bequest

名词 bequest:

1. (law) a gift of personal property by will
   同义词：legacy

1. He makes several bequest to his staff.
   他在遗嘱中向他的工作人员作了好几次动产遗赠

be.quest

n.（名词）
The act of giving, leaving by will, or passing on to another.
遗赠，遗传：按照遗嘱（把财产）遗赠或留给或传给别人的行为
Something that is bequeathed; a legacy.
遗产：被遗赠的东西；遗赠物

来源：
Middle English biquest influenced by biquethen [to bequeath]
中古英语 biquest 受 biquethen的影响 [遗赠]
bi- [be-]
bi- [前缀，表.全面地，彻底地.]
quist [will] from Old English -cwis as in andcwis [answer] * see g wet-
quist [愿望] 源自 古英语 -cwis 如在 andcwis [回答] *参见 g wet-