benefactors

英 [ˈbɛnɪfæktəz]

美 [ˈbɛnəˌfæktərz]

n.  施主; 捐款人; 赞助人
benefactor的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 捐助者；赞助人；施主
  Abenefactoris a person who helps a person or organization by giving them money.
  1. In his old age he became a benefactor of the arts.
     他晚年成了一个艺术赞助人。

双语例句

• Despite the tremendous value of their contributions we know none of these benefactors of mankind by name.
  尽管这些人类的恩人做出的贡献极大，我们却不知道其中任何一个人的名字。
• He that will forget God, will also forget his benefactors.
  心中没有上帝的人，也不会记住他的恩人。
• Only when I quit business and academe to write, and did not have to placate clients or potential benefactors, could I openly say that the conventional wisdom was in error.
  只有当我退出商界和学术界从事写作、而不必安抚客户或潜在的捐助人时，我才可以公开表示，传统智慧误入了歧途。
• Gladiators fought wild animals and one another to the death in return for their continued survival, the glory of victory, and precious gifts from their benefactors.
  战士们与猛兽搏斗或自相残杀，至死方休，换来的除了继续生存的权利、胜利的荣耀、还有赞助者馈赠的厚礼。
• The wretch requited his benefactors by betraying them.
  这个卑鄙的家伙不思回报，反而把救他的人都出卖了。
• They invited their Wampanoag benefactors to feast on wild turkeys, duck, geese, fish and shellfish, corn, green vegetables and dried fruits.
  他们邀请当地万帕诺亚格部落的印第安族恩人前来就餐，食物十分丰盛，有野火鸡、鸭、鹅、鱼虾贝、玉米、蔬菜和干果。
• So plants are our benefactors and friends.
  植物是我们朋友和恩人。
• Pope John Paul II died the day before the Puja, and I realized that he is indeed one of my benefactors, so I listed him by name as one of my karmic creditors.
  教宗约翰‧保罗二世在火供前一天去世，我意识到他诚然是我的一位恩人，所以我将他作为我的一位冤亲债主而列其名入名单。
• The University ranked fifth in the world in the latest Shanghai Jiao Tong rankings has in the past relied on benefactors to fund development.
  剑桥大学在最新的上海交通大学排名中名列全球第五，过去它的开发项目一直依赖捐赠人的资助。
• Any financial difficulties faced by the Greek state at the time, were met through the mobilization of people and benefactors alike.
  当时希腊政府所面临的资金难题，都被人民和捐助者所解决。