fund
[fʌnd] noun
ESSENTIAL countable
■a sum of money saved, collected or provided for a particular purpose 基金；专款；资金•a pension/trust fund养老／信托基金 •The hospital has set up a special fund to buy new equipment.医院专门设立了一项基金以购买新设备。 •Contributions are being sought for the disaster fund.正在寻求对救灾基金的捐助。 funds [plural]
■money needed or available to spend on something 资金；钱款•Following the repairs to the roof, church funds are now seriously depleted.在对屋顶进行修缮之后，教堂的资金现在严重吃紧。 •The President has agreed to allocate further funds to develop the new submarine.总统已经同意再拨一部分资金开发新潜艇。 •informal I'd love to come on holiday with you, but I'm a bit short of/low on funds (= I have little money) at the moment.我也想和你一起去度假，但最近我手头有点拮据。 a fund of sth
■a lot of something 充满…的；有很多…的•She has a fund of knowledge on the subject.她对这一主题知之甚多。
[fʌnd] verb transitive
IMPROVER
■to provide the money to pay for an event, activity or organization 为…提供资金；资助•The company has agreed to fund my trip to Australia.公司同意资助我的澳大利亚之行。 •The new college is being privately funded (= money for it is not being provided from taxes).这所新大学目前是由私人提供资金的。 |