endow

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ɪn'daʊ; en-]
• 美式音标 [ɪnˈdaʊ]
• 国际音标 [in'dau]
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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。

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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。

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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

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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.

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