A bequest is money, a house, or other things you arrange to give someone after you die. It lives in a will, the legal paper. “She left a bequest to the school” means the school gets that gift when she is gone.

A bequest is遺贈是 you arrange to give someone after you die你安排要在過世後留給某人的 money, a house, or other things錢、房子或其他東西。It它 lives in存在於 a will, the legal paper遺囑這份法律文件裡。"She left a bequest to the school"「她留了一筆遺贈給學校」 means意思是 when she is gone等她過世後 the school gets that gift學校就會得到那份禮物。

It is a formal word: lawyers, wills, and charity letters use it. At the dinner table people more often say she left me her house.

It它 is a formal word是個正式用詞: lawyers, wills, and charity letters use it律師、遺囑和慈善募款信裡會用到。At the dinner table在餐桌上聊天時 people more often say人們比較常說 she left me her house她把房子留給我了。

Though actually a bequest is the gift itself, not the whole pile of things a dead person owned — that bigger pile is an estate.

Though actually不過其實 a bequest is遺贈指的是 the gift itself禮物本身, not the whole pile of things a dead person owned而不是死者留下的整堆財產 — that bigger pile is an estate那一大堆東西才叫「遺產」（estate）。

There is a rare verb to bequest, from the noun, but almost everyone uses the older verb bequeath: she bequeathed the piano to her niece. The noun is what you will meet most.

There is有 a rare verb一個少見的動詞, to bequest叫做 to bequest, from the noun是從名詞轉來的, but不過 almost everyone uses幾乎大家都用 the older verb bequeath比較舊的動詞 bequeath: she bequeathed the piano to her niece她把鋼琴留給了姪女。The noun is名詞這個詞性 what you will meet most才是你最常會遇到的用法。