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

• 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？
• Well, we have health insurance, endowment insurance, transportation allowances, luncheon allowances, and subsidized housing.
  我们有健康保险，人寿保险，交通补贴，午餐补贴和住房补贴。
• 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。
• You can inquire online endowment insurance code on above net.
  你可以上网上查询有关的养老保险法规呀。
• The source of economic growth: resources endowment, technology or institution?
  经济增长的源泉：资源禀赋、技术还是制度？
• Individual worker also can buy endowment insurance of commercial medical treatment, buy free occupational endowment insurance for instance.
  个体劳动者也可以买商业医疗养老保险，比如买自由职业的养老保险。
• This is the endowment effect.
  这便是禀赋效应。
• 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。
• ( 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 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。