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

WORD ORIGINendow

Origin:

1300-1400 Anglo-French endouer, from Latin dotare ‘to give’

VERB TABLE

endow

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	endow
	he, she, it	endows
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	endowed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have endowed
	he, she, it	has endowed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had endowed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will endow
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have endowed

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

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

Donna's parents plan to endow a scholarship fund in memory of their daughter.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

But it can not be used as a way of endowing anyone with authority where that person had none.
Like the kidneys, the colon is well endowed with adenosine receptors.
They were almost certainly endowed with highly developed sensory and intuitive powers seen only in the few remaining native tribes alive today.
Vi wished the good Lord had endowed her with size fours, but it wasn't anybody's fault, really.

Longman Language Activatorto have a particular feature, quality, or ability► have

also have got especially British · Although she's eighty she has an excellent memory.· Kids have wonderful imaginations, and it is natural for them to create imaginary friends.· The hotel only had two double rooms and they were both occupied.· The jacket has two side pockets and two more pockets inside.· Her brother's got long dark hair and blue eyes.

► with

use this after a noun to describe the qualities or features that someone or something has: · We booked a room with a sea view.· The company needs more people with marketing experience.· Katrina's over there in front of that man with red hair.

► there is/there are

use this to describe the things that a place has: · It's a big house - there are five bedrooms.· There are lots of old temples and gardens to visit in Kyoto.· There's an Olympic-sized swimming pool on campus.

► possess

formal to have a particular ability, feature, or quality: · He possessed an unusual ability to learn languages quickly.· Like all towns and villages on Trinidad, it possessed a cricket ground.· The Western Highlands possess a beauty and a majesty found nowhere else in Britain.

► of

especially written if someone or something is of a particular feature, quality, or ability, they have that feature etc, especially if it is something good: · Father was a man of great integrity and honesty.· an area of outstanding beauty· She was an actress of great skill.

► enjoy

formal to have special advantages, conditions, abilities etc that are better than the ones that other people or things have: · Some of the workers enjoy a relatively high degree of job security.· When first introduced on the market, these products enjoyed great success.

► be blessed with

to have something such as a useful ability, a good feature, or an important advantage - used formally or humorously: · Londoners are blessed with some of the very best Thai restaurants in the country.· Justine was unfortunately not blessed with a sense of humour.· Few gardens are blessed with an ideal site.

► be endowed with

formal to have something good, especially a natural ability or social advantage: · Hugh was young, handsome, and endowed with the privileges of class and education.· Jefferson wrote that all citizens were endowed with "the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

► boast

if something such as a place, organization, or object boasts a good feature, it has that feature - used especially in advertisements and literature: · The golf course is surrounded by hills and boasts some of the finest scenery in the country.· Each luxury home boasts an indoor pool and three-car garage.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► well

· And however well endowed he was with these qualities, he might still have difficulty on some points.· Like the kidneys, the colon is well endowed with adenosine receptors.· Edinburgh is very well endowed with library resources for associated research.· His eldest brother Henry had cause to feel frustrated, but for a third son Geoffrey of Brittany was extremely well endowed.

PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► be endowed with something

She was endowed with both good looks and brains.
He is endowed with specific talents.
It is political; it is endowed with anger; it is not neutral.
It seems to have been against creative law that the female should be endowed with morals.
It was endowed with an endless capacity for multiplication and a remorseless urge to advance.
Or that they are endowed with superior leadership genes?
Shakespeare was an adult genius in that he was endowed with it at birth.
Such a conclusion to a hunting trip is evidence that the man is endowed with proper male virtue.
Though short in stature, Genda was endowed with a strong fighting spirit which was reflected in his hawk-like countenance.