goodwill

英 [ˌɡʊdˈwɪl]

美 [ˌɡʊdˈwɪl]

n.  友善; 友好; 善意; 亲善; 信誉; 商誉

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牛津词典

noun

• 友善；友好；善意；亲善
  friendly or helpful feelings towards other people or countries
  1. a spirit of goodwill in international relations
     国际关系中的亲善精神
  2. a goodwill gesture/a gesture of goodwill
     友好的表示
• 信誉；商誉
  the good relationship between a business and its customers that is calculated as part of its value when it is sold

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 友善；善意；亲善
  Goodwillis a friendly or helpful attitude towards other people, countries, or organizations.
  1. I invited them to dinner, a gesture of goodwill...
     我请他们吃饭以示友善。
  2. They depend on the goodwill of visitors to pick up rubbish.
     他们相信游客会自觉捡起垃圾。
• N-UNCOUNT 信誉；商誉
  Thegoodwillof a business is something such as its good reputation, which increases the value of the business.
  1. We do not want to lose the goodwill built up over 175 years.
     我们不想让历经175年树立起来的良好信誉毁于一旦。

英英释义

noun

• a disposition to kindness and compassion
  1. the victor's grace in treating the vanquished
  Synonym:gracegood will
• the friendly hope that something will succeed
  Synonym:good will
• (accounting) an intangible asset valued according to the advantage or reputation a business has acquired (over and above its tangible assets)
  Synonym:good will

双语例句

• We recognize this and as such we are planning a goodwill programme and will unveil more details soon.
  我们考虑到了这些，并尽可能的设计一个友好的程序，很快我们会透露更多的细节。
• His constant requests for help taxed our goodwill.
  他不断要求我们帮助他，过分利用了我们对他的好意。
• We pursue a policy of goodwill in international relations.
  我们在处理国际关系中遵循亲善友好的政策。
• I would like to thank the Vienna Philharmonic for becoming our goodwill ambassador this morning.
  我愿感谢维也纳爱乐乐团今天上午成为我们的亲善大使。
• He worked hard, made friends with his customers and gradually managed to build up his goodwill and profit.
  他工作努力，结交客户，逐渐树立了自己的良好信誉，积累了资金。
• Comity is the practice, or courtesy, between states of treating each other with goodwill and civility.
  国际礼让是国家之间基于善意和礼节彼此给予对方的习惯和礼貌作法。
• As a token of goodwill, I'm going to write another letter.
  为了证明我的善意，我打算再写一封信。
• As a result, gratitude itself contains self-deception for goodwill and numbness causing the loss of some memories.
  结果，感激本身就必然包含了善意的自欺欺人，包含了让部分记忆丧失掉的麻木。
• I invited them to dinner, a gesture of goodwill
  我请他们吃饭以示友善。
• This gesture of goodwill did little to improve the tense atmosphere at the talks
  这一友好姿态基本上没有改善会谈的紧张气氛。