alms

/ahmz/US // ɑmz //UK // (ɑːmz) //

施舍,救济金,救济,施舍物

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity: The hands of the beggars were outstretched for alms.

nounhandout

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Another piece might cause people to come up short is an elaborate green Burmese Buddhist alms bowl on a stand covered in gold.
“You can't give alms to the poor on one level and have your hands on their throat on another,” he said.
A beggar asking alms under the character of a poor scholar, a gentleman put the question, Quomodo vales?
But when thou dost alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth.
To such a one he would say, 'Wilt thou cease to beg alms of Me in such a shameless manner?
The surplus was distributed in alms amongst the poor, a duty strenuously prescribed by their moral code.
In point of fact, prayers are spoken of as if they were equivalent to sacrifice, alms-giving, or any other supposed virtue.

/ahmz/US // ɑmz //UK // (ɑːmz) //

施舍,救济金,救济,施舍物

n.名词 noun

1
- : money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity: The hands of the beggars were outstretched for alms.

nounhandout

Synonyms

Antonyms

Another piece might cause people to come up short is an elaborate green Burmese Buddhist alms bowl on a stand covered in gold.
“You can't give alms to the poor on one level and have your hands on their throat on another,” he said.
A beggar asking alms under the character of a poor scholar, a gentleman put the question, Quomodo vales?
But when thou dost alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth.
To such a one he would say, 'Wilt thou cease to beg alms of Me in such a shameless manner?
The surplus was distributed in alms amongst the poor, a duty strenuously prescribed by their moral code.
In point of fact, prayers are spoken of as if they were equivalent to sacrifice, alms-giving, or any other supposed virtue.