Word · Frequency #852
funding
资助；为……提供资金
funding is the present participle of fund.
To pay or provide money for.
- 1.
To pay or provide money for.
支付或提供资金。
- 2.
To place (money) in a fund.
将(资金)存入基金。
- 3.
To form a debt into a stock charged with interest.
将债务转化为带利息的股票。
把（钱）存入基金；投入基金；把（债务）转为有息长期债务；支付或提供资金。；将(资金)存入基金。；将债务转化为带利息的股票。
In use
The government will fund the new research project.
They funded their startup with personal savings.
The charity is funding a school building program.
Verb forms
base fund · third person funds · -ing funding · past funded · past participle funded
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed
Connections
Collocations
- fund a project
- 资助一个项目
- The government agreed to fund the project.政府同意资助这个项目。
- fund research
- 资助研究
- The university received money to fund research on cancer.这所大学获得了资助癌症研究的资金。
- fund a campaign
- 资助一场活动（或竞选）
- They raised millions to fund the campaign.他们筹集了数百万资金来资助这项活动。
- fully funded
- 资金到位的；全额资助的
- The project is fully funded by private donors.这个项目由私人捐助者全额资助。
- fund a startup
- 资助一家初创公司
- The venture capital firm decided to fund the startup.该风险投资公司决定资助这家初创公司。
- self-funded
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：fund 发音近似‘饭的’，给项目‘饭钱’= 资助、提供资金。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：news reports、business/finance、project proposals fund 作动词多用于正式或半正式场合，意为“资助；为……提供资金”，常指为项目、研究或活动提供资金。日常口语中更常说 pay for，但 fund 在新闻、商务和书面语中比较常见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 fund /fʌnd/ 押韵的词：refund（动词）/rɪˈfʌnd/ 和 stunned /stʌnd/。fun /fʌn/ 元音相同但少了结尾的 /d/。注意 found /faʊnd/、fond /fɑːnd/、under /ˈʌndər/ 拼写相似，但发音不同（refund 作名词时读 /ˈriː.fʌnd/，不押韵）。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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。
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