流逝汉英词典

endow

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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；赋予；使具有某种品质

词源解说

  • 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的endouer，意为捐赠，赋予。

词根记忆

  • en(内) + dow(给予)→向里边给予→使天生具有，赋予

同根派生

  • n性质的同根词
    endowment：捐赠；捐助；捐款；天资。

英汉例句

    用作动词 (v.)

    用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.

  • He endowed a bed in a hospital.
    他向医院捐赠了一张病床。

词组短语

    用作动词 (v.)

    副词+～

  • highly endow 有很高的天赋
  • richly endow 有极高的天分

    • ～+介词

  • endow with 赋予；具有

    • 短语

  • endow profits 赞助赢利
  • to endow 赋予
  • endow bestow 捐赠
  • endow w 赋予;资助;捐赠;授予

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • 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.