endow
英 [?n'da?; en-]
美[?n'da?]
- vt. 赋予；捐赠；天生具有
CET6TEM4IELTSGRE考研TOEFL低频词常用词汇
词态变化
第三人称单数:?endows;过去式:?endowed;过去分词:?endowed;现在分词:?endowing;
助记提示
1、en- "in" + dow-.
2. dare "to give" (see date) => dow-.
2. dare "to give" (see date) => dow-.
中文词源
endow 捐赠，资助
en-, 进入，使。-dow, 给予，词源同donate, dowry.
英文词源
- endow
- endow: see dowry
- endow (v.)
- late 14c., indowen "provide an income for," from Anglo-French endover, from en- "in" (see en- (1)) + Old French douer "endow," from Latin dotare "bestow" (see dowry). Related: Endowed; endowing.
双语例句
- 1. Herbs have been used for centuries to endow a whole range of foods with subtle flavours.
- 数个世纪以来，香草一直被用于给各种食物增添淡淡的香味。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Ramon had managed to endow the figurine with a primitive beauty.
- 拉蒙已做到给予这个人像以一种原始的美.
来自辞典例句
- 3. The polyphonic features endow Light in August with eternal vitality.
- 复调性赋予《八月之光》不息的生命力.
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- 4. Mathematics seems to endow one with something like a new sense.
- 数学似乎赋予人有新的知觉.
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- 5. Dog training can endow with a remarkable extent of contentment.
- 狗训练可以赋予一个了不起的满意程度.
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