endowment 英 [ɪnˈdaʊmənt]   美 [ɛnˈdaʊmənt]

endowment

endowment  英 [ɪnˈdaʊmənt] 美 [ɛnˈdaʊmənt]

n. 捐赠;捐助;捐款;天资 

名词复数:endowments 

What is the endowment of Yale? 耶鲁的捐赠基金是什么?
We donate to the school endowment fund every year. 我们每年向学校的捐赠基金捐款。

  • An endowment is a gift. It might be money given to an institution like a college. Or, an endowment might be a natural gift, say of a physical attribute or a talent. If you lack the endowment of musical talent, you could play the tambourine.
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  • n. 捐赠;捐助;捐款;天资
  • 1. What is the endowment of Yale?

    耶鲁的捐赠基金是什么?

  • 2. We donate to the school endowment fund every year.

    我们每年向学校的捐赠基金捐款。

  • endowment (n.) mid-15c., "action of endowing," from endow + -ment. Meaning "property with which an institution or person is endowed" is from 1590s; that of "gift, power, advantage" is early 17c.
en·dow·ment / ɪnˈdaʊmənt ; NAmE ɪnˈdaʊmənt / noun ( formal) 1 [countable ,  uncountable ] money that is given to a school, a college or another institution to provide it with an income; the act of giving this money 捐款;捐赠;资助 2 [countable ,  usually plural ] a quality or an ability that you are born with 天赋;天资;才能 endowment endowments en·dow·ment / ɪnˈdaʊmənt ; NAmE ɪnˈdaʊmənt /
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