bequest
noun /bɪˈkwest/
/bɪˈkwest/
(formal)- money or property that you ask to be given to a particular person when you die
遗产；遗赠 - He left a bequest to each of his grandchildren.
他给他的孙子孙女每人留下一笔遗产。
- The 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
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- generous
- large
- charitable
- …
- leave (somebody)
- make (somebody)
- receive
- …
- bequest from
- bequest to
词源Middle English: from be- ‘about’ + Old English cwis ‘speech’, influenced by bequeath. - He left a bequest to each of his grandchildren.