• n. 遗产；遗赠

前缀be-, 强调。quest, 词源同voice, 说。此处指临终遗嘱。

bequest (n.)

c. 1300, "act of bequeathing," from be- + *cwis, *cwiss "saying" (related to quoth; from Proto-Germanic *kwessiz; see bequeath), with excrescent -t. Meaning "that which is bequeathed" is recorded from late 15c.

1. The bequest is con-servatively estimated at £30 million.

保守估计，这笔遗产有3,000万英镑。

来自柯林斯例句

2. He left a bequest to each of his grandchildren.

他给他的孙辈每人留下一笔遗产。

来自《权威词典》

3. In his will he made a substantial bequest to his wife.

在遗嘱里他给妻子留下了一大笔遗产.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. The library has received a generous bequest from a local businessman.

图书馆从当地一位商人那里得到了一大笔遗赠.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. The picture was acquired by bequest in 1921.

这幅画是在1921年通过遗赠获得的.

来自《简明英汉词典》