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