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Beneficent describes a person, an act, or a power that helps people or leads to something good. A beneficent donor, a beneficent law, a beneficent god. It is formal and a little literary. In speech, kind or generous is what most people say. Though actually, beneficent is stronger than “nice”: it points to help that does real good, not only a pleasant manner. Do not mix it up with beneficial. Beneficial is about a good effect (exercise is beneficial to your health). Beneficent is about a good-doing character or act (a beneficent ruler). One is “having a good result”; the other is “doing good.”
行善的、仁慈的(指人或作為;「對健康有益」要用 beneficial)
組成From Latin *beneficens, *beneficent-, from bene (“well, good”) + -ficens, from faciens, the present participle of facere (“to make or do”). Compare English beneficence.
同家族的字
- beneficencethe noun for this quality
- beneficiallooks close, but means “having a good effect,” not “doing good as a person”
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
beneficentadj/bəˈnɛ.fɪ.sənt/
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Given to acts that are kind, charitable, philanthropic or beneficial.
- Near-synonyms: benevolent, generous, magnanimous
- beneficent spirit
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。