fund1 /fʌnd/ ●●○ W3 AWL noun 1 MONEY[countableC] an amount of money that is collected and kept for a particular purpose 基金;专款 The fund was set up to try to save the cathedral. 设立基金以挽救大教堂。
pension/investment/memorial etc fund 养老/投资/纪念等基金
→ funding, trust fund 2 funds [plural] money that an organization needs or has 〔机构需要或拥有的〕资金 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. 博物馆资金极其紧缺,可能不得不卖掉那幅藏画。
3 SSO[singular] an organization that collects money, for example to help people who are ill, old etc 基金会 → charity 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 something 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 formalMONEY having enough money to do something 有足够的钱 n COLLOCATIONSverbsset up/establish a fundThey have set up a fund to build a memorial to all those who died.
manage/administer a fundThe 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 + funda 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.