goodwill

英 [ˌɡʊd'wɪl] 美 [ˌɡʊd'wɪl]

• n. 善意；亲切；友好；商誉；信誉

英英释义

Noun:

1. (accounting) an intangible asset valued according to the advantage or reputation a business has acquired (over and above its tangible assets)

2. the friendly hope that something will succeed

3. a disposition to kindness and compassion;

   "the victor's grace in treating the vanquished"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Letters provide a means of promoting goodwill.
   信件意味着一种善意。
2. She gave repeated assurances of your goodwill.
   关于你的善意,她一而再地作出保证。
3. This is a good time to create goodwill and trust between yourself and others.
   今天适宜在你自己和他人之间建立亲切与信任。
4. He attended the meeting as a goodwill messenger.
   他作为友好使者出席了会议。
5. We pursue a policy of goodwill in international relations.
   我们在处理国际关系中遵循亲善友好的政策。
6. The goodwill is being sold together with the shop.
   商店连同其商誉一并出售。
7. Goodwill, however, is not an identifiable asset.
   但商誉不是一项可确认资产。
8. We pay $50,000 for the store,plus $8,000 for goodwill.
   我们花五万美金买这个店,外加八千美金付它的商业信誉。

经典引文

• Some pious men..spoke of him, not indeed with esteem, yet with goodwill.

  出自： Ld Macaulay

• Every man of goodwill should devote all his powers to preserving the few good things remaining to us.

  出自： E. Waugh

词汇搭配

• good will 亲善

近反义词

【近义词】

• friendship 友谊
• willingness 乐意
• amity 友好关系
• benevolence 善意
• peace 和平
• harmony 和谐
• compatibility 和谐共处
• good will 亲善
• grace 优美