gratuity

英 [ɡrəˈtjuːəti]

美 [ɡrəˈtuːəti]

n.  小费; 赏钱; 报酬; 退职金; 遣散费; 退休金

复数：gratuities　

IELTSGRE经济

BNC.23319 / COCA.21615

牛津词典

noun

• 小费；赏钱；报酬
  money that you give to sb who has provided a service for you
• 退职金；遣散费；退休金
  money that is given to employees when they leave their job

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 小费；赏钱
  Agratuityis a gift of money to someone who has done something for you.
  1. The porter expects a gratuity.
     行李员想要小费。
• N-COUNT 退休金；遣散费；（尤指军人的）退役金
  Agratuityis a large gift of money that is given to someone when they leave their job, especially when they leave the armed forces.
  1. He is taking a gratuity from the Navy.
     他将领到海军补助的退役金。

英英释义

noun

• an award (as for meritorious service) given without claim or obligation
• a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)
  Synonym:tippourboirebaksheeshbakshishbakshisbacksheesh

双语例句

• Speaking of tips, you should never offer the bar staff a cash gratuity.
  说到“小费”，你可千万别给酒保现金以表示谢意。正确的做法是请酒保喝一盅。
• At one time, the offer and receipt of a gratuity was a statement of social and economic superiority on the part of the giver, its acceptance a statement of social and economic inferiority on the part of the recipient.
  曾几何时，收、付赏钱的行为体现了支付者优越的社会及经济地位，这种行为得到接受，体现了接受者社会及经济地位的低下。
• But at local restaurants, there's no need to add a gratuity. At five-star hotels, one or two ringgit will suffice a porter.
  但在当地的饭馆里，却没有心要附加小费。在五星级饭店，给搬运工一两个林吉特就足够了。
• When it was originally enacted, there was a general assumption that private parties had few procedural rights when the government action affected a "privilege" or a "mere gratuity" rather than private property.
  在最初拟定此类免责时，一种普遍推定是，当政府行为影响某一“特权”或“单纯无偿赠与”而非私人财产时，私人当事人几乎没有什么程序权利可言。
• A gratuity or TIP, paid to expedite service especially in some Near Eastern countries.
  酒钱，小费因快捷的服务而给予的赏金或小费，尤指在一些近东国家里。
• Whichever yields the greater pension or short service gratuity.
  两者以得出较大的退休金或短期服务酬金为准。
• Provided that where a pension, gratuity or other allowance is expressed to be grantable by the governor in Council such pension, gratuity or other allowance shall be granted only by the governor in council.
  但如有明文定任何退休金、酬金或其他津由督同行政局批予者，退休金、酬金或其他津只可由督同行政局批予。
• Commuted annual allowance gratuity
  经折算的年积金酬金
• The pension or allowance which has been granted to him may be cancelled, suspended or reduced, or he may not be granted a pension, gratuity or allowance, as the case may be.
  该人员可能不获批予退休金、酬金或津贴，又或该人员已获批予的退休金或津贴，可被取消、暂停支付或扣减，视属何情况而定。
• He hopes to start a bookshop with his gratuity.
  他希望用他的退伍金开设一个书店。