bounty

bounty

英 ['baʊntɪ]
　　美 ['baʊnti]

n. 慷慨；豐富；獎勵金；贈款
　　vt. 發給…獎金等；為…而發給賞金
　　vi. 以賞金等形式發放

中文詞源：

bounty 獎金

來自詞根bon, 好，同bonus. -ty, 抽象名詞後綴。

例句：

1. A bounty of $50,000 was put on Dr. Alvarez's head.
有人懸賞50,000美元買阿爾瓦雷斯博士的人頭。

2. The charity is totally dependent on the Church's bounty.
慈善業完全依靠全體基督徒的慷慨贈予.

3. Beauty without bounty avails nought.
沒有仁愛的美麗毫無用處.

4. We received a bounty from the government.
我們收到政府給予的一筆補助金.

5. The government has placed a bounty on the heads of many of its opponents.
政府懸賞要許多反對者的腦袋.