英:[bɪˈkwi:ð]
美:[bɪˈkwið, -ˈkwiθ]
英:[bɪˈkwi:ð]
美:[bɪˈkwið, -ˈkwiθ]
be·queath
b kwith
第三人称单数:bequeaths
现在分词:bequeathing
过去式:bequeathed
过去分词:bequeathed
bequeathal (n.), bequeather (n.), bequeathment (n.)
词根:bequest
n.bequest 遗产;遗赠
transitive verb
to leave or dispose of (property) by a will.He bequeathed his entire estate to his daughter.
pass on or transfer, as to one of a younger generation.He bequeathed to his son a love of nature.
古英语 becweðan “说话,讲话,劝告,责备”,也指“遗赠遗产”; 来自 be- 和 cweðan “说话”的组合,源自原始日耳曼语 *kwithan(参见 quoth)。简单动词 cweðan 已经过时,但其旧的、强调过去时态在中古英语中保留为 quoth。
“说,发出声音”的原始意义在13世纪已经消失,留下了“通过遗嘱转让”的法律意义。比较 bequest。“一个在遗嘱中保留下来的古老词语”[OED 第一版]。古英语 bequeðere 的意思是“口译员,翻译员”。相关词汇: Bequeathed; bequeathing。
遗留给
遗赠动产
Middle English bequethen, from Old English becwethan, from be- + cwethan to say — more at quoth
The first known use of bequeath was before the 12th century
bequeathverb
to give or leave property by a will
hand down sense 1
traditions bequeathed by our ancestors
bequeathverb
to give or leave property by a will
hand down sense 1
traditions bequeathed by our ancestors
1 It bequeaths to those left behind fundamental questions about the value of existence, the fragility of our social bonds and the hidden life of even those closest to us.
2 The seldom visited pictures belong to a collection of 65 paintings and three pastels bequeathed to the museum in 1961 by Victor Lyon in honor of his wife, Hélène Loeb.
3 He learned of the museum’s interest in the piece and later, he bequeathed it to the Met; he died not long after acquiring it.
4 The couple’s estate also bequeathed art to the Ludwig, which is providing 43 of the nearly 250 pieces in the sprawling retrospective.
5 But some old literature professor from the university had died and bequeathed his Hamburg to our school.
6 When the last Robinson who lived on the farm died, the family bequeathed the property to an association that founded the museum in 1963.
7 It fails to achieve the lifelikeness, not to mention the dramatic intensity, that Ibsen bequeathed as a legacy, or rather one of his legacies, to modern playwriting.
8 It will be better to bequeath it to him after my death, in my will.
我不如写在遗嘱里,等我死了留赠给他.
9 But in Paris, understanding his work was endangered by a Stalinist turn of events, Shchukin bequeathed the collection to his wife and three surviving children in his last will.
10 Six months before her death McCullough had written a will bequeathing her estate to University of Oklahoma.
11 Still, he bequeathed his successor, the soprano Beverly Sills, the company’s greatest star, built-in budget problems, which she eventually managed to resolve while maintaining quality and introducing fresh repertory.
12 Both are dismayed by the world their parents have bequeathed them.
13 He left it four-fifths of his considerable personal collection, and also bequeathed assets to be sold for the institution’s benefit.
14 If he now makes another turn and a half, he may bequeath whoever succeeds him something unexpected: the beginnings of a decent American policy for this troubled region.
如果他现在作出另一个一周半回转,他可能给继任者留下一些意想不到的东西:美国对那片动荡区域的温和政策。
15 I bequeath to you today one little girl ...
我今天交给你一个小女孩。。。
16 Most people bequeath their property to their spouses and children.
大多数人把他们的财产遗留给他们的配偶和孩子们。
17 That was the case with two Djenné terra-cotta figures that were bequeathed to the museum in 2012 as part of a larger collection, which the museum announced in February would be returned to Mali.
18 As much as I loved setting up the big-ticket items, the real fun came in rummaging through all the classy waxed-canvas bags to see what goodies the camping fairy had bequeathed.
19 It hadn't been hard to persuade Wellby to bequeath his collection, Wilson said.
20 In 1975 she promised to bequeath two works that she kept with her for the rest of her life pointedly not to the Met but to the National Gallery of Art in Washington.