Word
bankroll
一卷钞票；资金
a roll of banknotes; the financial resources of a person or business
- 1.
A roll of banknotes or other paper currency, carried in lieu of a wallet.
一卷钞票或其他纸币,代替钱包携带。
- 2.
The monetary assets of a person or organization.
个人或组织的货币资产。
一卷钞票或其他纸币,代替钱包携带。；个人或组织的货币资产。；一卷钞票；资金
In use
The investors agreed to bankroll the startup's first product launch.
She has been bankrolling her brother's education for the past two years.
A local charity bankrolled the community center's renovation project.
n. a bankroll of [bills/notes]
作名词时，bankroll 可指一叠钞票，也可引申为可用资金。
He pulled a bankroll of hundred-dollar bills from his jacket.
他从夹克里掏出了一卷百元美钞。
v. bankroll [sb/sth]
作动词时是及物动词，直接接宾语。
Several investors agreed to bankroll the new movie.
几位投资者同意为这部新电影提供资金。
v. be bankrolled by [sb/sth]
被动语态中，be bankrolled by 用来引出资金来源或资助者。
Connections
Collocations
- bankroll a project
- 资助一个项目
- The company agreed to bankroll the entire project.公司同意资助整个项目。
- bankroll a campaign
- 资助一场竞选活动
- Several donors helped bankroll her campaign.几位捐助者帮助资助了她的竞选活动。
- bankroll someone's lifestyle
- 为某人的生活方式买单
- He was tired of bankrolling his brother's lavish lifestyle.他厌倦了为弟弟奢华的生活方式买单。
- a huge bankroll
- 巨额资金
- The studio has a huge bankroll for special effects.这家制片厂有巨额资金用于特效。
- have the bankroll to do something
- 有资金做某事
- We don't have the bankroll to compete with them.我们没有资金与他们竞争。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想“银行(bank)里一卷(roll)钞票”就是资金；给项目“一卷钞票”即提供资金。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：business/finance、informal speech 该词作名词时可指一叠钞票，也可泛指资金；作动词时多用于商业、娱乐或政治投资等场合，语气偏非正式。正式文体中常用 finance 或 fund。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词中 roll、payroll、scroll、stroll、control 都与 bankroll 的 -roll 部分发音相同（/əʊl/，美式常为 /oʊl/），押韵；注意 doll 拼写与 roll 相似，但读 /dɒl/，不押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.