Endowment

[ɪn'daʊm(ə)nt;en-] or [ɪn'daʊmənt]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the act of endowing with a permanent source of income; 'his generous endowment of the laboratory came just in the nick of time'.

(noun.) natural abilities or qualities.

(noun.) the capital that provides income for an institution.

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解釋/意思:

(n.) The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support.

(n.) That which is bestowed or settled on a person or an institution; property, fund, or revenue permanently appropriated to any object; as, the endowment of a church, a hospital, or a college.

(n.) That which is given or bestowed upon the person or mind; gift of nature; accomplishment; natural capacity; talents; -- usually in the plural.

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同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Gift, grant, bequest, boon, largess, bounty, present.[2]. Property, fund, revenue.[3]. Talent, faculty, quality, power, ability, capacity, capability, aptitude, parts, genius, qualification.

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同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Gift, provision, benefit, benefaction, talent, capacity, attainment,qualification

ANT:Impoverishment, spoliation, disendowment, incapacity, poverty, lack

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