endowment 详细解释

endowment

[in'daumənt]

n.【U】捐助(奖金)
n.【C】捐助(钱的数量), 天赋

n.

1. (基金、财产等的)捐赠[U]

2. 捐赠的基金、财产等[P1]

That university has numerous endowments.

那所大学有许多的捐款。

3. 才能, 天资[P1]

His endowments are limited, and scarcely fit him for this post.

他的天资有限, 不太适合担任这项职务。

词形变化

名词复数:endowments

词义辨析

同义参见:

gift  technique  talent  subscription  accordance  scholarship  aptitude  charity  dowry  ingenuity  

英英释义

名词 endowment:

natural abilities or qualities

同义词:gift, talent, natural endowment

the capital that provides income for an institution

同义词:endowment fund

the act of endowing with a permanent source of income

补充

endowmentendowment英:[inˈdaumənt] 美:[ɛnˈdaʊmənt]n.1.(经常的)资助, 捐助2.捐助的财物等3.天赋, 天资, 才能

例句

1. The company revived the finances of the Oxford Union with a generous £1m endowment.那家公司慷慨捐款100万英镑, 让牛津辩论社的财务状况得以好转。 2. She had, moreover, a reasonable endowment of intelligence.而且, 她还算聪敏。 3. The university benefited from the endowment of several chairs.这所大学获得一笔设立数个教席的捐赠。 4. he tried to promote the endowment of a Chair of Psychiatry.他力促捐资设立一个精神病学的教席。 5. an endowment policy.人寿保险单。 6. The hospital's endowment was established by a local family.这家医院的捐款是由当地的一个家庭发起的。 7. The college has a large endowment.这所学院得到一大笔捐款。 8. an endowment fund捐赠基金 9. the endowment of a hospital wing给医院建一座翼楼的捐赠 10. generous endowments慷慨捐赠 11. an athlete's physical endowments运动员的身体天赋