Word · Frequency #8684
endowing
资助；捐赠
endowing is the present participle of endow.
核心释义
To provide a person or institution with a regular income, usually by giving money or property.
- 1.
将财产赠与(某人)；特指以永久基金或其他福利资助(个人或机构)。
To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits.
- 2.
赋予(某人)某种才能或品质。
To enrich or furnish with some faculty or quality.
- 3.
天然赋予(某物)。
To naturally furnish (with something).
赋予；使具备；将财产赠与(某人)；特指以永久基金或其他福利资助(个人或机构)。；赋予(某人)某种才能或品质。；天然赋予(某物)。；捐赠
用法In use
The foundation endows a scholarship for underprivileged students every year.
用法提示：endow 作及物动词，表示‘捐赠’。
She was endowed with a remarkable talent for music.
用法提示：be endowed with 被动结构，表示‘被赋予’。
The wealthy businessman endowed the local hospital with a large sum of money.
用法提示：endow...with... 结构，表示‘向……捐赠……’。
endow sb with sth
常用于被动结构 be endowed with，表示‘天生具有’。
Nature endowed her with great intelligence.
大自然赋予她非凡的智慧。
endow sth (with money)
endow 后直接接机构或基金，表示‘捐赠’时通常搭配具体金额。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- endow with
- 赋予，给予
- Nature endowed her with great intelligence.大自然赋予她非凡的智慧。
- endow someone with something
- 赋予某人某物
- The king endowed the knight with vast lands.国王赐予骑士大片土地。
- be endowed with
- 天生具有
- She is endowed with both beauty and brains.她天生丽质且聪明。
- endow a chair
- 捐赠设立讲座教授席位
- The philanthropist endowed a chair in economics at the university.这位慈善家在该大学捐赠设立了一个经济学讲座教授席位。
- endow a scholarship
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想'dowry'（嫁妆），'endow'就是‘赋予’（赠送嫁妆或天赋）
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：charitable giving、attribution of qualities 通常用于正式或书面语，多出现在捐赠资产或赋予特质等语境中。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
The words 'allow', 'bow', 'now', and 'cow' share the same stressed vowel /aʊ/ with 'endow' (true rhyme). 'low' and 'show' are spelled with '-ow' but pronounced with /oʊ/, so they are lookalikes with different sounds.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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