bounty

• n. 慷慨；丰富；奖励金；赠款
• vt. 发给…奖金等；为…而发给赏金
• vi. 以赏金等形式发放

来自词根bon, 好，同bonus. -ty, 抽象名词后缀。

bounty

bounty: see beauty

bounty (n.)

mid-13c., "generosity," from Old French bonte "goodness" (12c., Modern French bonté), from Latin bonitatem (nominative bonitas) "goodness," from bonus "good" (see bene-). Sense of "gift bestowed by a sovereign or the state" led to extended senses of "gratuity to a military recruit" (1702) and "reward for killing or taking a criminal or enemy" (1764).

I do ... promise, that there shall be paid ... the following several and respective premiums and Bounties for the prisoners and Scalps of the Enemy Indians that shall be taken or killed .... ["Papers of the Governor of Pennsylvania," 1764]

1. A bounty of $50,000 was put on Dr. Alvarez's head.

有人悬赏50,000美元买阿尔瓦雷斯博士的人头。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The charity is totally dependent on the Church's bounty.

慈善业完全依靠全体基督徒的慷慨赠予.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Beauty without bounty avails nought.

没有仁爱的美丽毫无用处.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. We received a bounty from the government.

我们收到政府给予的一笔补助金.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5. The government has placed a bounty on the heads of many of its opponents.

政府悬赏要许多反对者的脑袋.

来自《简明英汉词典》