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Endow Endowed Gift Man 重点词汇 V 捐赠 同

Front endow
Pron [ɪn'daʊ]
Back 【ENDOW】
The rich man endowed the college he had attended.
这个有钱人捐钱给他上过的大学。
【重点词汇】
endow v. 1. 捐赠 同: donate 2. 赋予
【ENDOW】
Nature endowed her with both a good mind and good looks.
上天赋予了她善良的心地和姣好的面貌。
【重点词汇】
endow v. 1. 捐赠 同: donate 2. 赋予
Vocab
endowgive qualities or abilities to

To endow is to furnish, but not with furniture. If you've been endowed with something, it means you've been given a gift — most likely a gift that can't be returned or exchanged, like a sense of humor or athletic ability or trust.

We usually use endow to refer to an ability or a quality, but you can endow someone with money, too. Endow is related to the word dowry, which is a gift that a man -– or sometimes a woman -– receives from his or her fiancé’s family before the wedding. The practice of giving dowries has fallen out of fashion in most Western countries, but there are still many parts of the world where it's common for the bride's family to provide the groom with an endowment of land and livestock.

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