a person who gives money or other help to a person or an organization such as a school or charity 施主;捐款人;赞助人 a generous benefactor 慷慨的捐助者 The equipment was funded by friends and benefactors of the hospital. 该设备由医院的朋友和捐助者资助。
Extra ExamplesTopics Social issuesc2A private benefactor donated $20 000. 一位私人捐助者捐献了两万美元。 He was a great public benefactor and gave land for building the sea wall. 他是一位了不起的公益捐助者,捐出土地来修建海堤。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- generous
- wealthy
- great
- …
- donate something
- give something
- benefactor to
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin, from bene facere ‘do good (to)’, from bene ‘well’ + facere ‘do’.