connected with a charity or charities 慈善团体的；慈善事业的 a charitable institution/foundation/trust 慈善机构／基金会／基金机构 a charitable donation/gift 慈善捐赠／赠品 - (British English)
to have charitable status (= to be an official charity) 是认可的慈善机构
helping people who are poor or in need 慈善的；行善的；布施的 kind in your attitude to other people, especially when you are judging them 仁爱的；宽厚的；宽容的 Let's be charitable and assume she just made a mistake. 咱们宽容些吧，就当她只是犯了个错误。 Less charitable accounts of his character say he was vain and selfish. 对他性格的不太仁慈的描述说他虚荣自私。
opposite uncharitable
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘showing Christian love to God and man’): from Old French, from charite, from Latin caritas, from carus ‘dear’.