money or property that you ask to be given to a particular person when you die 遗产;遗赠 Extra ExamplesThe library has received a generous bequest from a local businessman. 图书馆从当地一位商人那里得到了一大笔遗赠。 The picture was acquired by bequest in 1921. 这幅画是1921年遗赠得来的。 a bequest from the late Jack Dawkins 已故的杰克・道金斯的遗赠
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- generous
- large
- charitable
- …
- leave (somebody)
- make (somebody)
- receive
- …
- bequest from
- bequest to
Word OriginMiddle English: from be- ‘about’ + Old English cwis ‘speech’, influenced by bequeath.