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fund-raise

/fuhnd-reyz/US // ˈfʌndˌreɪz //UK // (ˈfʌndˌreɪz) //

筹款,募捐,筹集资金,募款

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    fund-raised, fund-rais·ing.

    • : to collect by fund-raising: The charity needs to fund-raise more than a million dollars.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    fund-raised, fund-rais·ing.

    • : to engage in fund-raising.

Examples

  • His wife passed away and they had kids, and he wanted to focus on being a dad so he just stopped to raise his kids.

  • These brave souls took an icy dip in the ocean to ring in 2015 and raise money for charity.

  • Rebels in Africa trade in children to fund their conflicts and obtain child soldiers.

  • We happily hoist our egg nog in the air, embrace each other, and raise our out-of-tune voices in song.

  • And from there, the letter asked for money for a legal defense fund.

  • I called out several times, as loud as I could raise my voice, but all to no purpose.

  • They determined that an offensive war should be carried on against them, and voted to raise 90 men!

  • The minister's eye kept steady to one point; to raise the country he governed, to the utmost pinnacle of earthly grandeur.

  • The presence of a large gold fund was an assurance of the ability to return to specie payments after the close of the war.

  • To meet this heavy expense the ministers had to devise all sorts of expedients to raise money.