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| 1 | to put something in a higher place or position 提起；抬起 |
| He could hardly raise the injured arm at all. 他几乎抬不起那只受伤的手臂。 |
| raise your hand (=in order to show that you want to speak) A number of children raised their hands. 举起手（表示想要发言） |
| raise sth to your lips/mouth With a shaky hand, he slowly raised the cup to his lips. 他手颤抖着慢慢地把杯子举到唇边。 |
| | 1a | to lift something into an upright position 竖起；使直立 | | The job of raising the walls should be completed tomorrow. 明天应该能把墙扶正了。 | |
| | 1b | to lift yourself from a sitting or lying position 起身；坐起 | | She could barely raise herself out of the chair. 她几乎不能从椅子上起身。 | |
| | 1c | to bring a ship that has sunk back to the surface of the water 打捞（船只） | | Bad weather has so far hampered attempts to raise the vessel. 恶劣的天气一直妨碍着船只的打捞工作。 | |
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| 2 | to increase a number , amount , or level 增加；提高 |
| The money could be found by raising income tax by two per cent. 所得税提高2%，就会有钱了。 |
| They had raised their prices to unreasonable levels. 他们肆意提高价格，漫天要价。 |
| | 2a | to increase the quality or standard of something 提高（质量等） | | The aim is to modernize production methods and raise safety standards. 目的就是要使生产方式现代化并提高安全标准。 | |
| | 2b | to increase the value of a bet in a card game （打牌时）增加（赌注） | |
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| 3 | to collect money for a particular purpose 筹集（钱款） |
| We managed to raise over £4,000 through sponsored events. 我们设法通过赞助活动筹集了4,000多英镑。 |
| We need your help to raise money for urgent medical research. 我们需要你的帮助来为紧急医疗研究筹款。 |
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| 4 | to mention something so that it can be discussed 提出（问题等以供讨论） |
| Are there any other questions you would like to raise at the meeting? 你还有其他问题想在会上提出来吗？ |
| raise sth with sb We will raise the issue of working hours with the manager. 我们将向经理提出工时的问题。 |
| | 4a | to make people start to think about or realize something 唤起；使…意识到 | | The accident raises a number of questions about the safety of the system. 事故使人们意识到系统安全的许多问题。 | |
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| 5 | to make someone have a particular feeling or reaction 使…产生（某种情绪或反应） |
| raise doubts/fears Doubts have been raised about the company’ s right to use this land. 人们对公司是否有权使用这块土地产生了疑虑。 |
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| 6 | to take care of children while they are growing up 抚养（子女） |
| raise a family For most parents, raising a family is a positive challenge. 我们设法通过赞助活动筹集了4,000多英镑。 |
| raise sb as sth The children were raised as vegetarians. 孩子们被培养成素食者。 |
| born and raised This seems strange to someone born and raised in the city. 这对于某些生在城市、长在城市里的人来说好像很陌生。 |
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| 7 | MAINLY AMERICAN to keep a particular type of animal or grow a particular crop 种植；饲养 |
| She’ s been raising sheep for over 40 years. 40多年来她一直在养羊。 |
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| 8 | formal to build something 建造 |
| Monuments were raised in honour of the dead. 这些纪念碑是为纪念死者而修建的。 |
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| 9 | literary to wake someone up 唤醒（某人） |
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| 10 | technical if you raise a number to the power of a particular number , you multiply the first number by itself a particular number of times 使积方；使自乘…次 |
| 3 raised to the third power is 27. 3的3次方为27。 |
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| - | raise the dead literary
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| to make someone who is dead alive again |
| 起死回生 |
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| - | raise your glass
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| if several people who are together raise their glasses , they celebrate someone’ s success or happiness by holding their glasses high before drinking |
| 举杯庆祝 |
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| - | raise (sb’ s) hopes/expectations
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| to make someone hope or expect that something will be very good or successful |
| 激起（某人的）希冀/期望 |
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| It would be unfair to raise your hopes at this early stage. 这么早就激起你的希望，太不公平了。 |
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| - | raise a smile
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| to manage to smile or to make someone else smile |
| 尽力露出笑容 |
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| She was too weak to even raise a smile. 她身体虚弱得都无力微笑。 |
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| - | raise your glass
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| if several people who are together raise their glasses , they celebrate someone’s success or happiness by holding their glasses high before drinking |
| 举杯庆祝 |
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| - | raise your voice
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| 1 | to speak in a loud angry way （生气地）提高嗓门 | We told him not to raise his voice to our children. 我们告诉他别对我们的孩子嚷嚷。 | |
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| 2 | to make your opinion clearly known 明确地发表意见 | Voices were raised in protest at the proposed changes. 有人对所提议的种种变动表示了坚决的抗议。 | |
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| See also | | - alarm 1 | | - eyebrow | | - hell 1 | | - roof 1 | |
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