endow

英 [ɪnˈdaʊ]

美 [ɪnˈdaʊ]

v.  (向学校等机构)捐钱，捐赠，资助

过去分词：endowed　过去式：endowed　现在分词：endowing　第三人称单数：endows　

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Collins.1 / BNC.8684 / COCA.9907

短语用例

be endowed with sth

• 天生赋有，生来具有（某种特性、品质等）
  to naturally have a particular feature, quality, etc.

endow sb/sth with sth

• 认为…具有某种品质
  to believe or imagine that sb/sth has a particular quality
• 给予；赋予
  to give sth to sb/sth

牛津词典

verb

• （向学校等机构）捐钱，捐赠，资助
  to give a large sum of money to a school, a college or another institution to provide it with an income

柯林斯词典

• VERB 赋予;使天生拥有
  You say that someoneis endowed witha particular desirable ability, characteristic, or possession when they have it by chance or by birth.
  1. You are endowed with wealth, good health and a lively intellect.
     你生来就拥有财富、健康和活跃的思维。
• VERB 赋予，给予（品质等）
  If youendowsomethingwitha particular feature or quality, you provide it with that feature or quality.
  1. Herbs have been used for centuries to endow a whole range of foods with subtle flavours.
     数个世纪以来，香草一直被用于给各种食物增添淡淡的香味。
• VERB 资助，捐助(机构、奖学金、项目等)
  If someoneendowsan institution, scholarship, or project, they provide a large amount of money which will produce the income needed to pay for it.
  1. The ambassador has endowed a $1 million public-service fellowships program.
     大使资助了一项100万美元的公共服务奖学金计划。
• See also:well-endowed

英英释义

verb

• furnish with an endowment
  1. When she got married, she got dowered
  Synonym:dower
• give qualities or abilities to
  Synonym:induegiftempowerinvestendue

双语例句

• You are endowed with wealth, good health and a lively intellect.
  你生来就拥有财富、健康和活跃的思维。
• It can endow his daily experience with a kind of romance.
  这让他的日常经历富有浪漫色彩。
• Here art is not the most important, but the artists can endow their action with the artistic methods, thus stating their appeal for the values and judgment of the social problems in a proper way.
  艺术在这里并不是最重要的，但艺术家可以赋予自身的行动以艺术的方式，这样就在合情合法有趣的行为中述说了自己的价值诉求和对社会问题的审判。
• I think that the hidden structures and constructions of a house should be organized in such a way that they endow the body of the building with a quality of inner tension and vibration.
  我认为一栋房子隐藏的结构和构造可以用这种方式来组织：它们赋予建筑一种内在的张力和振动（共鸣）。
• Endow a bed in a hospital.
  资助医院的一个床位。
• We've now been able to endow this center and it has been renamed as the Keller Center.
  如今我们能够为这个中心捐资，并将其命名为凯勒中心。
• The marrow of popular science writing lies in innovation, which could endow the words with vitality.
  科普写作的精髓是创新，创新才能赋予科普作品的生命力。
• Herbs have been used for centuries to endow a whole range of foods with subtle flavours.
  数个世纪以来，香草一直被用于给各种食物增添淡淡的香味。
• So, the conclusion is that we should endow the fiduciary duty to the managers in the statutory law.
  由此得出的结论是：法律应该把基金经理直接作为规范的对象，明确其信赖义务和责任。
• When we use this term to refer to images, we endow it with a kind of immanent value, giving it status and function within the development of contemporary art.
  当我们用动力学来指向影像时，就赋予了影像一种内在的价值和它在当代艺术发展的地位与功能。