endowments
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柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典釋義
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資助;捐款
An endowment is a gift of money that is made to an institution or community in order to provide it with an annual income.
例句
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。
...the National Endowment for the Arts.
國家藝術基金
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天資;天賦
If someone has an endowment of a particular quality or ability, they possess it naturally.
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定期人壽保險；定期人壽保險按揭
In finance, an endowment policy or mortgage is an insurance policy or mortgage which you pay towards each month and which should then provide you with enough money to pay for your house at the end of a fixed period.