bequeath是什么意思_bequeath怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

bequeath: bequeath: [OE] Etymologically, what you bequeath is what you ‘say’ you will leave someone in your will. The word comes from Old English becwethan, a derivative of cwethan ‘say’, whose past tense cwæth gives us quoth (it is no relation to quote, by the way). The original sense ‘say, utter’ died out in the 13th century, leaving the legal sense of ‘transferring by will’ (first recorded in 1066).

The noun derivative of Old English cwethan in compounds was -cwiss. Hence we can assume there was an Old English noun *becwiss, although none is recorded. The first we hear of it is at the beginning of the 14th century, when it had unaccountably had a t added to it, producing what we now know as bequest.
=> bequest, quoth
bequeath (v.): Old English becweðan "to say, speak to, exhort, blame," also "leave by will;" from be- + cweðan "to say," from Proto-Germanic *kwethan, from PIE *gwet- "to say, speak."

Original sense of "say, utter" died out 13c., leaving legal sense of "transfer by will." Closely related to bequest. "An old word kept alive in wills" [OED 1st ed.]. Old English bequeðere meant "interpreter, translator." Related: Bequeathed; bequeathing.

词态变化

第三人称单数 bequeaths;
过去式 bequeathed;
过去分词 bequeathed;
现在分词 bequeathing;

1. It is true that colonialism did not bequeath much to Africa.: 殖民主义给非洲确实没有留下多少东西。

2. She said if the world did not act conclusively now, it would only bequeath the problem to future generations.: 她说如果人类现在不采取决定性的行动，那就只会把问题留给子孙后代。

3. 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.

4. If you want my family so badly , I hereby bequeath them to you.: 我会双手奉上的,如果你想要我的家人的话.

5. 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.

leave 委托

will 决心

give 给

bestow 授予

confer on 授给, 授予

donate 捐赠

hand down 把 ... 传下来...

hand on 依次传递

endow 捐助

deviant and bequeath 【法】遗赠动产和不动产

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1. be + queath "say" (see quoth).
2. => say, speak => leave by will.