corpus

/ˈkɔrpəs/

capital as contrasted with the income derived from it

Chinese meaning: 本金；基金

The charity's corpus is invested to generate income for its programs.

慈善机构的本金被用于投资，以产生收入支持其项目。

Only the interest from the corpus can be spent, not the principal itself.

只能花费本金产生的利息，而不能动用本金本身。