connected with helping people who are suffering and improving the conditions that they are living in 人道主义的(主张减轻人类苦难、改善人类生活);慈善的 to provide humanitarian aid to the war zone 给战区提供人道主义援助 humanitarian issues 人道主义问题 a humanitarian organization 慈善机构 They are calling for the release of the hostages on humanitarian grounds. 他们站在人道主义立场要求释放人质。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- purely
- essentially
(especially in journalism )尤用于新闻业 describing an event or situation that causes or involves a lot of human suffering, especially one that requires aid to be provided to a large number of people 人道主义的: 描述导致或涉及很多人痛苦的事件或情况,尤其是需要向大量人提供援助的事件或情况
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from humanity + -arian.