almsgiving [
'ɑ:mz,giviŋ]
n. 施舍, 救济
- True charity doesn't consist in almsgiving.
真正的慈善不在于施舍。 - We know that prayer aquires power if it is joined with fasting and almsgiving.
我们知道祈祷如果能配以禁食和施舍,必能获得力量。 - “ Neither the individual nor the race is improved by almsgiving,” he once wrote.
“施舍救济不能从根本上改善个人和民族的处境,”他曾这样写道。
almsgiving[ noun ]
making voluntary contributions to aid the poor
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Almsgiving \Alms"giv`ing\ ([add]mz"g[i^]v`[i^]ng), n.
The giving of alms.