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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。
捐赠基金；捐款
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捐赠基金；捐款
Money or property given to an institution, such as a university, to provide it with income.
She has a natural endowment for music.
她天生有音乐天赋。
人或事物被赋予的东西；天赋；禀赋。
Something with which a person or thing is endowed.
为支持个人或非营利机构而投资的财产或基金；捐赠基金。
Property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution.
两全保险或纯生存保险。
Endowment assurance or pure endowment.
Her musical endowment was evident from a very young age.
她的音乐天赋在很小的时候就显露出来了。
The university received a large endowment from a wealthy alumnus.
这所大学从一位富有的校友那里获得了一大笔捐赠基金。
His intellectual endowment helped him excel in academic research.
他的智力天赋帮助他在学术研究中表现出色。
表示在某方面有天赋。
She has a natural endowment for music.
她天生有音乐天赋。
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。
表示拥有某种品质或才能。
The endowment of intelligence is not enough; hard work is also needed.
仅有天赋是不够的，还需要努力。
Not this
He endowment the university with a large sum of money.
Use this
He endowed the university with a large sum of money.
Endowment是名词，不能用作动词。应使用动词endow来表示‘捐赠’的动作。
Not this
Endowment of the library was celebrated.
Use this
The endowment of the library was celebrated.
作具体事件时，endowment前需加定冠词the。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
天赋，才能
She has a natural endowment for music.
她具有音乐天赋。
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。
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。
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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。
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。
可数名词，有复数形式 endowments。
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