Bequeath

(verb.) leave or give by will after one's death; 'My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry'; 'My grandfather left me his entire estate'.

整理:露丝

• I merely say, with quite another view, you are probably aware I have some property to bequeath to my child? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Dear, bequeath me that great patience Which has power to sustain A cheerful, uncomplaining spirit In its prison-house of pain. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• And with such a diet they may be expected to live in peace and health to a good old age, and bequeath a similar life to their children after them. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• The Abbe, quoting from King Cathire’s will, says, To Drimoth I bequeath fifty billiard balls of brass with the cues of the same material. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Having now bequeathed all he had to dispose of, and arranged his affairs in this world, Johnny, thus speaking, left it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• But Epicurus bequeathed his gardens to his own school. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Every thing about the church is marble, and all from the same quarry; it was bequeathed to the Archbishopric for this purpose centuries ago. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Do not think that this genial flame sustained itself, or lived wholly on a bequeathed hope or a parting promise. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Our respected father, as you well know, bequeathed all the Stanhill effects that remained at Norland (and very valuable they were) to your mother. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• All the rest he died possessed of, he bequeathed to Peggotty; whom he left residuary legatee, and sole executrix of that his last will and testament. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The third bequeathed the Moonstone as a birthday present to his niece, on condition that my father would act as executor. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The latter informs the party that she bequeaths untold wealth to the young pair and an awful doom to Don Pedro, if he doesn't make them happy. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• To the head-bandage was pinned a slip of paper: it bore in pencil these mocking words-- The nun of the attic bequeaths to Lucy Snowe her wardrobe. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.

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