trusts (1835-1919) Peter CooperUnited States industrialist who built the first American locomotive; founded Cooper Union in New York City to offer free courses in the arts and sciences (1791-1883) Ezra CornellUnited States businessman who unified the telegraph system in the United States and who in 1865 (with Andrew D. White) founded Cornell University (1807-1874) Solomon GuggenheimUnited States philanthropist; son of Meyer Guggenheim who created several foundations to support the arts (1861-1949) John HarvardAmerican philanthropist who left his library and half his estate to the Massachusetts college that now bears his name (1607-1638) Milton Snavely HersheyUnited States confectioner and philanthropist who created the model industrial town of Hershey, Pennsylvania; founded an industrial school for orphan boys (1857-1945) Johns HopkinsUnited States financier and philanthropist who left money to found the university and hospital that bear his name in Baltimore (1795-1873) Andrew William MellonUnited States financier and philanthropist (1855-1937) Alfred Bernhard NobelSwedish chemist remembered for his invention of dynamite and for the bequest that created the Nobel prizes (1833-1896) First Viscount NuffieldBritish industrialist who manufactured automobiles and created a philanthropic foundation (1877-1963) John Davison RockefellerUnited States industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and gave half of it away (1839-1937) Commodore VanderbiltUnited States financier who accumulated great wealth from railroad and shipping businesses (1794-1877) Elihu YaleEnglish philanthropist who made contributions to a college in Connecticut that was renamed in his honor (1649-1721) bestower, conferrer, donor, giver, presenter person who makes a gift of property |
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