bequest 英 [bɪˈkwest]   美 [bɪˈkwɛst]

bequest

bequest  英 [bɪˈkwest] 美 [bɪˈkwɛst]

n. 遗产;遗赠 

名词复数:bequests 

De Cantel objected to the Count's bequest of one million francs, however, on the grounds that appearances would compromise her. 可是德•坎特尔先生不同意妻子接受这位伯爵一百万法郎的遗赠,说是这样做会有损她的声誉。
We can see this in the sketchbooks he left behind, a priceless bequest, the equivalent of a ticket of the entry to the studio of Michelangelo. 我们可以在贝多芬留下的草稿本上看到这一点,这些草稿本是无价的遗产,相当于一张可以进入米开朗琪罗工作室的门票。

  • When you receive some kind of gift, be it money or property, through a will, that gift is known as a bequest. Your aunt left you a bequest of the earrings she always thought you admired.
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  • n. 遗产;遗赠
  • 1. De Cantel objected to the Count's bequest of one million francs, however, on the grounds that appearances would compromise her.

    可是德•坎特尔先生不同意妻子接受这位伯爵一百万法郎的遗赠,说是这样做会有损她的声誉。

  • 2. We can see this in the sketchbooks he left behind, a priceless bequest, the equivalent of a ticket of the entry to the studio of Michelangelo.

    我们可以在贝多芬留下的草稿本上看到这一点,这些草稿本是无价的遗产,相当于一张可以进入米开朗琪罗工作室的门票。

  • bequest (n.) c. 1300, "act of bequeathing," from be- + *cwis, *cwiss "saying" (related to quoth), from Proto-Germanic *kwessiz, from PIE root *gwet- "to say, speak." Compare bequeath). With unetymological -t (as in behest). Meaning "legacy, that which is bequeathed" is recorded from late 15c.
be·quest / bɪˈkwest ; NAmE bɪˈkwest / noun ( formal) money or property that you ask to be given to a particular person when you die 遗产;遗赠 He left a bequest to each of his grandchildren. 他给他的孙子孙女每人留下一笔遗产。 bequest bequests be·quest / bɪˈkwest ; NAmE bɪˈkwest /
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