；(尤指为某一特定目的给予的)资金，钱款Funds are amounts of money that are available to be spent, especially money that is given to an organization or person for a particular purpose.
The concert will raise funds for research into Aids.
这场音乐会将为艾滋病研究筹款。
...government funds.
政府资金
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:
trust fund
；(某一特定的)基金，专款 A fund is an amount of money that is collected or saved for a particular purpose.
[oft n N]
...a pension fund.
养老基金
...a scholarship fund for undergraduate engineering students.
提供给工程学本科生的奖学金基金
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[VERB 动词]资助；为…提供资金 When a person or organization funds something, they provide money for it.
[V n]
[V-ed]
The Bush Foundation has funded a variety of faculty development programs...
布什基金会已经资助了许多教员发展项目。
The airport is being privately funded by a construction group.
该机场是由一个建筑集团私人出资兴建的。
...a new privately funded scheme.
新的私人资助计划
-funded
...government-funded institutions.
政府资助机构
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]大量；充足 If you have a fund of something, you have a lot of it.
[N of n]
He is possessed of an extraordinary fund of energy.
他的精力异常充沛。
Oxford
fund★AWL/fʌnd; NAmEfʌnd/
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fundfundsfundedfundingnoun★1★[countable ]an amount of money that has been saved or has been made available for a particular purpose 基金；专款◆a disaster relief fund赈灾专款◆the company's pension fund公司的退休基金◆the International Monetary Fund国际货币基金组织2★funds[plural ]money that is available to be spent 资金；现款◆government funds政府资金◆The hospital is trying to raise funds for a new kidney machine.这家医院正设法募集资金购买一台新的血液透析器。◆The project has been cancelled because of lack of funds.这个项目因缺乏资金已经撤销。◆I'm short of fundsat the moment—can I pay you back next week? 我目前缺钱，下周还你行吗？☞collocationsat
finance
3[singular ]fundof sth an amount or a supply of sth （相当）数量；储备◆a fund of knowledge丰富的知识verb★fundsth to provide money for sth, usually sth official 提供资金；拨款◆a dance festival funded by the Arts Council由艺术委员会资助的舞蹈节◆The museum is privately funded.这家博物馆由私人提供资金。◆a government-funded programme政府资助项目fund/fʌnd; NAmEfʌnd/
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fundfund1 /fʌnd/ ●●○W3AWL noun
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1[countable] an amount of money that is collected and kept for a particular purpose: The fund was set up to try to save the cathedral.pension/investment/memorial etc fund →
funding
, trust fund
2funds [plural] money that an organization needs or has: A sale is being held to raise funds for the school.government/public funds claims that ministers had misused public funds The park remains unfinished due to lack of funds. The Museum is so short of funds (=has so little money) it may have to sell the painting.3[singular] an organization that collects money, for example to help people who are ill, old etc → charity: We give to the Children’s Fund every Christmas.4 a fund of something a large supply of something: He had a fund of stories about his boyhood.5in funds formal having enough money to do somethingCOLLOCATIONSverbsset up/establish a fund· They have set up a fund to build a memorial to all those who died.manage/administer a fund· The fund is managed by an investment company.launch a fund (=start it)· They plan to launch an investment fund by raising $40m from investors.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + funda trust fund (=money that belongs to one person, but is controlled by another)· Proceeds from the sale of the house will go into a trust fund for the children.a pension fund (=for paying pensions)· the country’s largest private pension fundan investment fund (=for buying shares, property, etc in order to make a profit)· The building is currently owned by Argo Partnership, a Toronto-based investment fund.a campaign fund (=for helping a political party or person to get elected)· These social events help to raise campaign funds.a memorial fund (=for remembering the life of someone who has died)· The work is being paid for out of the memorial fund launched after Morris’s death.a benevolent/charitable fund (=for giving help to poor people)· He contributed the sum of £1,500 to the benevolent fund.an appeal fund (=money collected to help people who are in a very bad situation)· The appeal fund has now reached £65,000.
fund1 noun
fund2 verb
fundfund2 ●●○W3AWL verb [transitive]
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to provide money for an activity, organization, event etc: The project is jointly funded by several local companies. government-funded research
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