benevolence
英 [bɪ'nev(ə)l(ə)ns; bɪ'nevəl(ə)ns; bɪ'nevələns]
美 [bə'nɛvələns]
英語の語源
- benevolence (n.)
- c. 1400, "disposition to do good," from Old French benivolence and directly from Latin benevolentia "good feeling, good will, kindness," from bene "well" (see bene-) + volantem (nominative volens) present participle of velle "to wish" (see will (v.)). In English history, this was the name given to forced extra-legal loans or contributions to the crown, first so called 1473 by Edward IV, who cynically "asked" it as a token of good will toward his rule.
例文
- 1. Such benevolence ，however，was not completely disinterested.
- しかし、このような善行は完全に公平無私ではない。
- 2.We definitely do not apply a policy of benevolence to the reactionaries.
- 私たちは反動派に対して決して仁政を施さない。
- 3.He did it out of pure benevolence .
- 彼がそれをしたのは完全に善意だった。
- 4.A bit of benevolence from people in power is not what we need.
- 私たちに必要なのは、権力者の小さな恩恵ではありません。
- and condemn selfishness.
- 5.The strength of altruism lies in the fact that altruistic acts undeniably occur in any society and that moral codes universally advocate altruism or benevolence and condemn selfishness.
- 利他主義はもちろん、いかなる社会にも存在し、道徳準も利他主義や善良な行為を普遍的に提唱し、利己主義を非難している。利他主義が強い生命力を持っている理由。