2012_03_31 Boon n. 福音\實惠\ blessing; benefit.

Word of the Day for Saturday, March 31, 2012
boon \boon\, noun:
1. Something to be thankful for; blessing; benefit.
2. Something that is asked; a favor sought.
China has simultaneously become the greatest boon and the biggest disappointment.
 -- Adam Davidson, "Come On, China, Buy Our Stuff!," The New York Times, Jan. 29, 2012
A boon to scholars and to those surreptitiously in search of esoteric knowledge. The reader in the shadowy, out-of-the-way carrel stifled a whoop of delight.
 -- Carolyn G. Hart, A Little Class on Murder
Boon comes from the Old Norse word bōn meaning "a prayer."
福音\實惠\，名詞：

1。東西感謝祝福;效益。
2。東西是問;尋求一種恩惠。

中國同時也成為了最大的實惠和最令人失望的。
亞當 - 戴維森，“加油，中國，買我們的東西！”紐約時報“，1月29日，2012年

學者和暗中尋找深奧的知識的一個福音。讀者在陰暗，偏僻的卡雷爾扼殺了喜悅的吶喊。
- 卡羅琳G.哈特，一類小謀殺

皇家來自古諾爾斯詞義碳“祈禱”。