fund /fʌnd/ CET4 TEM4 ( funding, funded, funds )

• 1. 

  N-PLURAL 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. (尤指为特定目的而给予某组织的) 资金

  例：

  The concert will raise funds for research into AIDS.

  这场音乐会将为艾滋病研究筹集资金。

• 2. 

  → see also fund-raising

• 3. 

  N-COUNT A fund is an amount of money that is collected or saved for a particular purpose. (为特定目的而筹集或保留的) 专项资金

  例：

  ...a scholarship fund for undergraduate engineering students.

  …一笔用于工程学本科生的奖学金专项资金。

• 4. 

  → see also trust fund

• 5. 

  V-T When a person or organization funds something, they provide money for it. 资助

  例：

  The Bush Foundation has funded a variety of faculty development programmes.

  布什基金会已经资助了各种教职工发展项目。

  例：

  The airport is being privately funded by a construction group.

  该机场正由一建筑集团私家资助。