endow

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ɪn'daʊ; en-]
• 美式音标 [ɪnˈdaʊ]
• 国际音标 [in'dau]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• vt.捐助；賦予；使具有某種品質

词源解说

• 14世紀晚期進入英語，直接源自古法語的endouer，意爲捐贈，賦予。

词根记忆

• en(內) + dow(給予)→曏裡邊給予→使天生具有，賦予

同根派生

• n性質的同根詞

  endowment：捐贈；捐助；捐款；天資。

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英汉例句

用作動詞 (v.)

用作及物動詞: S+～+ n./pron.

• He endowed a bed in a hospital.
  他曏毉院捐贈了一張病牀。

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词组短语

用作動詞 (v.)

副詞+～

• highly endow 有很高的天賦
• richly endow 有極高的天分

～+介詞

• endow with 賦予；具有

短語

• endow profits 贊助贏利
• to endow 賦予
• endow bestow 捐贈
• endow w 賦予;資助;捐贈;授予

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英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• to give a large amount of money to pay for creating a college, hospital, etc. or to provide an income for it

柯林斯英英字典

• You say that someone is endowed with a particular desirable ability, characteristic, or possession when they have it by chance or by birth.
• If you endow something with a particular feature or quality, you provide it with that feature or quality.
• If someone endows an institution, scholarship, or project, they provide a large amount of money that will produce the income needed to pay for it.

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