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单词 munificent
释义
munificent
adjective
formal
uk
/mjuːˈnɪf.ɪ.sənt/us
/mjuːˈnɪf.ə.sənt/
verygenerouswithmoney:
慷慨的，大方的
Aformerstudenthasdonateda munificentsumofmoneyto thecollege.一位校友为这所大学捐赠了一大笔钱。
Synonyms
lavish
unstintingformal
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
freely giving money, help, etc. to others
  • generousThey were quite generous, donating to several charities.
  • open-handedShe is incredibly open-handed and won't hesitate to donate whenever asked.
  • free withOur professor is quite free with his time and will often extend office hours to accommodate extra students.
  • philanthropicThere are fewer philanthropic billionaires than one would assume.
  • charitableOxfam is a well-known charitable organization working to end global poverty.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Generous & charitable
  • altruistic
  • altruistically
  • anti-materialism
  • anti-materialist
  • beneficence
  • charitable
  • generosity
  • generous
  • generously
  • giver
  • handout
  • Lady Bountiful
  • largesse
  • lavish
  • munificence
  • open-handed
  • overgenerosity
  • unsparing
  • unstinting
  • volunteerism
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munificence
(Definition ofmunificentfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmunificent

munificent
Hesitant, uncertain, embarrassed, one might even say sheepish and then turning more than half circle tomunificentsupport and positive action.
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Presumably, therefore, they will repay thismunificentloan out of social security.
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These houses range from houses of one, two and three rooms, and the report expresses due appreciation of thatmunificentgift.
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The civil servants congratulated themselves on master-minding what was supposed to be amunificentoperation.
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We are most anxious that people should bemunificent.
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They have no means of meeting thosemunificentladies and gentlemen who are prepared to pay something extra by way of a special tip.
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Suppose amunificentlandlord sets up in a city dwelling houses for the working classes, built and maintained at scarcely any profit at all.
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His latestmunificentgift is a fully equipped motor ambulance fleet.
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Profitability has been improved; if tax concessions are not exactlymunificent, they are consistent with the critics' demand that public sector borrowing should be restrained.
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We should never think that we are beingmunificentand subsidising something from which the country will get no return.
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What is the political complexion of the council which gives thosemunificentconditions?
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Nobody has even attempted to give us a reason or an explanation as to how thismunificentprocess they have in mind will take place.
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It is themunificentsum of £1 per annum.
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Instead of this work being stimulated and developed it will be neglected; thismunificentwork may possibly have to.
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There we had the offer, a verymunificentoffer, of a library on certain conditions as to the existing staff.
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