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boon [bu:n]

n. 恩惠

Parks are a great boon to people in big cities.
公园对大城市的居民是大有裨益的设施。
Something promoting or contributing to happiness, well-being, or prosperity; a boon.
福祉，幸事促进或奉献幸福、富有或繁荣的事物；恩惠
Motorcar a Boon or a Menace?
汽车——是福还是祸?

boon

[ noun ]

a desirable state

<noun.state>

enjoy the blessings of peace

a spanking breeze is a boon to sailors

[ adj ]

very close and convivial

<adj.all>

boon companions

Boon \Boon\, a. [F. bon. See {Boon}, n.]
1. Good; prosperous; as, boon voyage. [Obs.]

2. Kind; bountiful; benign.

Which . . . Nature boon
Poured forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain.
--Milton.

3. Gay; merry; jovial; convivial.

A boon companion, loving his bottle. --Arbuthnot.

Boon \Boon\, n. [Scot. boon, bune, been, Gael. & Ir. bunach
coarse tow, fr. bun root, stubble.]
The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as
refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.

Boon \Boon\ (b[=oo]n), n. [OE. bone, boin, a petition, fr. Icel.
b[=o]n; akin to Sw. & Dan. b[aum]n, AS. b[=e]n, and perh. to
E. ban; but influenced by F. bon good, fr. L. bonus.
[root]86. See 2d {Ban}, {Bounty}.]
1. A prayer or petition. [Obs.]

For which to God he made so many an idle boon.
--Spenser.

2. That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a
gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present.

Every good gift and every perfect boon is from
above. --James i. 17
(Rev. Ver. ).

The liberal Institute of Policy Studies praised it, too, as a boon to middle and lower income working people.
Pro-gambling forces say the reservation's six casinos, where slot machines, craps, bingo and other games draw busloads of patrons from the Northeast, are an economic boon.
Canadian retailers have been demanding that government action be taken to stem crossborder shopping by Canadians, which has been a boon to stores in communities such as Buffalo, N.Y., and Sault Ste.
The dancing, parades, parties and heavy drinking mark the movement of millions of fish up rivers to spawn, a boon to fishermen.
"Those buyers are more sophisticated now than they used to be." Analysts say the new stores could mean a boon for penny-pinching consumers who may find rows of look-alike machines at bargain prices.
For Eric Kobren, publisher of Fidelity Insight, an independent newsletter on Fidelity, the market's rise is a boon.
"It was a great boon that the Mormons gave me this new profession," says Johnson, a former university professor with a doctorate in English education. "They excommunicated me to shut me up and really they just gave me a forum.
Moreover, in what could be a multimillion-dollar boon for Burger King, Coke will contribute to the chain's cooperative advertising and marketing effort.
The sale was a boon for the prime contractor, General Dynamics.
Hitachi, facing production constraints in Japan, is helping a recently streamlined Goldstar Electron build the four-megabit chip and the tie-up has been a boon for Goldstar, which had lagged behind its local rivals.
For AT&T cardholders, the rate cuts have been a major boon.
Choice grants would be a boon to cities that favor educational innovation, but have no money.
The effort is seen as a boon to the White House aspirations of Vice President George Bush, whose staff was described as helping forge a compromise on the measure.
It is hard to imagine a greater boon for the Imperial Presidency than to purge Congress of experienced legislators who are specialists in issues, who know the workings of government and who remember where bodies are buried.
Mr. Fino's public exposure has been a boon for federal prosecutors: Now he is available to testify in open court about Mafia influence in the 500,000 member Laborers union.
A Mohawk Indian who views casino gambling as an economic boon to the reservation unseated the tribe's anti-gambling incumbent chief in an election Saturday.
Collegiate merchandise also has been a boon to department stores.
Midget vegetables and intensive growing techniques have come along for people with small gardens. Also, power tillers as light as 17 pounds, a boon for seniors.
For big-city dwellers, deregulation has mostly been a boon.
But while the uncertainty and volatility has been a bane for those exchanges tied to the stock market, it's been a boon for exchanges that mainly trade tangible commodities.
While a strong economy could be a boon for corporate profits, some investors have worried that the expanding economy could also reignite inflation.
The Republican presidential nominee has defended his plan as a potential boon to the U.S. economy, contending people benefiting from the tax reduction would then increase their investing.
The town of Castricum is a good starting point for exploring the dunes and sea defences of the North Sea coast. The compactness of the Netherlands is a boon to those in transit between flights at Schiphol airport.
The clash also sets longtime residents, who see the National Guard as an economic boon, against vacation-home owners and a recent influx of retirees whose idea of permissible noise is the crackle of Fourth of July fireworks.
The US aircraft maker welcomed the decision, which will also be a boon for Swiss aircraft and component manufacturers.
In the short term, at least, this sizeable devaluation ought to be a boon to Chinese exports to the US, even if the trade talks fail and tariffs are raised. Then there is Mr Bush himself.
For those that use data gathered by others, Feist may prove to be a boon that allows them to enter the growing information market.
The postponed projects include aircraft modifications, Navy ship conversions expected to be a boon to many coastal states, defense software research and Army, Army Reserve and Air National Guard construction projects.
That move would be an immediate boon to the Liberty fund's shareholders, who would receive the difference between Liberty's currently discounted share price and the value of the portfolio.
Now the dollar is flirting with 120 yen, a boon beyond Detroit's fondest dreams.

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