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

• 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。
• 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。
• Enterprise and worker answer by the regulation the cost of primary endowment insurance of pay does not get derate.
  企业和职工按规定应缴纳的基本养老保险费不得减免。
• 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。
• ( 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 Social Insurance Law has established the basic institutional framework for our country's endowment insurance system.
  《社会保险法》的出台为我国养老保障体制奠定了基本框架。
• 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？
• Multi-support endowment insurance is the development of endowment insurance theory.
  多支柱养老保险是养老保险理论的完善和发展。
• This is the endowment effect.
  这便是禀赋效应。
• On the Developmental Studies of Rural Social Endowment Insurance in China
  我国农村社会养老保险事业发展研究