raise /reɪz/ CET4 TEM4 ( raising, raised, raises )

• 1. 

  V-T If you raise something, you move it so that it is in a higher position. 举起

  例：

  He raised his hand to wave.

  他举起手来挥动。

  例：

  Milton raised the glass to his lips.

  米尔顿举起杯子放到嘴唇边。

• 2. 

  V-T If you raise a flag, you display it by moving it up a pole or into a high place where it can be seen. 升起

  例：

  They had raised the white flag in surrender.

  他们已经升起白旗投降。

• 3. 

  V-T If you raise yourself, you lift your body so that you are standing up straight, or so that you are no longer lying flat. 站立; 起身

  例：

  He raised himself into a sitting position.

  他起身坐了起来。

• 4. 

  V-T If you raise the rate or level of something, you increase it. 增加

  例：

  The Federal Reserve Board is expected to raise interest rates.

  联邦储备委员会预计将增加利率。

• 5. 

  V-T To raise the standard of something means to improve it. 提高 (水平)

  例：

  ...a new drive to raise standards of literacy in New York's schools.

  …一场提高纽约各学校文化程度的新运动。

• 6. 

  V-T If you raise your voice, you speak more loudly, usually because you are angry. (常指因生气) 提高 (嗓门)

  例：

  Don't you raise your voice to me!

  别对我高声大气！

• 7. 

  N-COUNT A raise is an increase in your wages or salary. 加薪 [美国英语]

• 8. 

  V-T If you raise money for a charity or an institution, you ask people for money which you collect on its behalf. 筹募 (资金)

  例：

  ...events held to raise money for flood victims.

  …为水患灾民募捐而举行的活动。

• 9. 

  V-T If a person or company raises money that they need, they manage to get it, for example by selling their property or by borrowing. 筹措 (资金)

  例：

  They raised the money to buy the house and two hundred acres of land.

  他们筹措了资金来购买房子和200英亩土地。

• 10. 

  V-T If an event raises a particular emotion or question, it makes people feel the emotion or consider the question. 唤起; 引发

  例：

  The agreement has raised hopes that the war may end soon.

  合约唤起了战争也许很快会结束的希望。

• 11. 

  V-T If you raise a subject, an objection, or a question, you mention it or bring it to someone's attention. 提出

  例：

  He had been consulted and had raised no objections.

  他已经被征询意见，并没有提出异议。

• 12. 

  V-T Someone who raises a child takes care of it until it is grown up. 抚养

  例：

  My mother was an amazing woman. She raised four of us kids virtually singlehandedly.

  我母亲是个了不起的女人。她几乎是独自抚养大了我们4个孩子。

• 13. 

  V-T If someone raises a particular type of animal or crop, they breed that type of animal or grow that type of crop. 饲养; 种植

  例：

  He raises 2,000 acres of wheat and hay.

  他种植了2000英亩的小麦和饲料用草。

• 14. 

  to raise the alarm →see alarm

• 15. 

  to raise your eyebrows →see eyebrow

• 16. 

  to raise a finger →see finger