1 [C] a sum of money that is collected for a particular purpose 专款;基金:
They contributed £30 to the disaster relief fund.他们捐了30英镑给救灾基金。
2funds [pl] money that is available and can be spent 资金:
The hospital is trying to raise funds for a new kidney machine.医院正筹集资金买一台新的血液透析器。
fund²
/fʌnd ||; fʌnd/verb
[T] to provide a project, school, charity etc with money 提供资金;资助;拨款:
The Channel Tunnel is not funded by government money.海峡隧道并非由政府拨款兴建。
fund1/fʌnd; fʌnd/n [C] 1 funds [plural 复数] the money that an organization needs or has〔机构需要或拥有的〕资金: We’re trying to raise funds for a new sports hall. 我们正在为新体育馆筹集资金。The project was abandoned due to lack of funds . 这个项目因缺少资金被取消了。2 an amount of money that is kept for a particular purpose 基金﹔专款: donations to the church restoration fund 向教堂维修基金的捐助the staff pension fund 员工养老基金
fund2v [T] to provide money for an activity, organization, event etc 为…提供资金: a project funded by the EU 欧盟资助的一项计划
fundfundfundsfundedfundingnounmoney that will be used for something special: a fund to help homeless peopleThe school wants to raise funds for new computers.