endowment

英 [ɪnˈdaʊmənt]

美 [ɪnˈdaʊmənt]

n.  捐款; 捐赠; 资助; 天赋; 天资; 才能

复数：endowments　

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Collins.2 / BNC.7253 / COCA.10430

牛津词典

noun

• 捐款；捐赠；资助
  money that is given to a school, a college or another institution to provide it with an income; the act of giving this money
• 天赋；天资；才能
  a quality or an ability that you are born with

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 资助;捐款
  Anendowmentis a gift of money that is made to an institution or community in order to provide it with an annual income.
  1. The company revived the finances of the Oxford Union with a generous £1m endowment.
     那家公司慷慨捐款100万英镑，使牛津辩论学会的财务状况得以好转。
  2. ...the National Endowment for the Arts.
     国家艺术基金
• 天资;天赋
  If someone has anendowmentof a particular quality or ability, they possess it naturally.
• 定期人寿保险；定期人寿保险按揭
  In finance, anendowmentpolicy or mortgage is an insurance policy or mortgage which you pay towards each month and which should then provide you with enough money to pay for your house at the end of a fixed period.

英英释义

noun

• the act of endowing with a permanent source of income
  1. his generous endowment of the laboratory came just in the nick of time
• natural abilities or qualities
  Synonym:gifttalentnatural endowment
• the capital that provides income for an institution
  Synonym:endowment fund

双语例句

• Ask: what is the suitable scope that I save social endowment insurance?
  问：我省社会养老保险的适用范围是什么？
• The company that has joined commercial insurance or worker also must attend primary endowment insurance by the regulation.
  已经参加商业保险的企业或职工也必须按规定参加基本的养老保险。
• Why should build system of rural society endowment insurance?
  为什么要建立农村社会养老保险制度？
• The country advocates an enterprise to build system of compensatory endowment insurance for the worker.
  国家提倡企业为职工建立补充养老保险制度。
• Do enterprise and worker attend primary endowment insurance what to right and obligation there are?
  企业和职工参加基本养老保险有什么权利和义务？
• Can choose to attend endowment insurance and medical treatment insurance.
  可以选择参加养老保险和医疗保险。
• See you at the outset whether set share out bonus is converted endowment, turn into fund portion directly.
  看一下你当初是否设定了分红转投资，直接转成了基金份额。
• This is the endowment effect.
  这便是禀赋效应。
• ( British) private independent secondary school supported by endowment and tuition.
  （英国）以捐赠基金和学费支持的私立独立中学。
• The company revived the finances of the Oxford Union with a generous £ 1m endowment.
  那家公司慷慨捐款100万英镑，使牛津辩论学会的财务状况得以好转。