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raise1 /reɪz/ ●●● S1 W1 verb [transitiveT] → raze
1  move higher 移向高處LIFT to move or lift something to a higher position, place, or level 舉起；提起；擡起；使升高
Can you raise the lamp so I can see?
你能把燈舉高點好讓我看清嗎？
William raised his hat and smiled at her.
威廉擡一擡帽子，朝她笑了笑。
Raise your hand if you know the right answer.
知道正確答案的話，請舉手。
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In everyday British English, people usually say lift something up rather than raise something: 在日常英國英語中，人們一般說 lift something up，而不說 raise something
Can you lift up the lamp a bit?
把燈擡起一點好嗎？
British English speakers usually say put up your hand rather than raise your hand: 講英國英語的人一般說 put up your hand，而不說 raise your hand
Put your hand up if you know the right answer.
知道正確答案的話，請舉手。
2  increase 增加INCREASE IN NUMBER OR AMOUNT to increase an amount, number, or level 增加，提高〔數量、數字或水平〕 OPP lower
Many shops have raised their prices.
很多商店都提價了。
The university is working to raise the number of students from state schools.
這所大學正在努力增加公立學校學生的入學人數。
a campaign to raise awareness of meningitis
增強腦膜炎防治意識的活動
Dr Hayward intends to raise the museum’s profile (=make it more well-known).
海沃德博士想提高博物館的知名度。
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In everyday British English, people usually say put up an amount, a price etc rather than raise it: 在日常英國英語中，提高數量、價格等人們一般用 put，而不用 raise
They’ve put the price of fuel up again.
他們再次調高了油價。
3  collect money 籌錢 to collect money that you can use to do a particular job or help people 籌集；籌募
The Trust hopes to raise $1 million to buy land.
這家信托機構希望能籌集到一百萬美元購置土地。
They are raising funds to help needy youngsters.
他們正在籌款幫助貧困青少年。
a concert to raise money for charity
籌募善款的音樂會
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4  improve 改善IMPROVE to improve the quality or standard of something 提高，改善〔質量或標準〕
Changing the law cannot raise standards.
修改法律並不能提高道德標準。
The team need to raise their game.
這支球隊需要提高球技。
5  start a subject 開始某個話題MENTION to begin to talk or write about a subject that you want to be considered or a question that you think should be answered 提出，提起 SYN bring up
He did not raise the subject again.
他再也沒有提起這個話題。
I’d like to raise the issue of publicity.
我想提一提宣傳問題。
Betty raised the important question of who will be in charge.
貝蒂提出了一個重要問題，就是將由誰來負責。
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6  cause a reaction 引起反應INCREASE IN ACTIVITY, FEELINGS ETC to cause a particular emotion or reaction 引起，激起〔某種情感或反應〕
This attack raises fears of increased violence against foreigners.
這次襲擊使人們對針對外國人的暴力事件日漸增多感到擔憂。
The way the research was carried out raises doubts about the results.
這項研究的操作方式令人們對研究結果産生懷疑。
7  move eyes or face 移動眼睛或臉 to move your eyes, head, or face so that you are looking up 擡起〔眼睛、頭或臉〕 OPP lower
Albert raised his eyes and stared at Ruth.
艾伯特擡起眼睛盯着露絲。
‘No, ’ he said without raising his head.
“不。”他頭也不擡地說道。
8  move upright 直立起來 (also raise up) to move or lift yourself into an upright position 直起〔身子〕 OPP lower
raise yourself
Adele raised herself from the pillows.
阿黛爾從一堆枕頭中直起身子。
He raised himself up on one elbow to watch.
他用一只胳膊肘支起身來看。
9  children 孩子 especially American EnglishAmELOOK AFTER somebody to look after your children and help them grow 撫養，養育 SYN British English bring up
Stan’s dad died, leaving his mother to raise three sons alone.
斯坦的父親去世了，留下他母親獨自撫養三個兒子。
It was time for Dean to settle down and raise a family.
該是迪安安頓下來生兒育女的時候了。
Anne married a Jew, despite being raised a Catholic.
安妮在天主教家庭長大，但她嫁給了一個猶太人。
The new generation was the first to be raised on processed food.
新成長起來的這一代人是第一批吃加工食品長大的一代。
Camus was born and raised in Algeria.
加缪在阿爾及利亞出生並長大。
10  animals or plants 動物或植物TA to look after animals or grow plants so that they can be sold or used as food 飼養；種植
He raised cattle in Nebraska when he was young.
他年輕時在内布拉斯加州養過牛。
Jim retired to raise raspberries.
吉姆退休後種植山莓。
11  collect people 征集人員 to collect together a large group of people, especially soldiers 召集，征募〔尤指士兵〕
The rebels quickly raised an army.
叛亂分子很快就召集起一支人馬。
12  raise a smile to smile when you are not feeling happy, or to make someone smile when they are not feeling happy （使）裝出笑臉
I couldn’t raise a smile.
我笑不出來。
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raise a smile• I can raise a smile - even on a difficult day 14.
13  raise your eyebrows UPto show surprise, doubt, disapproval etc by moving your eyebrows upwards 揚起眉毛〔表示吃驚、懷疑、反對等〕
Blanche raised her eyebrows in surprise.
布蘭奇吃驚地揚起眉毛。
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raise your eyebrows• Your facial expressions can help to emphasize parts of your speech too: try smiling, scowling, or raising your eyebrows.• Rose raised his eyebrows and drank a cup of Mrs Burbanks' tea.• She raised her eyebrows and drew out a hank of hair, backing slowly away from me.• While he was pouring the drinks Ron the landlord raised his eyebrows at me.• He raised his eyebrows but he didn't actually skewer my hand to his desk with his favourite kris.• Karen smiled and raised her eyebrows: Check that!• She did not speak when he raised his eyebrows the second time, so in went onions, mustard and ketchup.
14  raise eyebrows if something raises eyebrows, it surprises people 令人吃驚
The band’s new sound will raise some eyebrows.
該樂隊的新曲風將令一些人吃驚。
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raise eyebrows• Obviously Kaplan's recording will raise eyebrows.• Trans World's ability to perform so well during this period raised eyebrows.• That would raise eyebrows, as well as suspicions of special treatment.• But the case has raised eyebrows if not heightened tensions.• The power that these organisations are beginning to exert is already raising eyebrows in the offices of some competition authorities.• The North Star's team never failed to raise eyebrows nomatterwhere they travelled, being five stout brothers of almost identical appearance.• But for many, stories about one night-stands are more inclined to raise eyebrows than get them giggling.• Sukey raised eyebrows when he ordered rather too good a bottle of claret in restaurants.
15  raise your voice SHOUTto speak loudly or shout because you are angry 〔因生氣〕提高嗓門，高聲說話
He’s never raised his voice to me.
他從來不會沖着我嚷。
I could hear raised voices in the next room.
我可以聽到隔壁房間有人在大聲嚷嚷。
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raise your voice• Eventually, even Western governments began to raise their voices.• He seemed calm and thoughtful, and throughout his recent eloquent speeches had not raised his voice.• Stop raising your voice, Amanda.• In my family nobody raised their voices and nobody fought with each other.• Don't you raise your voice at me!• We heard raised voices coming from the next room, and then a cry.• Often it does not occur to them that they can speak up, raise their voices in front of people.• I never heard my father raise his voice in his life.• So far neither of them had raised their voices, or only enough to be heard above Gordon's din.• Oliver raised his voice slightly to say, I may have to ask him not to come over here any more.• They have to raise their voices to be heard above the clam our of the world.
16  raise your glass spokenDFD to celebrate someone’s happiness or success by holding up your glass and drinking from it 舉杯慶祝
Ladies and gentlemen, will you raise your glasses to the bride and groom.
女士們、先生們，請大家舉杯祝賀新娘和新郎。
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raise your glass• Gore appeared stone-faced and unwilling to toast as Li raised his glass.• We stared at each other for a moment and then she raised her glass.• When the drinks came, Tony stood and raised his glass.• A flushed and jolly character raises his glass among friends and family - how real, how reliable is that evidence?• It took the urgings of the mob of photographers to get him to raise his glass of fizz higher than his chest.• He raised his glass, toasting his host and hostess silently, his smile serene, sincere.• He raised his glass towards the old woman and drank the bitter white wine.
17  raise the alarm British EnglishBrEWARN to warn people about a danger so that they can take action 發出警報
Sam stayed with his injured friend while a passing motorist raised the alarm.
薩姆陪着他受傷的朋友，一名過路司機則發出了警報。
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raise the alarm• And yesterday his heartbroken wife Jane slammed police for failing to find him after she raised the alarm 48 hours earlier.• Fearing the bag might contain a bomb, a passenger raised the alarm.• Fred Goodyear was so shocked that it was more than eight hours before he raised the alarm.• Instead, he drove off and was later found dead by police after she raised the alarm.• The scanner easily raises the alarm.• The Romantics had raised the alarm about the disintegration in modern society of much that is essential to the full human experience.• Rex raised the alarm, and the entire crew rushed forward in the rain and darkness to try to limit the damage.• Mrs Gillis-Tweed raised the alarm from a neighbour's home.• Shocked Andria raised the alarm then jumped in her own car and drove to a local beauty spot in Runnymede, Surrey.
18  raise the spectre of something literaryNOTICE to make people feel afraid that something frightening might soon happen 引起對某事的恐慌
The violence has raised the spectre of civil war.
暴力事件引起了人們對内戰的恐慌。
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raise the spectre of something• The attack has raised the spectre of another war between ice-cream operators in Glasgow.• The prospect of such telecoms competition raises the spectre of intervention by government or the courts.• The cultural move from an autonomous and independent sculpture back to the public sphere inevitably raises the spectre of popular culture.• Trevor Street had raised the spectre of the Bedford-St Pancras line.
19  raise its (ugly) head if a question or problem raises its head, it appears and has to be dealt with 〔問題或困難〕擡頭，出現
Another problem then raised its ugly head.
之後又有一個問題出現了。
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raise its (ugly) head• And here's where the question of spec lists raises its head.• Another problem will begin to raise its ugly head, in the form of parasites.
20  raise the bar to do, produce, or be something better than anyone before, so that other people then feel they have to do better themselves 〔因做得好而〕使標準提高
He has raised the bar for other filmmakers.
他爲其他電影制作人樹立了更高的標準。
21  card game 紙牌遊戲DGC to make a higher bid than an opponent in a card game 比〔對手〕多下賭注
I’ll raise you $100.
我加你100美元。
22  raise hell informal to complain in a very angry way about something you think is not acceptable 大吵大鬧，抱怨
I’ll raise hell with whoever is responsible for this mess.
不管是誰惹下這麻煩，我都跟他沒完。
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raise hell• It raises hell across the land.• They raised hell for three weeks.• Now she raised hell with him about the letter in the paper.
23  raise hell/Cain especially American EnglishAmE to behave in a wild, noisy way that upsets other people 喧鬧
The kids next door were raising hell last night.
隔壁那些孩子昨天夜裏鬧翻天了。
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raise hell/Cain• It raises hell across the land.• He spent his teenage years raising hell and stealing cars.• They raised hell for three weeks.• Now she raised hell with him about the letter in the paper.
24. raise the roof LOUD/NOISYto make a very loud noise when singing, celebrating etc 〔在唱歌、歡慶作樂等時〕高聲喧鬧
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raise the roof• The crowd's cheers raised the roof.• They raised the roof, his battalion of coughs.• And raising the roof ... the house where lightning struck twice.
25  speak to SB 和某人說話TCT to speak to someone on a piece of radio equipment 用無線電與…通話 SYN contact, get
They finally managed to raise him at Miller’s sheep farm.
他們終於通過無線電在米勒的養羊場聯系到他。
26  wake SB 叫醒某人 literaryWAKE UP/GET UP to wake someone who is difficult to wake 叫醒〔難以醒來的人〕
Try as he might he could not raise her.
他想盡辦法，仍然無法喚醒她。
27  dead person 死人 biblicalRRCAL to make someone who has died live again 使起死回生，使複活
Jesus raised Lazarus from the grave.
耶稣使拉撒路死而複生。
28. raise a siege/embargo formalLET/ALLOW to allow goods to go in and out of a place again after they have been stopped by force or by a law 解除包圍/禁運
29. build 建造 formalTBC to build something such as a monument 建造，樹立〔紀念碑等〕 SYN erect
30  raise 2/4/10 etc to the power of 2/3/4 etc technicalHM to multiply a number by itself a particular number of times 使2/4/10等自乘2/3/4等次
2 raised to the power of 3 is 8.
2 的三次方是8。
Examples from the Corpus
raise• Our objective is to raise $200 for the school band.• Roy's car raised a cloud of dust as he drove off.• Last year we raised a good crop of onions.• She felt so sad, she couldn't even raise a smile.• "Oh really?" Zack said, raising an eyebrow.• A number of important issues were raised at the conference.• In the early 1900s buyers of firms guessed they could raise cash flows through economies of scale and by limiting competition.• Each of them, however, raises certain basic requirements of a conceptual and empirical kind.• It's the first school in Scotland to become self-governing, and has raised deep concerns in the local community.• Efforts are being made to raise employee morale.• Over the last three years, tiger numbers have fallen from 44 to 15, raising fears for their viability.• Lori raised her arms over her head.• She raised her eyes from the newspaper when he came in.• Mum raised her hand to hit me and then stopped.• "Cheers, everyone!" said Larry, raising his glass.• He never raised his voice or appeared anything more than exasperated.• His sister raises horses in Colorado.• Instead, the school is raising its standards and integrating real-world experiences for its students simultaneously.• Second, to raise money for the 1996 campaign early.• Meanwhile, low borrowing rates are enticing some junk-rated companies to raise money in the high-yield market.• I raised my head and looked suspiciously around me.• If you raise that metal bar, it turns off the ice maker.• The Maryland Gazette raised the figure to 30,000.• He's raising the rent because he's fixed up the apartment.• All the major airlines have raised their fares.• I'll see your $5 and raise you $10.• If you want to ask a question, please raise your hand first.• If you have any questions, please raise your hand.
Raise ... hand• As she raised a trembling hand to brush them away she heard him swearing softly under his breath.• Carefully, slowly, I raised my hand to my hair.• He raised a hand to touch his face, not believing what he saw.• Perhaps I simply raise my hand.• She raised her own hand to the hand resting at her neck and squeezed the fingers gently, leaving it there.• Slowly he raised one hand and gently cupped her face.• Then he plunged in, and when he saw he was correct, punched the air with a raised left hand.• Then they raised their hands in the air and gave three cheers.
raise awareness• How are we to raise awareness?• Have events been organised to raise awareness among all staff of the recruitment problem ahead?• The principal aim is to raise awareness among workers and employers of hazards in the workplace.• She was active raising awareness and money for serious diseases.• Schools have adopted several tactics to raise awareness of bias.• The commission also ordered a media campaign to raise awareness of the peace pact.• The doctor is pleased the actor is raising awareness of tinnitus.• Standing To raise awareness, understanding and esteem of the profession and to promote a positive image.
raising funds• Inspired by a similar event held by the New York Public Library, this is a new way of raising funds.• But perhaps the greatest challenge will be raising funds abroad to rebuild a war-torn country.• Optimistic and somewhat naive, I set about the task of raising funds and organizing operations.• The group was established to benefit the village area by raising funds for improvements.• In fact, the group was heavily involved in designing the course and raising funds for it.• The committee is kept busy raising funds for such an enthusiastic club.• In addition to the afternoon's official programme, there were several extra events, all raising funds to improve facilities at the centre.• But the mood of the legislature had changed since his success at raising funds two years earlier.
raised ... question• But the episode has raised serious questions.• In Phoenix the programs marked a new era and thus raised several questions.• Burns' efforts have raised questions about a possible conflict of interest.• The appeals judges also raised questions about flaws in Jackson's ruling.• The proposed deaccessioning, however, has raised some new questions among elected officials.• However in the circumstances which I will relate, the appeals have also raised two questions of much wider importance.• Philanthropic work, like workhouse visiting, inevitably raised the question of women's representation on public bodies at the local level.
raises doubts• But the Chavez affair raises doubts about how thoroughly the time-strapped Bush people check their nominees for high office.• This raises doubts about some of the signposts the Fed used to rely on.• So instead of providing reassurance, it raises doubts in customers' minds.• Nevertheless, Thomas's ruling raises doubts in the mind of Rep.• If this scrutiny raises doubts in your mind, move on and find a better subject.
raise yourself• The fundamental reason is that too many of these kids are growing up in chaotic circumstances and are left to raise themselves.• Some students found that if they had done extra credit, they could have raised themselves a letter grade.• I had to raise myself and look through the meshed window.• Grainne raised herself cautiously on one elbow, trying not to wake Raynor, and looked towards the door.• She tried to raise herself from the settee but gentle hands restrained her.• She raised herself in the bed, and lay on an elbow, looking down at me.• He raised himself on one elbow and gingerly felt around his feet.• She then raises herself up, takes it and places it against a sofa.
raise ... family• He had dreams of raising a family.• Jeanie the Half Woman, born without lower limbs, walks on her hands, cooks and even raised a family.• They may be school leavers, graduates, people made redundant or returning to the job market after raising a family.• Members who are temporarily retired to raise families are also entitled to this concession.• He had entertained thoughts of marrying her and raising a family, but he entered the Society instead.• Perhaps Reuben and Miriam were secretly not happy with the prospect of raising a family in Cork.• At times, he was saddened by never having married and raised a family of his own.
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raise2 ●○○ noun [countableC]
American EnglishAmEBEW an increase in the money you earn 加薪 SYN British English rise
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raise• And the Democrats in Congress have bedeviled Dole with a push for a raise in the minimum wage.• Dear Help Wanted: I have been working for a company without a review or a raise.• Library employees have not received a raise for six years.• Those ten-dollar words produce thousand-dollar raises.
From Longman Business Dictionary
raiseraise1 /reɪz/ verb [transitiveT]
1to increase an amount, number, or level
We can cut the state budget or raise taxes.
The bank raised interest rates to 15%.
2raise a question/objection/point etc to make people consider a question etc, for example by beginning to talk or write about it
I tried to raise several points at the meeting.
The Guinness affair raised the question of abolishing trial by jury in complicated fraud cases.
3raise money/capital/funds etcFINANCE to collect the money, capital etc that is needed to do something
Hammond Co. will need to raise $2 million to finance the offer.
4raise a loan/mortgageFINANCE to succeed in getting a loan or mortgage
He raised a loan of $20 million from commercial banks.
5raise an invoiceACCOUNTING to write out or print out an INVOICE (=document stating how much has to be paid for work or goods), or to ask someone to do this
Where goods move between VAT registered traders, a tax invoice has to be raised.
raiseraise2 noun [countableC] American EnglishAmE
an increase in the money you earnSYN BrE rise
The Senate voted itself a 23% pay raise.
Origin raise1
(1100-1200) Old Norse reisa
raise1 verb
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→REGISTER1 →REGISTER2raise2 noun
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