词组 | charity |
释义 | charity /ˈtʃærəti, ˈtʃærɪti/ noun 1. an organization that gives money, goods, or help to people who are poor, sick etcadjectives/nouns + charitya cancer/animal/homeless etc charity The event raised thousands of pounds for a cancer charity.a local charity All the money raised goes to local charities.a national/international charity The Red Cross is a well-known international charity. | Help the Aged is a national charity representing older people.a registered charity (=an official one) How can I check that it is a registered charity?verbsgive/donate sth to charity I like to give a small amount of what I earn to charity. | She sold all her jewellery and donated the money to charity.go to charity (=be given to charity) Any profit that she makes from her writing goes to charity.support a charity (=give money to one) Do you support any charities?set up/establish a charity We set up the charity soon after our son died of cancer.run a charity They run the charity from their own home.charity + nounscharity work She spends a lot of her time doing charity work.a charity worker (=someone who works for a charity, often without pay) Charity workers say these reforms will not help the poor.a charity appeal BrE a charity drive AmE (=an occasion when a charity asks for money) The organization is launching a charity appeal for a new air ambulance.a charity shop BrE (=which sells things people have given to get money for a charity) I usually give all our old clothes to the charity shop.a charity event (=one organized to collect money for a charity) She spoke at a charity event in aid of famine relief.a charity concert/show The band appeared at a charity concert for free.a charity auction (=a sale where things are sold and the profit given to charity) Several famous people have donated items for our charity auction.a charity game also a charity match BrE He scored two goals in the charity match against Manchester United.a charity dinner/ball/gala I met her at a charity dinner last year.prepositionsfor charity The festival raises a lot of money for charity every year. | Please give as much as you can – it’s all for charity.a charity for sb/sth Shelter is a British charity for the homeless.2. money and help from other people, given to someone who is too poor to look after himself or herself verbsrely on/depend on charity She doesn’t like to rely on charity from other people.ask for/accept charity Some people are too proud to ask for charity.not want charity The refugees say they do not want charity. They want to be back in their own homes. |
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