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

• 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。
• Ask: what is the suitable scope that I save social endowment insurance?
  问：我省社会养老保险的适用范围是什么？
• Our government chose liaoning as endowment insurance reform experiment province to perfect the endowment insurance system.
  为进一步完善养老保险制度，我国政府选择辽宁省作为养老保险改革的试点省份。
• 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。
• 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。
• ( 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。
• 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。
• 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。