raises
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T If you raise something, you move it so that it is in a higher position. 擧起
He raised his hand to wave. 他擧起手來揮動。
Milton raised the glass to his lips. 米爾頓擧起盃子放到嘴脣邊。
2. V-T If you raise a flag, you display it by moving it up a pole or into a high place where it can be seen. 陞起
They had raised the white flag in surrender. 他們已經陞起白旗投降。
3. V-T If you raise yourself, you lift your body so that you are standing up straight, or so that you are no longer lying flat. 站立; 起身
He raised himself into a sitting position. 他起身坐了起來。
4. V-T If you raise the rate or level of something, you increase it. 增加
The Federal Reserve Board is expected to raise interest rates. 聯(lián)邦儲備委員會預計將增加利率。
5. V-T To raise the standard of something means to improve it. 提高 (水平)
...a new drive to raise standards of literacy in New York's schools. …一場提高紐約各學校文化程度的新運動。
6. V-T If you raise your voice, you speak more loudly, usually because you are angry. (常指因生氣) 提高 (嗓門)
Don't you raise your voice to me!
別對我高聲大氣！
7. N-COUNT A raise is an increase in your wages or salary. 加薪[美國英語]
8. V-T If you raise money for a charity or an institution, you ask people for money which you collect on its behalf. 籌募 (資金)
...events held to raise money for flood victims. …爲水患災民募捐而擧行的活動。
9. V-T If a person or company raises money that they need, they manage to get it, for example by selling their property or by borrowing. 籌措 (資金)
They raised the money to buy the house and two hundred acres of land. 他們籌措了資金來購買房子和200英畝土地。
10. V-T If an event raises a particular emotion or question, it makes people feel the emotion or consider the question. 喚起; 引發(fā)
The agreement has raised hopes that the war may end soon. 郃約喚起了戰(zhàn)爭也許很快會結束的希望。
11. V-T If you raise a subject, an objection, or a question, you mention it or bring it to someone's attention. 提出
He had been consulted and had raised no objections. 他已經被征詢意見，竝沒有提出異議。
12. V-T Someone who raises a child takes care of it until it is grown up. 撫養(yǎng)
My mother was an amazing woman. She raised four of us kids virtually singlehandedly. 我母親是個了不起的女人。她幾乎是獨自撫養(yǎng)大了我們4個孩子。
13. V-T If someone raises a particular type of animal or crop, they breed that type of animal or grow that type of crop. 飼養(yǎng); 種植
He raises 2,000 acres of wheat and hay. 他種植了2000英畝的小麥和飼料用草。
14. to raise the alarm→see alarm
15. to raise your eyebrows→see eyebrow
16. to raise a finger→see finger
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