a monetary gift or reward in return for a service or action, in particular
奖金,赏金,尤指:
a sum paid for killing or capturing a person or animal
(为捕杀人或动物而设的)悬赏金
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there was an increased bounty on his head .拿到他人头的赏金又上涨了。
〈史〉 贸易津贴。
〈主史〉 (发给陆军或海军新兵的)入伍津贴。
〈诗/文〉 大量的事物
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the bounties of nature .大自然丰富的物产。
[mass noun]
〈主 诗/文〉 慷慨
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for millennia the people along the Nile have depended entirely on its bounty .几千年来尼罗河沿岸的居民一直完全依靠这条河慷慨的恩赐为生。
a ship of the British navy on which in 1789 part of the crew, led by Fletcher Christian, mutinied against their commander, William Bligh, and set him adrift in an open boat with eighteen companions.
邦蒂号(英国海军舰名,1789年部分船员在弗莱彻·克里斯琴的带领下发动哗变,将舰长威廉· 布莱及其18名追随者赶入一艘无甲板的小船,任其漂流海上)。
"Middle English (denoting goodness or generosity): from Old French