endow
endow — 動詞
- endowpresent simple I / you / we / they
- endowshe / she / it
- endowedpast simple
- endowing-ing form
1. to give a large sum of money to a school, hospital, museum, or other organizatio
捐贈；資助
捐贈大筆金錢給機構
to give a large sum of money to a school, hospital, museum, or other organization so that it can pay for its work or for specific programs
Dr. Ando Chen, a former student, endowed the university library with five million dollars.
前學生陳安藤博士捐贈五百萬美元給大學圖書館。
endow + institution + with + amount
The theater was endowed by a local businesswoman who loved the arts.
這間劇院由一位熱愛藝術的當地女企業家出資成立。
passive: be endowed by + donor
Dr. Amina Singh plans to endow a fund for low-income students at the medical school.
阿米娜·辛格醫師計劃在醫學院設立一個幫助低收入學生的基金。
The Watanabe family endowed a new community centre in honour of their grandmother.
渡邊家族為了紀念祖母，捐資興建了一座新的社區中心。
The estate of a retired judge endowed a chair in environmental law at the university last year.
一位退休法官的遺產去年在大學捐資設立了一個環境法講座教授職位。
collocation: endow a chair
- endow a scholarship
- endow a chair
- endow a fund
- endow an institution
- generously endowed
- privately endowed
- richly endowed
文法句型
endow + institution + with + money
be endowed by + donor
用法筆記
Frequently used in the passive (be endowed). The institution or fund is the direct object; the donor is introduced by by and the sum by with.
常見錯誤
2. to provide a person, creature, or place with a natural quality, ability, or reso
賦予；天賦
天生擁有某種特質
to provide a person, creature, or place with a natural quality, ability, or resource that is seen as a gift
Clara is endowed with a natural ability to make worried patients feel calm.
克拉拉天生就有一種能讓緊張的病患感到安心的能力。
be endowed with + ability
The valley is richly endowed with fertile soil and clean water.
這座山谷擁有肥沃的土壤和乾淨的水源。
be richly endowed with + resource
Omar was not endowed with great physical strength, but his determination carried him far.
奧馬爾並沒有強健的體魄，但他的決心帶他走了很遠。
Nature has endowed the island with spectacular beaches and rare wildlife.
大自然賦予這座島嶼壯麗的海灘和珍稀的野生動物。
active form: Nature has endowed + place + with + feature
Some children seem endowed with an unusual curiosity about how things work.
有些孩子似乎天生就對事物的運作方式有著不尋常的好奇心。
- endowed with talent
- endowed with patience
- endowed with wisdom
- richly endowed
- naturally endowed
- endowed by nature
- bless with
suggests a divine or lucky origin; slightly warmer in tone
- gift with
less common in formal writing, but used in the same passive pattern
- equip with
more practical and less poetic; implies preparation rather than natural gift
文法句型
be endowed with + quality/ability
be richly endowed with + resource
用法筆記
Almost always used in the passive voice (be endowed with). Active uses — such as Nature endowed her with... — occur in literary or formal writing but are much less common.