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endowment n.【U】捐助(奖金)n.【C】捐助(钱的数量)；天赋 (1) 我们每年向学校的捐赠基金捐款。(2) 牛津获得了许多捐款。(3) 长老院靠基金生活在一起的教士团(4) 他在音乐方面有很高的天赋。(5) 这个小孩子有绘画方面的天赋。(6) 并非所有的人生来都像你这样有天赋。 To endow means "to give or bequeath," and the background of the word endowment goes back to the 15th Century, where it was used to refer to money or property that is given to an institution. An example can be found in the National Endowment for the Arts, an organization dedicated to providing grants to fund artistic endeavors. Your natural endowments — speed, agility, endurance — make you an excellent soccer player. If only you could wake up in time for practice.

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英 [ɪn'daʊmənt] 美 [ɪn'daʊmənt] (1) We donate to the school endowment fund every year.(2) The Oxford has received numerous endowments.(3) A body of clerics live together on an endowment.(4) He has natural endowments in music.(5) This child has an endowment of painting.(6) Not everyone was born with such endowments as you. An endowment is a gift. It might be money given to an institution like a college. Or, an endowment might be a natural gift, say of a physical attribute or a talent. If you lack the endowment of musical talent, you could play the tambourine. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]资助；捐款 An endowment is a gift of money that is made to an institution or community in order to provide it with an annual income. 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，使牛津辩论学会的财务状况得以好转。...the National Endowment for the Arts.国家艺术基金2[N-COUNT 可数名词]天资；天赋 If someone has an endowment of a particular quality or ability, they possess it naturally.   [usu with supp]  [FORMAL 正式]3[N-COUNT 可数名词]定期人寿保险；定期人寿保险按揭 In finance, an endowment policy or mortgage is an insurance policy or mortgage which you pay towards each month and which should then provide you with enough money to pay for your house at the end of a fixed period.   [usu N n]  [BRIT 英]

英语单词	endowment
英美音标	英 [ɪn'daʊmənt] 美 [ɪn'daʊmənt]
中文释义	n.【U】捐助(奖金) n.【C】捐助(钱的数量)；天赋
英语例句	(1) We donate to the school endowment fund every year. (2) The Oxford has received numerous endowments. (3) A body of clerics live together on an endowment. (4) He has natural endowments in music. (5) This child has an endowment of painting. (6) Not everyone was born with such endowments as you.
中文例句	(1) 我们每年向学校的捐赠基金捐款。 (2) 牛津获得了许多捐款。 (3) 长老院靠基金生活在一起的教士团 (4) 他在音乐方面有很高的天赋。 (5) 这个小孩子有绘画方面的天赋。 (6) 并非所有的人生来都像你这样有天赋。
vocabulary简明	An endowment is a gift. It might be money given to an institution like a college. Or, an endowment might be a natural gift, say of a physical attribute or a talent. If you lack the endowment of musical talent, you could play the tambourine.
vocabulary扩展	To endow means "to give or bequeath," and the background of the word endowment goes back to the 15th Century, where it was used to refer to money or property that is given to an institution. An example can be found in the National Endowment for the Arts, an organization dedicated to providing grants to fund artistic endeavors. Your natural endowments — speed, agility, endurance — make you an excellent soccer player. If only you could wake up in time for practice.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]资助；捐款 An endowment is a gift of money that is made to an institution or community in order to provide it with an annual income. 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，使牛津辩论学会的财务状况得以好转。 ...the National Endowment for the Arts. 国家艺术基金 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]天资；天赋 If someone has an endowment of a particular quality or ability, they possess it naturally. [usu with supp] [FORMAL 正式] 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]定期人寿保险；定期人寿保险按揭 In finance, an endowment policy or mortgage is an insurance policy or mortgage which you pay towards each month and which should then provide you with enough money to pay for your house at the end of a fixed period. [usu N n] [BRIT 英]

Endowment Money Natural N Count 可数名词 Fund Oxford Institution