an informal name for Goodwill Industries, an organization in the U.S. that has stores that collect old clothes and other things that people no longer want and sell them at low prices. The money is used to train people who have disabilities or who are unemployed or homeless.
VERB + GOODWILL | GOODWILL + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESVERB + GOODWILL➤enjoy, have享有信譽;懷有善意▸➤create, generate產生好感◇Addressing customers in their own language helps create goodwill.用顧客的本族語招呼顧客有助於博得好感。➤win贏得信譽▸➤lose, squander失去信譽;白白浪費(別人的)好意(不識抬舉)◇They are in danger of losing the government's goodwill.他們有失去政府信譽的危險。➤depend on, rely on依靠信譽▸➤show表示友好GOODWILL + NOUN➤gesture友善的姿態PREPOSITION➤goodwill to, goodwill towards/toward對⋯的友善◇He expressed goodwill towards / toward his former colleagues.他向以前的同事表達了善意。PHRASES➤a gesture of goodwill友善的姿態◇The government released him as a gesture of goodwill.政府釋放他示好。➤in a spirit of goodwill善意地◇They made the offer in a spirit of goodwill.他們善意地提出幫忙。