endow是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为vt. 捐款, 资助; 赋予天赋，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在荷马的《伊利亚特》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Then Juno told her a lying tale and said, 'I want you to endow me with some of those fascinating charms, the spells of which bring all things mortal and immortal to your feet.
-- I do indeed endow you with great might now, but as against this you shall not return from battle to lay the armour of the son of Peleus be-fore Andromache.'
-- Shall we turn him back at once, or shall one of us stand by Achil-les and endow him with strength so that his heart fail not, and he may learn that the chiefs of the immortals are on his side, while the others who have all along been defend-ing the Trojans are but vain helpers?
在玛丽·雪莱的《弗兰肯斯坦》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I am weak, but surely the spirits who assist my ven-geance will endow me with sufficient strength.'
在路易莎·梅·奥尔科特的《小妇人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- cried Laurie, resolving, with a glow of philanthropic zeal, to found and endow an institution for the express benefit of young wom-en with artistic tendencies.
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