英语词汇“bestow”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINbestow

Origin:

1300-1400 stow

VERB TABLE

bestow

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	bestow
	he, she, it	bestows
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	bestowed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have bestowed
	he, she, it	has bestowed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had bestowed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will bestow
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have bestowed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am bestowing
	he, she, it	is bestowing
	you, we, they	are bestowing
Past	I, he, she, it	was bestowing
	you, we, they	were bestowing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been bestowing
	he, she, it	has been bestowing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been bestowing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be bestowing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been bestowing

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

But she did believe that her revelations had not been bestowed upon her for herself but for everybody.
How does a woman with a large inheritance commonly bestow it on a man?
I intend to bestow upon you unsolicited advice, my darling.
Ishmael is still not satisfied that he has bestowed enough dignity on the profession of whaling.
It has no other being except that which is bestowed upon it by human activity and consciousness.
That, sadly, is a market at work, and suppressing it would only bestow the seedy glamour of the underground.
There may be some musical magic which only practice can bestow.

THESAURUS► give

to let someone have something, without expecting to be paid for it: · He was always giving me gifts.· They gave a free drink to all their customers.

► donate

to give money to an organization that helps people or protects something, or to give your blood or part of your body to save someone’s life: · The company donates 1 per cent of its profits to charity.· 70% of people wanted to donate their organs after death.

► award

to officially give money or a prize to someone: · She was awarded a million dollars in damages.· Hollywood awarded him an Oscar for his performance.

► present

to formally or officially give something to someone by putting it in their hands, especially at a formal ceremony: · They presented her with a bouquet of flowers.

► leave

(also bequeath formal) to officially arrange for someone to have something that you own after your death: · He left most of his property to his wife.

► lavish somebody with something/lavish something on somebody

formal to give someone a lot of something, especially praise, attention, or gifts: · After his team won, the press lavished him with praise.

► confer

formal to give someone an honour, a university degree, or the right or power to do something: · the powers conferred on him by Parliament· the highest honor that her country could confer on her

► bestow

formal to give someone something to show how much they are respected, for example an honour, a title, or a gift – a very formal use: · He was also bestowed the title of ‘Cultural Ambassador of Grenada’.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► on

· It was as if our dealings with Mr Hall had bestowed on us some sort of special status.

NOUN► gift

· He bestowed a precious gift, Touching Mankind's soul world-wide.· By bestowing gifts of monopoly and protection, mercantilist policies paralyzed the body politic.· Besides, how have you bestowed this gift?· The lamp genie: He could bestow the most fabulous gifts imaginable, and his power seemingly had no end.

► honour

· Council leaders want to bestow the highest honour they can in recognition of Clough's achievements with Nottingham Forest.