Ivanhoe expressed great repugnance to this plan, which he grounded on unwillingness to give farther trouble to his benefactors. 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
If the tallow candle, hitherto unknown, were now invented, its creator would be hailed as one of the greatest benefactors of the present age. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
That, if statues were decreed in Britain, as in ancient Greece and Rome, to public benefactors, this shining citizen would assuredly have had one. 查尔斯·狄更斯.双城记.
The circumstance occasioned no alteration, however, in the behaviour of his benefactors. 查尔斯·狄更斯.雾都孤儿.
O my benefactors! 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
I felt ashamed to appear before my benefactors so clad. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.简·爱.
The owners of such places as Chesney Wold, said Mr. Skimpole with his usual happy and easy air, are public benefactors. 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.