endowers

[in'dau]
endower
n.
endow的變形
endow
[in'dau]
vt.
天生具有,天賦,給予,賦予(某些天資、才能、品質等);授予(with):
She is endowed with great musical ability.
她的音樂天賦很高。
Nature has endowed him with great ability
天賦予他很大的才能。
認為…具有某種品質(或特質、特性):
to endow gods with human traits
認為神具有人性
資助,捐助,捐贈基金(或財產)給(學院、醫院、慈善機構等),向…捐錢(或物):
to endow a university
向一所大學捐贈基金
He endowed the hospital with half his fortune.
他把他的一半財產捐贈給了這家醫院。
[古語]給…嫁妝;給(寡婦)產業