make a bequest (of sth) to sb
bequest 在法律语境中常特指通过遗嘱遗赠的动产。
She made a bequest of her personal library to the university.
她立遗嘱把自己的私人藏书遗赠给那所大学。
遗赠行为;立遗嘱赠与;传世之物;先人遗留的东西;(法律) 通过遗嘱赠与个人财产;依死者遗嘱在死后转让财产。;被传下来或传递下来的东西。
money or property that is given to someone through a will; a legacy
The act of bequeathing or leaving by will.
(法律) 通过遗嘱赠与个人财产
(law) a gift of personal property by will
依死者遗嘱在死后转让财产。
The transfer of property upon the owner's death according to the will of the deceased.
That which is left by will; a legacy.
被传下来或传递下来的东西。
That which has been handed down or transmitted.
A person's inheritance; an amount of property given by will.
Her grandfather left a small bequest of money to each grandchild in his will.
她的祖父在遗嘱中给每个孙辈留下了一小笔遗赠。
用法提示:bequest 作为名词,指遗嘱中赠与的钱财
The museum received a valuable bequest of paintings from a local art collector.
博物馆从一位当地艺术收藏家那里收到了一笔宝贵的绘画遗赠。
用法提示:bequest 作为名词,指遗赠的物品
She decided to use her father's bequest to start a scholarship fund.
她决定用父亲的遗赠设立一个奖学金基金。
用法提示:bequest 作为名词,指遗产中的赠与
bequest 在法律语境中常特指通过遗嘱遗赠的动产。
She made a bequest of her personal library to the university.
她立遗嘱把自己的私人藏书遗赠给那所大学。
His uncle left him a generous bequest in his will.
他叔叔在遗嘱中给他留下了一笔慷慨的遗赠。
The charity received a bequest from a wealthy donor.
这家慈善机构收到了一位富有捐赠者的遗赠。
与 bequest 最接近,但更常用,也可指精神、文化等抽象遗留;在法律动产遗赠义上可互换,bequest 更正式。
不强调‘按遗嘱’,也包括法定继承;表示‘继承行为’时与 bequest(遗嘱赠与行为)并不等同。
grammar · medium
易错句子He bequested his book collection to the library.
正确表达He bequeathed his book collection to the library.
bequest 是名词,意为‘遗赠的财物’;其动词形式是 bequeath(遗赠)。把 bequest 直接加 -ed 构成过去式是不对的,应该用动词 bequeath 的过去式 bequeathed。
grammar · medium
易错句子She made a bequest for her nephew.
正确表达She made a bequest to her nephew.
表示‘把某物遗赠给某人’时,bequest 后接介词 to 引出接受者,而不是 for。for 表示目的或受益,不符合‘遗赠给某人’的用法,因此应把 for 改为 to。
与“bequest”(按遗嘱赠与个人财产)相对的法定行为;bequest 是将财产遗赠给他人,disinheritance 则是使某人丧失继承权。
bequest 特指按遗嘱赠与的个人财产(动产);legacy 更广泛,可指留给后代或世界的任何东西,包括名誉、作品等非物质遗产。
bequest 一般要求通过遗嘱明确赠与;inheritance 泛指所有继承取得的财产,包括无遗嘱的法定继承,因此不一定有遗嘱。
bequest 是名词,指遗赠的行为或遗赠的财产;bequeath 是动词,表示‘把…遗赠给’,二者词性不同,不能互换。
留下遗赠
She chose to leave a bequest to her alma mater.
她选择向母校留下一笔遗赠。
作出遗赠
He made a bequest of his entire library to the university.
他把全部藏书遗赠给那所大学。
慷慨的遗赠
The museum was surprised by the generous bequest from a local artist.
博物馆对当地一位艺术家的慷慨遗赠感到意外。
慈善遗赠
Charitable bequests are often exempt from inheritance tax.
慈善遗赠通常免征遗产税。
收到遗赠
She received a bequest from her great-aunt's estate.
她从姑祖母的遗产中得到一份遗赠。
be-(加强或转换词义的前缀) + quist(古英语词根,意为“说/遗言”,现代英语中不单独出现,注意与 quest 无关);同根词:bequeath(遗赠)
与bequest同属遗嘱相关法律词汇,bequest是遗嘱中具体赠与的财产。
bequest是遗嘱中赠与的个人财产,整体资产可称为estate。
bequest的受益对象通常是heir,即遗嘱继承人。
负责执行bequest、按遗嘱分配财产的人。
法院对遗嘱进行认证的法律程序,涉及bequest的合法性。
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