endowment
noun uk/ɪnˈdaʊ.mənt/ us/ɪnˈdaʊ.mənt/
[ C or U ](给院校、医院等的)捐款,捐赠,资助
money that is given to a college, hospital, etc. in order to provide it with an income, or the giving of this money
The school has received an endowment of $50,000 to buy new books for the library. 学校收到了一笔用于为图书馆添置新书的5万美元的捐款。
[ C ]天赋;天资;才能
something that you have from birth, often a quality
There are tests that can establish a baby's genetic endowment. 有些测试可以测定婴儿的基因特性。