endow
美音:
[en´dau
]英音:
[en´dau
]v.捐赠,赋予
难易程度:
endow为六级词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:endowed 过去分词:endowed 现在分词:endowing 第三人称单数:endows
词根
don=to give(给予) 变化型 dot,dow
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endow
/ɪn'daʊ; ɪn`dau/
v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sb/sth (with sth) give money, property, etc to provide a regular income for (eg a school, a college) (经常性)资助, 捐助(如学校等)
*endow a bed in a hospital 资助医院的一个床位(即经常资助一名住院病人的全部医疗费用).
2 [Tn.pr usu passive 通常用于被动语态] ~ sb with sth provide sb naturally with (any good quality or ability) 使某人天生具有(任何好的品质或能力)
*She's endowed with intelligence as well as beauty. 她生来聪明貌美.
endow
v [T][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Anglo-French;Origin: endouer, from
Latin dotare
'to give']
to give a college, hospital etc a large sum of money that provides it with an income
endow with [endow sb/sth with sth]
phr vto make someone or something have a particular quality, or to believe that they have it
Her resistance to the Nationalists endowed her with legendary status.be endowed with sthto naturally have a good feature or quality
She was endowed with both good looks and brains.to give someone something
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well-endowed