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

• Fiscal responsibility defect of government restricts the development of rural social endowment insurance.
  政府财政责任的缺失严重制约了我国农村社会养老保险制度的发展。
• 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。
• 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。
• An endowment is money from donations and investments.
  一笔捐赠的基金是来自捐款和投资的收益。
• The study on rural social endowment insurance in China is not systemic and its realistic role is unobvious.
  我国理论界对农村社会养老问题的研究不够系统、深入，研究的现实意义不强。
• Primary endowment insurance accomplishs centralized system, uniform standard, unified managing to mix unified regulate use fund.
  基本养老保险做到统一制度、统一标准、统一治理和统一调剂使用基金。
• 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？
• In the meantime, encourage build enterprise annuity and individual deposit sex endowment insurance.
  同时，鼓励建立企业年金和个人储蓄性养老保险。
• 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。