boon

[US]/buːn/
[UK]/buːn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 利益,优势,有用的东西
adj. 令人愉快的,慷慨的
Word Forms
复数boons

Phrases & Collocations

receive a boon

获得祝福

boon companion

有益的伙伴

Example Sentences

a boon companion to all.

对所有人来说都是一位有益的伙伴。

Radio is a boon to the blind.

广播对盲人来说是一大福音。

the route will be a boon to many travellers.

这条路线对许多旅行者来说将是一大福音。

ask a boon (of sb.)

请求恩惠(某人)

A spanking breeze is a boon to sailors.

一阵清新的微风对水手来说是一大福音。

I'm not exactly the Mills and Boon tall dark stranger.

我可不是麦尔斯和布恩小说中的高大而神秘的陌生人。

A bicycle is a real boon when you live in a small town.

如果你住在小城镇,自行车确实是一大福音。

The monitor is a person who seldom asks a boon of others.

监管人是很少向他人请求恩惠的人。

Boon walked in and quieted the engine.

布恩走了进来并安静了引擎。

A car is a real boon when you live in the country.

如果你住在乡下,汽车确实是一大福音。

These machines have proved a real boon to disabled people.

这些机器被证明对残疾人来说是一大福音。

The building scheme comes as an enormous boon for the building industry.

该建筑计划对建筑行业来说是一大福音。

Real-world Examples

That would be a huge boon to colonization.

那将对殖民化产生巨大的好处。

Source: Crash Course Astronomy

Through one lens, this is a boon for competition.

从一个角度来看,这对于竞争来说是一大好处。

Source: Dominance Issue 3 (March 2018)

That would be an obvious boon.

那将是一个显而易见的好处。

Source: The Economist - Technology

Yet even if solar power is a boon to consumers, it threatens some utilities.

即使太阳能对消费者来说是一大好处,它也威胁到了一些公用事业。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

He says, Branch has been a boon for his business.

他说,Branch 对他的生意来说是一大好处。

Source: VOA Standard Speed February 2016 Collection

The miscarriage of justice was a boon for the labor movement.

司法公正的失败对劳工运动来说是一大好处。

Source: Selected English short passages

At last Hook had got the boon for which he craved.

最终,Hook 得到了他所渴望的好处。

Source: Peter Pan

Having a parent who is a teacher is a real boon to the kids.

孩子们的父母是老师,这真是一大好处。

Source: IELTS Vocabulary: Category Recognition

Such programmes have proved a boon to American carriers in the pandemic.

这些项目在疫情期间被证明对美国运营商来说是一大好处。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Derek also says this energy crisis is a boon for fossil fuel producers.

Derek 还说,这场能源危机对化石燃料生产商来说是一大好处。

Source: Financial Times

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