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单词 bequeath
释义
bequeath
verb[T+ two objects]
formal
uk
/bɪˈkwiːð/us
/bɪˈkwiːð/
toarrangeformoneyorpropertyto be given to somebody afteryourdeath:
把…遗赠给
Herfatherbequeathed her thefamilyfortunein his will.她父亲在遗嘱中写明将家产传给她。
Picasso bequeathed most of hispaintingsandsculpturestoSpain and France.毕加索将他大部分的绘画和雕塑作品遗赠给了西班牙和法国。
Synonyms
leave
will(LEAVE)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Inheriting & bequeathing
  • advance directive
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  • co-executor
  • executor
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  • heir apparent
  • heiress
  • heirless
  • inherit
  • inheritance
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  • pond life
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(Definition ofbequeathfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

bequeath| American Dictionary

bequeath
verb[T]
us
/bɪˈkwiθ,-ˈkwið/
to givemoneyorpropertytoothersafteryourdeath:
Herfatherbequeathed thebusinessto her.
(Definition ofbequeathfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

bequeath| Business English

bequeath
verb[T]
LAW
uk
/bɪˈkwiːð/us
toarrangeforyourmoneyorpropertyto be given to someone afteryourdeath:
bequeath sb sthHerfatherbequeathed her thefamilyfortunein his will.
bequeath sth to sbPicasso bequeathed most of hispaintingsandsculpturesto Spain and France.
(Definition ofbequeathfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbequeath

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In the case of a perfect annuity, agents annuitise all their wealth andbequeathnothing to their heirs.
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Naturally parents wished tobequeaththe household headship to those with whom they had blood ties, even if it were a daughter.
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Naturally, parents would have wished tobequeathproperty to their own children, whether they were male or female.
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She specified that after her death her daughter couldbequeaththe rooms to whomever she preferred.
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All three were bequeathed everything they brought into the marriage.
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It is the overall nature of the legacy being bequeathed to a newer generation of practitioners in urban history that matters.
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Some sons had to pay for the land they received from parents, and many sons were not bequeathed land.
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His decision affronted conventional logic, and bequeathed a controversy to be pondered in perpetuity.
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This is evident in the frequency with which they bequeathed their capital to their families and founded chaplaincies to benefit their relatives.
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Plainly, one's rights over the genes one maybequeathto another individual are not the same as one's rights over one's own genes.
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For example, cuckoo parents repeatedly select host nests for their offspring, thereby bequeathing modified selection pressures, as well as genes, to their chicks.
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Not unnaturally, one of the benefits of ownership was being able tobequeaththe home.
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This is particularly interesting because, as indicated above, the former bequeathed the concept around which he built a critical career.
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During one depression (in 1342) a grocer was able to lend £40 to a knight, and while the horizons were closing, in 1410, another bequeathed £1,000.
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That undoubtedly bequeathed a less radicalised atmosphere when the transition came.
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