词典释义：
an organization set up to provide help and raise money for those in need
慈善机构。
[mass noun]such organizations viewed collectively as the object of fund-raising or of donations
慈善事业
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the proceeds of the sale will go to charity .销售收入将捐赠给慈善事业。
[mass noun]the voluntary giving of help, typically in the form of money, to those in need
（尤指钱财的）施舍，援助，赈济。
help or money given in this way
施舍钱物；援助；赈济钱物
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an unemployed teacher living on charity .一个靠赈济过活的失业教师。
[mass noun]kindness and tolerance in judging others
仁慈，宽厚，宽容
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she found it hard to look on her mother with much charity .她发现很难以宽容的态度看待她母亲。
〈古〉 （尤指基督教的）博爱
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faith, hope, and charity .信仰、希望与博爱。
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charity begins at home proverb a person's first responsibility is for the needs of their own family and friends 〈谚〉 好事从家里做起
"late Old English （in the sense ‘Christian love of one's fellows’）： from Old French
