小词详解 | bestow

bestow 英 [bɪˈstəʊ] 美 [bɪˈstoʊ]

• A fundamental problem with today’s system is that patients lack knowledge and control. Access to data can bestow both.
  现行系统的一个基本问题是病人缺乏知识和掌控。让他们自由获取数据可以解决这两点。
  ——《经济学人》
• The honors were bestowed on Giorgio and Giuliana, his sibling, for participating in the university’s Canine Cognition Center.
  这份荣誉授予了乔治和与他同胞生的朱利亚娜，因为他们参与了这所大学的犬科动物认知中心的研究。
  ——《纽约时报》

The more we bestow the richer we become.
我们给予的越多，我们就越富有。

• accord: give or grant someone (power, status, or recognition)
• grant: give (a right, power, property, etc.) formally or legally to
• vouchsafe: give or grant (something) to (someone) in a gracious or condescending manner