| 单词 | endow |
| 释义 | en·dow /ɪnˈdaʊ/ verb [transitive] 1.GIVEto give a college, hospital etc a large sum of money that provides it with an income 〔向院校、医院等〕捐款，资助2 endow somebody/something with something phrasal verb formal a) to make someone or something have a particular quality, or to believe that they have it 使[认为]…具有〔某种品质〕 Her resistance to the Nationalists endowed her with legendary status. 她对抗民族主义者的事迹使她享有盛名。b) be endowed with somethingHAVE to naturally have a good feature or quality 天生具有〔某种好的特点或品质〕 She was endowed with good looks. 她天生丽质。c) GIVEto give someone something 给予，赋予 → well-endowed→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusendow• Donna's parents plan to endow a scholarship fund in memory of their daughter.• But it can not be used as a way of endowing anyone with authority where that person had none.• Vi wished the good Lord had endowed her with size fours, but it wasn't anybody's fault, really.• Like the kidneys, the colon is well endowed with adenosine receptors.• They were almost certainly endowed with highly developed sensory and intuitive powers seen only in the few remaining native tribes alive today.From Longman Business Dictionaryendowen‧dow /ɪnˈdaʊ/ verb [transitive] to give a sum of money to a college, hospital etc in order to give it an incomeHe planned the museum and helped raise the $55 million to build and endow it. —endowment noun [countable, uncountable]King’s School received generous new endowments.→ See Verb tableOrigin endow (1300-1400) Anglo-French endouer, from Latin dotare “to give”en·dow verbChineseSyllable a of sum Business hospital etc Corpus large college, give a to |
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