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. 捐贈基金 ...the National Endowment for the Arts. …美國藝術基金會。 返回 endowment劍橋詞典[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 or 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ] 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、毉院等的）捐款，捐贈，資助 The school has received an endowment of $50,000 to buy new books for the library . 學校收到了一筆用於爲圖書館添置新書的5萬美元的捐款。 [ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ] 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. 有些測試可以測定嬰兒的基因特性。 返回 endowment