bestow
verb /bɪˈstəʊ/
/bɪˈstəʊ/
(formal)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they bestow | /bɪˈstəʊ/ /bɪˈstəʊ/ |
| he / she / it bestows | /bɪˈstəʊz/ /bɪˈstəʊz/ |
| past simple bestowed | /bɪˈstəʊd/ /bɪˈstəʊd/ |
| past participle bestowed | /bɪˈstəʊd/ /bɪˈstəʊd/ |
| -ing form bestowing | /bɪˈstəʊɪŋ/ /bɪˈstəʊɪŋ/ |
- bestow something (on/upon somebody) to give something to somebody, especially to show how much they are respected
（将…）给予，授予，献给 - It was a title bestowed upon him by the king.
那是国王赐给他的头衔。
Collocations DictionaryBestow is used with these nouns as the object:- accolade
- award
- blessing
- …
词源Middle English (in the sense ‘use for, devote to’): from be- (as an intensifier) + Old English stōw ‘place’. - It was a title bestowed upon him by the king.