If a person, a company, or a group is philanthropic, they give money and help to people who are poor, sick, or in trouble. People also use it for giving that is meant to serve the public — schools, hospitals, museums.

If a person, a company, or a group如果一個人、一間公司或一個團體 is philanthropic,是 philanthropic（慈善的）， they give money and help他們會捐錢、提供幫助 to people who are poor, sick, or in trouble給貧窮、生病或有困難的人。People also use it大家也會用這個字 for giving that is meant to serve the public來形容以服務公眾為目的的捐贈 — schools, hospitals, museums——像學校、醫院、博物館。

It is a formal adjective; you will see it in news about rich donors and big organisations more than in kitchen talk.

It is a formal adjective;這是一個正式的形容詞； you will see it你會看到它 in news about rich donors and big organisations在講有錢捐款人和大型機構的新聞裡， more than in kitchen talk而不是在家常閒聊裡。

Though actually, speakers argue about the stretch: funding a famous university is still called philanthropic in the papers, even when some listeners feel that is not quite the same as feeding people who are hungry.

Though actually,不過實際上， speakers argue about the stretch:大家對這個字用到多寬有爭議： funding a famous university資助一所知名大學 is still called philanthropic in the papers,在報紙上仍然會被稱為 philanthropic， even when some listeners feel就算有些人覺得 that is not quite the same as feeding people who are hungry這跟餵飽飢餓的人不太一樣。

The giving is supposed to look like a gift, not a trade.

The giving這種給予 is supposed to look like a gift,應該要看起來像一份禮物， not a trade而不是一種交易。