Hospitality

(n.) The act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward, or with kind and generous liberality.

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• To hang out a sign saying Come right in; there is no one at home is not the equivalent of hospitality. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• I said he was right there--never under my roof, where the Lares were sacred, and the laws of hospitality paramount. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Old New York scrupulously observed the etiquette of hospitality, and no discussion with a guest was ever allowed to degenerate into a disagreement. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• But enter this my homely roof, and see Our woods not void of hospitality. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Both the hospitality and the charity of the ancient clergy, accordingly, are said to have been very great. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• We have seen that they would have been safer among the ancient heathens, with whom the rites of hospitality were sacred. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• When he went to his shack he found a native cook installed there, and had to submit to the hospitality of his hosts. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Never once in their dialogues did I hear a syllable of regret at the hospitality they had extended to me, or of suspicion of, or aversion to, myself. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• A hospitality nearly of the same kind was exercised not many years ago in many different parts of the Highlands of Scotland. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Once clear of the grounds, the duties of hospitality (in Betteredge's code of morals) ceased, and the privileges of curiosity began. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Retention of capacity to grow is the reward of such intellectual hospitality. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Besides, I now considered myself as bound by the laws of hospitality, to a people who had treated me with so much expense and magnificence. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• He seemed to take pleasure in his social functions, he smiled, and was abundant in hospitality. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• But bounty and hospitality very seldom lead to extravagance; though vanity almost always does. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Their charity became gradually less extensive, their hospitality less liberal, or less profuse. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• It was impossible sometimes to resist this artless little creature's hospitalities, so kindly were they pressed, so frankly and amiably offered. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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