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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
humanitarian
▪ I. hu·mani·tar·ian [humanitarian humanitarians] BrE [hjuːˌmænɪˈteəriən] NAmE [hjuːˌmænɪˈteriən] adjective usually before noun concerned with reducing suffering and improving the conditions that people live in •to provide humanitarian aid to the war zone •humanitarian issues •a humanitarian organization •They are calling for the release of the hostages on humanitarian grounds. •The expulsion of thousands of people represents a humanitarian catastrophe of enormous proportions. Derived Word: ↑humanitarianism Word Origin: early 19th cent.: from ↑humanity + ↑-arian. ▪ II. hu·mani·tar·ian noun Main entry: ↑humanitarianderived
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