柯林斯詞典endowment /?n?da?m?nt/ (endowments) 1. N-COUNT An endowment is a gift of money that is made to an institution or community in order to provide it with an annual income. 捐贈(zèng)基金 ...the National Endowment for the Arts. …美國(guó)藝術(shù)基金會(huì)。 返回 endowment劍橋詞典[ 可數(shù)名詞：有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 or 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞：沒(méi)有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ] money that is given to a college , hospital , etc. in order to provide it with an income , or the giving of this money （給院校、醫(yī)院等的）捐款，捐贈(zèng)，資助 The school has received an endowment of $50,000 to buy new books for the library . 學(xué)校收到了一筆用于為圖書(shū)館添置新書(shū)的5萬(wàn)美元的捐款。 [ 可數(shù)名詞：有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ] something that you have from birth , often a quality 天賦；天資；才能 There are tests that can establish a baby's genetic endowment. 有些測(cè)試可以測(cè)定嬰兒的基因特性。 返回 endowment