endowments

英 [ɪnˈdaʊmənts]

美 [ɛnˈdaʊmənts]

n. 捐款; 捐赠; 资助; 天赋; 天资; 才能
endowment的复数

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 资助;捐款
Anendowmentis a gift of money that is made to an institution or community in order to provide it with an annual income.
1. The company revived the finances of the Oxford Union with a generous £1m endowment.
  那家公司慷慨捐款100万英镑，使牛津辩论学会的财务状况得以好转。
2. ...the National Endowment for the Arts.
  国家艺术基金
天资;天赋
If someone has anendowmentof a particular quality or ability, they possess it naturally.
定期人寿保险；定期人寿保险按揭
In finance, anendowmentpolicy 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.

双语例句

Potential recruits have typically tended to come from endowments, pension funds and other public institutions.
潜在人选往往来自慈善基金、养老基金以及其它公共机构。
Endowments could achieve more by selling shares in companies responsible for the heaviest emissions, such as coal producers.
如果捐赠基金卖出所持的煤炭生产企业等排放量最大公司的股票，那将取得更好的效果。
The fund said its returns had been better than most other SWFs, pension funds or university endowments.
中投公司称，其投资回报好于其它多数主权财富基金、养老基金或大学捐赠基金。
Bigger gifts from philanthropists and endowments have also slumped after the financial crisis took its toll on their assets.
由于资产在金融危机中遭受损失，慈善家和捐赠基金的大笔捐赠也出现了下滑。
Certain endowments slowly moving away from the Yale model.
4.一些捐赠基金慢慢退出了耶鲁（Yale）模式。
Money and with it salaries, endowments and institutional power moved in their favour.
资金，还有薪酬、捐款和制度权力等方面，都朝着有利于他们的方向发展。
I know I am smart, have talent, but only because I was white, I have performance and mining conditions of these endowments.
我知道我很聪明，有天赋，但只因为我是白人，我才有条件表现和挖掘这些禀赋。
Many endowments and pension funds allocate assets to hedge funds.
许多捐赠基金和养老基金资产，以对冲基金的分配。
That said, other endowments also had to weather the financial crisis.
话虽如此，其他捐赠基金也得应对金融危机的挑战。
It is also true that such donors are taking more risks with their giving than traditional endowments or trusts.
与传统的捐赠或信托相比，这类捐赠人在捐赠方面所冒的风险更大，这也是没错的。