bequest是什么意思？

bequest

英[bɪˈkwest] 美[bɪˈkwɛst]

• n. 遗赠，遗产，遗赠物；

复数：bequests;

例句

• In his will he made a substantial bequest to his wife. 在遗嘱里他给妻子留下了一大笔遗产。
• He received a bequest under his grandmother’s will. 他得到他祖母遗嘱项下的遗赠。
• The picture was acquired by bequest in 1921. 这幅画是在1921年通过遗赠获得的。
• The library has received a generous bequest from a local businessman. 图书馆从当地一位商人那里得到了一大笔遗赠.
• He left a bequest to each of his grandchildren. 他给他的孙辈每人留下一笔遗产。
• The bequest is con-servatively estimated at £30 million. 保守估计，这笔遗产有3,000万英镑。
• The church here was left a bequest to hire doctors who would work amongst the poor. 这个教堂接收到一笔遗产，可以用来聘请医生为穷人治病。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  遗产
  A bequest is money or property which you legally leave to someone when you die.
  例句
  The church here was left a bequest to hire doctors who would work amongst the poor. 这个教堂接收到一笔遗产，可以用来聘请医生为穷人治病。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  遗赠
  The library has received a generous bequest from a local businessman. 图书馆从当地一位商人那里得到了一大笔遗赠。 The picture was acquired by bequest in 1921. 这幅画是在1921年通过遗赠获得的。 He received a bequest under his grandmother’s will. 他得到他祖母遗嘱项下的遗赠。
  遗产，遗赠物
  In his will he made a substantial bequest to his wife. 在遗嘱里他给妻子留下了一大笔遗产。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. (law) a gift of personal property by will