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单词 widow's mite
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Definition of widow's mite in English:

widow's mite

noun
  • A small monetary contribution from someone who is poor.

    穷人的小额捐款,少而可贵的钱

    this is indeed the widow's mite—it's a whole shilling I'm giving you
    Example sentencesExamples
    • At the end of the month, everyone queues up at Batelco's wickets, and the widow's mite totals millions and millions of dollars.
    • True charity, like the widow's mite, should cost the donor something.
    • For some, whose gifts are not well rewarded financially by our economic value system, time and talent may be the widow's mite that Jesus once praised so thoroughly.
    • Only later would Jesus teach us the preciousness of the widow's mite in the eyes of God - a lesson many, including myself, have yet to learn.
    • Or they are trying to squeeze out the last of the widow's mite before the country becomes a total sewer.
    Synonyms
    contribution, donation, benefaction, gift, present, handout, subscription

Origin

With biblical allusion to Mark 12:43.

Definition of widow's mite in US English:

widow's mite

noun
  • A small monetary contribution from someone who is poor.

    穷人的小额捐款,少而可贵的钱

    Example sentencesExamples
    • At the end of the month, everyone queues up at Batelco's wickets, and the widow's mite totals millions and millions of dollars.
    • For some, whose gifts are not well rewarded financially by our economic value system, time and talent may be the widow's mite that Jesus once praised so thoroughly.
    • Only later would Jesus teach us the preciousness of the widow's mite in the eyes of God - a lesson many, including myself, have yet to learn.
    • Or they are trying to squeeze out the last of the widow's mite before the country becomes a total sewer.
    • True charity, like the widow's mite, should cost the donor something.
    Synonyms
    contribution, donation, benefaction, gift, present, handout, subscription

Origin

With biblical allusion to Mark 12:43.

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