dotation

n. 赠与

发音

US /doʊˈteɪʃən/
UK /də(ʊ)ˈteɪʃn/

词形变化

dotations 复数 dotations

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act of dotating or bestowing something; endowment, or an instance of this.

    可数 文学 罕用 不可数
  2. 2.

    A grant of revenues from territory conquered by the French Empire (c. 1804–1814).

    可数 历史 不可数

词源

From Middle English dotacion, from Late Latin dotatio, from Latin dōtāre (“to endow”). By surface analysis, dotate + -ion. In sense 3, borrowed from French dotation, ultimately from the same origin.

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