mid-15c., "action of endowing," from endow + -ment. Meaning "property with which an institution or person is endowed" is from 1590s; that of "gift, power, advantage" is early 17c.
雙語例句
1. The hospital was founded on an endowment fund.
這所醫院是用捐贈基金創辦的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. The company revived the finances of the Oxford Union with a generous ￡1m endowment.
那家公司慷慨捐款100萬英鎊，使牛津辯論學會的財務狀況得以好轉。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Brazil's endowment of natural resources matches its " Continental " dimensions .
巴西的豐富資源和它那廣大的 幅員 很相稱.
來自辭典例句
4. Each country must tailor its energy plan to its indigenous endowment of replenishable energy resources.
每一個國家都必須根據它們自己的能源資源來制定能源計劃.
來自辭典例句
5. What is the development direction of endowment insurance system?