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- 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。
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funds
financial resources资金, 财源：the misuse of public funds.
对公共资金的滥用。
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- 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.政府资助的研究。
短语
in funds
- Brit. having money to spend〈英〉有钱花的, 手头有钱的。
派生词
funder
noun词源
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.