学个词Learn a Word 第1599-donor

　　今天我们要学的词是 donor¹. Donor 是捐赠者的意思。Mitt² Romney's campaign offered some supporters the opportunity to fly with the candidate on his charter plane as a donor prize. 罗姆尼竞选团队说，某些支持者可以乘坐罗姆尼的专机，做为对竞选捐赠者的奖励。在美国，More than 100 million Americans are registered  organ donors³, but it's not enough to keep up with the demand. 注册登记的器官捐赠者有一亿多人，但还是供不应求。Sixteen states offer tax incentives⁴ to organ donors, but a recent study found that these sweeteners aren't working. 美国有16个州对器官捐赠者提供税收方面的优惠，但是最近有研究发现，这些鼓励机制没有作用。好的，今天我们学习的词是 donor, donor, donor....

1 donor   

n.捐献者；赠送人；(组织、器官等的)供体

参考例句：

• In these cases,the recipient usually takes care of the donor afterwards.在这类情况下，接受捐献者以后通常会照顾捐赠者。
• The Doctor transplanted the donor's heart to Mike's chest cavity.医生将捐赠者的心脏移植进麦克的胸腔。

2 mitt   

n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手

参考例句：

• I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。
• Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。

3 donors   

n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者

参考例句：

• Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。
• About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 incentives   

激励某人做某事的事物( incentive的名词复数 )； 刺激； 诱因； 动机

参考例句：

• tax incentives to encourage savings 鼓励储蓄的税收措施
• Furthermore, subsidies provide incentives only for investments in equipment. 更有甚者，提供津贴仅是为鼓励增添设备的投资。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法