endowments是什么意思？

endowments

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• n. （经常的）资助( endowment的名词复数 )，捐助的财物等，天赋，养老保险；

例句

• men of great endowments 天资很高的人
• Can you possibly compare with my endowments? 你能跟我比本事 吗 ?
• His endowments are limited, and scarcely fit him for this post. 他的天资有限, 不太适合担任这项职务.
• Not everyone is born with such endowments as you. 并非所有的人生来都像你这样有天赋.
• Kate Blackwell's endowments to hundreds of charitable causes around the world are legendary. 凯特·布莱克韦尔在世界各地捐赠的数百项慈善事业闻名遐迩.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  资助;捐款
  An endowment is a gift of money that is made to an institution or community in order to provide it with an annual income.
  例句
  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。 ...the National Endowment for the Arts. 国家艺术基金
• N-COUNT
  天资;天赋
  If someone has an endowment of a particular quality or ability, they possess it naturally.
• N-COUNT
  定期人寿保险；定期人寿保险按揭
  In finance, an endowment policy 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.