Word · Frequency #7253
endowment
捐赠基金；捐款
Money or property given to an institution, such as a university, to provide it with income.
- 1.
Something with which a person or thing is endowed.
人或事物被赋予的东西；天赋；禀赋。
- 2.
Property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution.
为支持个人或非营利机构而投资的财产或基金；捐赠基金。
- 3.
Endowment assurance or pure endowment.
两全保险或纯生存保险。
天赋；天资；才能；两全保险；纯生存保险；人或事物被赋予的东西；天赋；禀赋。；为支持个人或非营利机构而投资的财产或基金；捐赠基金。；两全保险或纯生存保险。
In use
Her musical endowment was evident from a very young age.
The university received a large endowment from a wealthy alumnus.
His intellectual endowment helped him excel in academic research.
have a natural endowment for sth
表示在某方面有天赋。
She has a natural endowment for music.
她天生有音乐天赋。
an endowment to [institution]
表示向机构捐赠基金。
The university received a large endowment to fund scholarships.
该大学收到了一笔巨额捐款用于资助奖学金。
the endowment of [quality]
表示拥有某种品质或才能。
Connections
Collocations
- natural endowment
- 天赋，才能
- She has a natural endowment for music.她具有音乐天赋。
- endowment fund
- 捐赠基金
- The university used the endowment fund to build a new library.大学使用捐赠基金建造了一座新图书馆。
- generous endowment
- 慷慨的捐赠
- The hospital received a generous endowment from a local philanthropist.这家医院收到了一位当地慈善家的慷慨捐赠。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
endowment由endow（捐赠；赋予）+ment组成，可联想为：富人为大学捐赠基金，或天生赋予的才能。
Context & Register
mixed; 正式或文学语境; 本义项‘天赋；才能’多用于正式或文学语境，口语中较少使用。
Grammar Note
可数名词，有复数形式 endowments。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the spelling ending '-ment' with 'endowment', but their stressed vowels differ. 'Endowment' has the stressed vowel /aʊ/ (as in 'down'), while common -ment words like 'movement' have /uː/, 'agreement' has /iː/, 'development' has /e/, 'environment' has /aɪ/, 'achievement' has /iː/, and 'investment' has /e/. No common English words perfectly rhyme with 'endowment' (stressed /aʊmənt/).
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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