【boon】 - SAT备考词汇

boon

UK:  [buːn]

US:  [bun]

复数：boons  

adj.

1.愉快的,快活的

2.〔古诗〕(气候等)温和的;仁厚的

3.爱吃喝交际的

n.

1.赐物,赠物;恩惠,恩典;恩赐;福利;裨益,照顾

2.恩惠,恩泽,好处;用处

3.布恩〔姓氏〕

4.福音

5.大饱眼福的机会

6.〔古语〕恳求

7.麻杆

1 . The outsourcing of law enforcement has also been something of a boon for local governments.
对于地方政府而言，执法的外包也是一种福音。

2 . When the idea was proposed, it was expected to be a boon to taxonomists trying to name the world's millions of species.
此想法被提出之时，人们仅期望它能为全球数百万物种进行命名的分类学家提供帮助。

3 . Your efforts have been a great boon to me. The moment you wavered was all I needed.
你的所为对我有很大的帮助，你刚才的犹豫不决就是我需要的了。

4 . Since roads are generally dreadful, advances in communications, with mobile banking and telephonic agro-info, have been a huge boon.
由于非洲的道路状况十分差劲，非洲国家对通讯业进行了提升，手机银行和电话农业信息得到了长足的进步。

5 . The only documentation Boon Phonma, 43, could offer was a birth date she said was scribbled on a palm leaf by her mother.
43岁的布恩能提供的唯一文件是出生日期，她说是由母亲潦草写在一片棕榈叶的上面。