From the word’s history
From Middle French donation, from Latin dōnātiō 'a present', from dōnum 'a gift'.
源自拉丁文 dōnātiō「禮物」，來自 dōnum「贈品」。
Picture a hand letting go: money into a box, an old coat into a bag, blood into a bag at the clinic. Nothing is being sold and nothing is owed back — the thing simply moves from someone who has it to someone or something that needs it. That releasing movement can be held as the picture inside 'donation'; once you have the movement, the word can also swing over and name whatever it was that moved.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
donationnoun/dəʊˈneɪʃən/
- 1
A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause.
- They were collecting donations for the elderly at Christmas.
- And some donation freely to estate On the bless'd lovers.
- 2
The act of giving or bestowing; a grant.
- After donation there is an absolute change and alienation of the property of the thing given.
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