fund
n
1 [C] sum of money saved or made available for a particular purpose ??? 基金
a disaster/relief fund 賑災[救濟]款
the church restoration fund 教堂修繕基金.
2 [sing] stock or supply of sth 某事物的儲備或蘊藏
a fund of jokes, knowledge, experience, etc 大量的笑話、 知識、 經驗等.
3 funds [pl] financial resources; money 資金; 現款
government funds 政府的資金
I'm short of funds so I'll pay you next week. 我手頭缺錢, 下星期再付給你吧.
4 (idm 習語) in funds having money to spend 有錢花. fund, v [Tn]
1 provide (an institution, a project, etc) with money (為機構、 項目等)撥款
The government is funding another unemployment scheme. 政府正為處理失業問題的另一計畫撥款.
2 make (a debt) long-term at a fixed rate of interest 將(短期借款)轉為有固定利息的長期借款.