fund 1 S3 W1 AC / fʌnd / 名词 #
1 [可数名词] an amount of money that is collected and kept for a particular purpose :
The fund was set up to try to save the cathedral.
pension/investment/memorial etc fund → funding , trust fund
2 funds [复数形式] money that an organization needs or has :
A sale is being held to raise funds for the school.
government/public funds
claims that ministers had misused public funds
The park remains unfinished due to lack of funds .
The Museum is so short of funds (= has so little money ) it may have to sell the painting.
3 [单数形式] an organization that collects money, for example to help people who are ill, old etc → charity :
We give to the Children’s Fund every Christmas.
4 a fund of something a large supply of something :
He had a fund of stories about his boyhood.
5 in funds formal having enough money to do something
COLLOCATIONS
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set up/establish a fund They have set up a fund to build a memorial to all those who died.
manage/administer a fund The fund is managed by an investment company.
launch a fund (= start it ) They plan to launch an investment fund by raising $40m from investors.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + fund
a trust fund (= money that belongs to one person, but is controlled by another ) Proceeds from the sale of the house will go into a trust fund for the children.
a pension fund (= for paying pensions ) the country’s largest private pension fund
an investment fund (= for buying shares, property, etc in order to make a profit ) The building is currently owned by Argo Partnership, a Toronto-based investment fund.
a campaign fund (= for helping a political party or person to get elected ) These social events help to raise campaign funds.
a memorial fund (= for remembering the life of someone who has died ) The work is being paid for out of the memorial fund launched after Morris’s death.
a benevolent/charitable fund (= for giving help to poor people ) He contributed the sum of £1,500 to the benevolent fund.
an appeal fund (= money collected to help people who are in a very bad situation ) The appeal fund has now reached £65,000.
fund 2 S3 W3 AC verb [及物动词] #
to provide money for an activity, organization, event etc :
The project is jointly funded by several local companies.
government-funded research