fund
fund
noun
in funds
funder
noun
语源
noun
- a sum of money saved or made available for a particular purpose
基金，专款
he had set up a fund to coordinate economic investment.
他已设立了一项协调经济投资的基金。
■(funds)financial resources
资金，财源
the misuse of public funds.
对公共资金的滥用。
■a large stock or supply of something
大量的贮存（或供应）
a vast fund of information.
极其丰富的信息。
- [with obj.]provide with money for a particular purpose
为…提供资金，资助
the World Bank refused to fund the project.
世界银行拒绝为这个项目拨款。
[in combination]government-funded research.
由政府资助的研究。
in funds
- (Brit.)having money to spend
(英)有钱花的，手头有钱的
funder
noun
语源
- mid 17th cent.: from Latin fundus 'bottom, piece of landed property'. The earliest sense was 'the bottom or lowest part', later 'foundation or basis'; the association with money has perhaps arisen from the idea of landed property being a source of wealth
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