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

• Do not give any money or gratuity under any pretext whatsoever to any staff of the Hall.
  切勿以任何藉口给予职员任何金钱或打赏。
• He resigned from the service and applied for a gratuity instead of a pension.
  他退役了，申请领取退役金而不是养老金。
• She heard Jonathan Kail's heavy footsteps up and down the stairs till he had done placing the luggage, and heard him express his thanks for the ale her husband took out to him, and for the gratuity he received.
  她听见约纳森上下楼梯的沉重脚步声，直到他把行李搬完了，听见他对她的丈夫倒给他的淡啤酒表示感谢，还感谢她丈夫给他小费。
• 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。
• Going to India? Taking a taxi here means there is no need for gratuity at all.
  打算去印度？那里的出租车不要给小费。
• 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。
• When it was originally enacted, there was a general assumption that private parties had few procedural rights when the government action affected a "privilege" or a "mere gratuity" rather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。
• He is taking a gratuity from the Navy.
  他将领到海军补助的退役金。
• Shall not accept any gratuity, gift, or favor that might impair or appear to influence professional decisions or action.
  不准接受任何的金钱、礼物和可能削弱或影响职业决定或行为的好意。
• The porter expects a gratuity.
  行李员想要小费。