fund
noun
verb
fʌnd
noun
1
an
amount
of
money
that
is
collected
and
kept
for
a
particular
purpose
基金; 专款
C
The
house
fell
into
disrepair
until
a
restoration
fund
was
set
up
.
房子破败了，直到后来建立了维修基金。
pension/hardship/compensation
etc
fund
2
funds
money
that
an
organization
needs
or
has
〔机构需要或拥有的〕资金
plural 复数
A
sale
is
being
held
to
raise
funds
for
the
school.
正在举行拍卖为该校筹集资金。
government/public
funds
claims
that
ministers
had
misused
public
funds
部长们滥用公共资金的说法
The
park
remains
unfinished
due
to
lack
of
funds
.
由于缺乏资金，公园一直没有完工。
The
Museum
is
so
short
of
funds
(=has
so
little
money)
it
may
have
to
sell
the
painting.
博物馆资金紧缺，可能不得不卖掉那幅藏画。
3
an
organization
that
collects
money,
for
example
to
help
people
who
are
ill,
old
etc
基金会;
singular 单数
We
give
to
the
Children’s
Fund
every
Christmas.
我们每年圣诞节向儿童基金会捐款。
4
a fund of sth
a
large
supply
of
something
大量的某物
He
had
a
fund
of
stories
about
his
boyhood.
他有说不完的童年故事。
5
in funds
having
enough
money
to
do
something
[正式] 有足够的钱
formal
verb