bounty

• 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

來自詞根bon, 好，同bonus. -ty, 抽象名詞後綴。

bounty

bounty: see beauty

bounty (n.)

mid-13c., "generosity," from Old French bonte "goodness" (12c., Modern French bonté), from Latin bonitatem (nominative bonitas) "goodness," from bonus "good" (see bene-). Sense of "gift bestowed by a sovereign or the state" led to extended senses of "gratuity to a military recruit" (1702) and "reward for killing or taking a criminal or enemy" (1764).

I do ... promise, that there shall be paid ... the following several and respective premiums and Bounties for the prisoners and Scalps of the Enemy Indians that shall be taken or killed .... ["Papers of the Governor of Pennsylvania," 1764]

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。

來自柯林斯例句

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.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. Beauty without bounty avails nought.

沒有仁愛的美麗毫無用處.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. We received a bounty from the government.

我們收到政府給予的一筆補助金.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

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.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》