handout

1. N-COUNT A handout is a gift of money, clothing, or food, which is given free to poor people. 施舍物; 救濟品; 救濟金

Each family is being given a cash handout of six thousand rupees. 每個家庭都被給予6000盧比的救濟金。

2. N-COUNT If you call money that is given to someone a handout, you disapprove of it because you believe that the person who receives it has done nothing to earn or deserve it. 不勞而獲的錢[表不滿]

...the tendency of politicians to use money on vote-buying handouts rather than on investment in the future. …政客們用錢送人拉選票而不是用于未來投資的趨勢。

3. N-COUNT A handout is a document which contains news or information about something and which is given, for example, to journalists or members of the public. 傳單; 宣傳品

Official handouts describe the Emperor as "particularly noted as a scholar."

官方宣傳品把這位皇帝描述成“尤以飽學著稱”。

4. N-COUNT A handout is a paper given out to students by a teacher, that contains a summary of the information or topics that will be dealt with in a lesson. (教師給學生的) 講義

Many teachers are opting for group discussions instead of handouts. 許多教師選擇組織小組討論，而不是發(fā)講義。