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charity ['tʃæriti]

n. 慈悲, 博爱, 慈善团体, 施舍

[法] 宽大, 宽恕, 慈善机关

She was always very generous in her charity.
她行善时总是很慷慨。
She regards his moral faults with charity.
她宽恕他的品行不端。
Characterized by or performing acts of kindness or charity.
慈善的，行善的具有仁慈或宽容的特征的或表现出仁慈或宽容的

charity

[ noun ]

a foundation created to promote the public good (not for assistance to any particular individuals)

<noun.group>

a kindly and lenient attitude toward people

<noun.attribute>

an activity or gift that benefits the public at large

<noun.act>

pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowers

<noun.plant>

an institution set up to provide help to the needy

<noun.group>

Charity \Char"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Charities}. [F. charit['e] fr. L.
caritas dearness, high regard, love, from carus dear, costly,
loved; asin to Skr. kam to wish, love, cf. Ir. cara a friend,
W. caru to love. Cf. {Caress}.]
1. Love; universal benevolence; good will.

Now abideth faith, hope, charity, three; but the
greatest of these is charity. --1. Cor.
xiii. 13.

They, at least, are little to be envied, in whose
hearts the great charities . . . lie dead. --Ruskin.

With malice towards none, with charity for all.
--Lincoln.

2. Liberality in judging of men and their actions; a
disposition which inclines men to put the best
construction on the words and actions of others.

The highest exercise of charity is charity towards
the uncharitable. --Buckminster.

3. Liberality to the poor and the suffering, to benevolent
institutions, or to worthy causes; generosity.

The heathen poet, in commending the charity of Dido
to the Trojans, spake like a Christian. --Dryden.

4. Whatever is bestowed gratuitously on the needy or
suffering for their relief; alms; any act of kindness.

She did ill then to refuse her a charity.
--L'Estrange.

5. A charitable institution, or a gift to create and support
such an institution; as, Lady Margaret's charity.

6. pl. (Law) Eleemosynary appointments [grants or devises]
including relief of the poor or friendless, education,
religious culture, and public institutions.

The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless,
Are scattered at the feet of man like flowers.
--Wordsworth.

{Sisters of Charity} (R. C. Ch.), a sisterhood of religious
women engaged in works of mercy, esp. in nursing the sick;
-- a popular designation. There are various orders of the
Sisters of Charity.

Syn: Love; benevolence; good will; affection; tenderness;
beneficence; liberality; almsgiving.
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After years of being passed over by the fashion establishment, the 48-year-old woman with the ever-youthful eye was named Designer of the Year Monday night at a star-studded charity gala at the Royal Albert Hall.
The multimillion-dollar charity was founded by William Sample, a former Philadelphia police officer.
Jurors couldn't decide on the best English-language novel this year, so the $50,000 prize in the Ritz Paris Hemingway literary contest will go to charity, it was announced Thursday.
Make a check or money order out to the charity, not to an individual.
While most of the groups are legitimate, the powerful fund-raising appeal of brightening a dying child's last days has posed some problems, charity officials said.
The charity challenged one part of a lower court ruling, which ordered it to state in its literature that it does not plant trees in occupied territories.
Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti _ in alphabetical order, please _ will sing tonight under the stars and amid the ruins of the Baths of Caracalla in a charity sendoff to the World Cup soccer championship.
A handful of House members reported free trips to participate in charity golf tournaments.
Also Friday, probation officials filed a complaint alleging that a benefit concert Brown performed on Dec. 4 as part of his July sentence raised enough money only to cover expenses and no money for charity.
A further statement of recommended practice from the Accounting Standards Board says that those who audit the investment portfolio of a charity should not also be responsible for making investment decisions.
Gold claims he was promised an 8 percent share of Newman's Own. Newman, who donates all proceeds from the company to charity, denies making such a promise.
Since then, the Weisfelds, who sold their 15 per cent stake in Amber Day for Pounds 11m, have devoted most of their time to charity work. Mr Weisfeld said he was confident he and his wife could add value to the Poundstretcher business of Brown & Jackson.
A portion of the proceeds will be donated to charity.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner came to South Africa to establish a charity mission in Khayelitsha, a black township on the outskirts of Cape Town.
Mr Hepburn is currently managing Pounds 1.5m, which the London-based Henry Smith's charity has decided to invest in projects tacking social deprivation in the north east.
Businesses also donated drinks and hotel rooms on the assumption that proceeds from the functions would go to charity, the newspaper reported.
The most sophisticated of them vary markedly from the old-style charity affairs.
However, the House would not make public the name of the charity, as it does now; only the name of the donor.
Catalogue free or available from any of the 13 trust shops. A charity that aims to help house those most in need.
WELLCOME Trust, the medical charity, is offering to buy a range of shares in other companies from institutional investors who apply for the shares in Wellcome, the drugs group, that the Trust is selling.
Though of diverse backgrounds, they are bound together by five principles of Islam: Belief in one God and his prophets; prayer; charity; fasting; and, if possible, pilgrimage to Mecca, the birthplace of the prophet Mohammed.
The House package would end acceptance of honoraria in 1991 except when the money is given to charity.
Miss Wilson, who died in 1911 leaving behind a scandalous reputation and a $1 million estate to charity, is buried at Prospect Hill Cemetery near many of the leading citizens of her day.
The state of Illinois is suing the charity for fraud in Chicago, along with Telesystems Marketing Inc., its Houston-based fund raiser.
People are being asked to skip lunch and give the price to charity.
Ms. DeSillers and her lawyer, Harold Robbins, said last month they would refuse to pay a $1,000 state fine for allegedly violating Florida charity laws.
Today, Ali, a bundle of bones and mottled skin, cannot work because he cannot walk 100 yards without wheezing uncontrollably. He lives in a tin shed, survives on the charity of his neighbors and waits for government relief.
District 13 Name: Crockett, George Party: Dem Income: $123,950 to $137,947 Total Honoraria: $3,362 Honoraria given to charity: None.
Angie Liberace testified last week she was "penniless" and had to live off charity.
She may find it hard to escape the confines of imperial life, having to make do with occasional appearances at state dinners, charity functions and sports tournaments.

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