endow
2024-07-09 23:10
Meaning
- to give a large sum of money to a school, a college or another institution to provide it with an income （向学校等机构）捐钱，捐赠，资助
- establish (a university post, annual prize, or project) by donating the funds needed to maintain it 捐资设立（大学职位, 年度奖, 项目
- （一般作 be endowed with）provide with a quality, ability, or asset 给予, 赋予
Phrases
be enˈdowed with sth (formal) to naturally have a particular feature, quality, etc. 天生赋有，生来具有（某种特性、品质等）
enˈdow sb/sth with sth (formal) to believe or imagine that sb/sth has a particular quality 认为 … 具有某种品质
to give sth to sb/sth 给予；赋予
Examples
- She was endowed with intelligence and wit. 她天资聪颖
- She had endowed Marcus with the qualities she wanted him to possess. 她认为马库斯具有她所期望的品质。
- to endow sb with a responsibility 赋予某人以责任
Root and Affix
en使进入…某种状态+dow给予→进入给予的状态→捐钱，捐赠，资助；赋予
Relational Words
- endowmentn.捐助；才能，天赋
- confer: 通常指授予称号或学位等。
- present: 指正式地给予或授予，通常伴有仪式进行。
- endow: 指捐赠大量的钱作基金，也可指给予非物质的东西。
- grant: 多指出于慷慨、怜悯或正义感而给予，并且通常是在被请求下给予。
- give: 最普通用词，泛指将自己的东西给予他人，所给予的东西，物质或非物质的均可。
- award: 通常暗示所给予的东西是接受者应得的，而且给予者往往是具有裁判权力的。
- accord: 侧重所给予的是应得的或是恰当的，或是因某种原因而适于接受的。
- bestow: 正式用词，指把某物作为礼物赠送于某人，也可作引申用。