endow
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;賦予;使具有某種品質
词源解说
- 14世紀晚期進入英語,直接源自古法語的endouer,意爲捐贈,賦予。
词根记忆
- en(內) + dow(給予)→曏裡邊給予→使天生具有,賦予
词组短语
- highly endow 有很高的天賦
- richly endow 有極高的天分
- endow with 賦予;具有
- endow profits 贊助贏利
- to endow 賦予
- endow bestow 捐贈
- endow w 賦予;資助;捐贈;授予
用作動詞 (v.)
副詞+~
~+介詞
短語
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
- 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.