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philanthropic

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++phil·an·throp·ic /ˌfɪlənˈθrɒpɪk◂ $ -ˈθrɑː-/ adjective  GIVEa philanthropic person or institution gives money and help to people who are poor or in trouble 〔人或机构〕乐于助人的;慈善的philanthropically /-kli/ adverb
Examples from the Corpus
philanthropicMany of them had educational or philanthropic aims.At 55 he could claim a distinguished record of philanthropic and public service which included setting up the Royal Army Education Corps.One result was a considerable amount of low-cost tenement building by philanthropic associations in the cities from the early 1880s.Nineteenth-century philanthropic endeavour, if inadequate and ill-coordinated, was nevertheless conducted on a large scale.The events have raised more than $ 900,000 for worthy philanthropic organizations throughout greater Los Angeles.His intention was philanthropic rather than commercial.He looked up fast, extremely pleased in a philanthropic way but still hanging back for himself.
or philanthropic and Corpus a institution money gives person


philanthropic
philanthropic /ˌfɪlənˈθrɒpɪk◂ $ -ˈθrɑː-/ adjective
a philanthropic person or institution gives money and help to people who are poor or in trouble
—philanthropically /-kli/ adverb