| 单词 | beneficent |
| 释义 | beneficent (once / 946 pages) adj Beneficent is the type of act that helps others. If you're a beneficent person, you probably spend a lot of your time volunteering at soup kitchens or homeless shelters, helping people who are less fortunate than you are. Beneficent shares the same root and sentiment with its fellow adjective, benevolent, which also means something that is good. The two words are so closely related that they also share the same Latin origin. Another related word, benefactor, is someone who gives support to an organization or institution or someone who takes care of another person. Kind, generous, and giving are all synonyms of beneficent. WORD FAMILYbeneficent: beneficence, beneficently+/beneficence: beneficences/beneficial: beneficially/benefit: beneficent, beneficial, benefited, benefiting, benefits, benefitted, benefitting USAGE EXAMPLESThis was the Kingdom, a place of flourishing gardens, abundant cobbler and Renaissance Faire dialogue, overseen by the beneficent and dreadlocked King Ezekiel. New York Times(Oct 30, 2016) In The Times bizarro world, this article celebrates the right to vote recently bestowed upon women by the beneficent Saudi monarchy. New York Times(Oct 18, 2016) Beneficent time-tested owners saw their steady profits eroding and sold their papers so that they might park their capital somewhere more rewarding. Time(Aug 17, 2016) 1adj doing or producing good the most beneficent regime in history Syn|Ant benefic exerting a favorable or beneficent influence kindhaving or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior maleficent harmful or evil in intent or effect baleful, banefuldeadly or sinister evil, malefic, malevolent, malignhaving or exerting a malignant influence malignevil or harmful in nature or influence 2adj generous in assistance to the poor Syn benevolent, eleemosynary, philanthropic charitable full of love and generosity |
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