raises , raising , raised
If you raise something, you move it so that it is in a higher position.
He raised his hand to wave.
他举起手挥动起来。
Milton raised the glass to his lips.
米尔顿举起杯子放到嘴唇边。
If you raise a flag, you display it by moving it up a pole or into a high place where it can be seen.
They had raised the white flag in surrender.
他们已经升起白旗投降。
If you raise yourself, you lift your body so that you are standing up straight, or so that you are no longer lying flat.
He raised himself into a sitting position.
他起身坐了起来。
To raise the standard of something means to improve it.
a new drive to raise standards of literacy in New York's schools.
一场提高纽约各学校文化程度的新运动。
If you raise your voice, you speak more loudly, usually because you are angry.
Don't you raise your voice to me!
别对我高声大气!
If you raise money for a charity or an institution, you ask people for money which you collect on its behalf.
events held to raise money for flood victims.
为水患灾民募捐而举行的活动。
If a person or company raises money that they need, they manage to get it, for example by selling their property or by borrowing.
They raised the money to buy the house and two hundred acres of land.
他们筹措了资金来购买房子和200英亩土地。
If an event raises a particular emotion or question, it makes people feel the emotion or consider the question.
The agreement has raised hopes that the war may end soon.
这项协议让人们看到战争也许即将结束的希望。
The accident again raises questions about the safety of the building.
事故再次引发了该建筑是否安全的问题。
If you raise a subject, an objection, or a question, you mention it or bring it to someone's attention.
He had been consulted and had raised no objections.
人们事先向他征询了意见,他并没有提出异议。
Someone who raises a child takes care of it until it is grown up.
bring up
My mother was an amazing woman. She raised four of us kids virtually singlehandedly.
我母亲是个了不起的女人。她几乎是独自抚养大了我们4个孩子。
If someone raises a particular type of animal or crop, they breed that type of animal or grow that type of crop.
He raises 2,000 acres of wheat and hay.
他种植了2000英亩的小麦和饲料用草。