"make a donation"是英语常用短语,意为“捐款;捐赠(财物、物资等)”,核心是通过行动向他人/机构提供无偿的资金或物品支持。
该短语是“动词+不定冠词+名词”的结构(donation为可数名词),常用搭配和场景如下:
表示“向……捐赠”,to后面接接收捐赠的人/机构/项目。
例句:
I want to make a donation to the children's hospital.(我想给儿童医院捐一笔款。)
Would you like to make a donation to our school's scholarship fund?(你愿意向我们学校的奖学金基金捐款吗?)
表示“捐赠……(具体物品/金额)”,of后面接捐赠的具体事物(钱、衣物、书籍等)。
例句:
She made a donation of $1,000 to the disaster relief effort.(她向赈灾活动捐赠了1000美元。)
The company made a donation of 500 books to the rural library.(公司向乡村图书馆捐赠了500本书。)
常见形容词有:generous(慷慨的)、small(小额的)、large(大额的)、anonymous(匿名的)、regular(定期的)等。
例句:
A local businessman made a generous donation to the community center.(一位当地商人向社区中心慷慨捐赠。)
We rely on regular donations from supporters to keep the shelter open.(我们依靠支持者的定期捐赠维持收容所运转。)
"make a donation"是名词短语,可与动词"donate"(捐赠)互换,表达相同意思:
例1:He donated $200 to the charity. = He made a donation of $200 to the charity.
例2:They donate clothes to the homeless. = They make donations of clothes to the homeless.(注意:donation复数形式对应“多次/多件捐赠”)
慈善募捐:The charity is asking people to make a donation to help families affected by the flood.(慈善机构呼吁人们捐款帮助受洪水影响的家庭。)
公益项目:To support environmental protection, many people make monthly donations to green organizations.(为支持环保,许多人每月向环保组织捐款。)
个人善行:After his dog was saved by the shelter, he decided to make a small donation every year.(他的狗被收容所救后,他决定每年小额捐赠。)
"make a donation"是正式、常用的“捐赠”表达,核心是“通过行动提供无偿支持”。记住关键搭配:
向谁捐:make a donation to sb./sth.
捐什么:make a donation of sth.
修饰捐赠:形容词+donation
使用时结合具体场景,替换不同的“对象”和“内容”,就能准确表达“捐赠”的意思啦!