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endow

美音:[en´dau ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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v.捐赠,赋予

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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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bequeath  contribute  furnish  give  invest  provide  supply    

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 v
to 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 sth
to naturally have a good feature or quality
 She was endowed with both good looks and brains.
to give someone something
well-endowed