新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

raise

英  [reɪz]
    

[VERB]

    VERB. 动词
  • raises , raising , raised

    1[T 及物动词] 举起

    If you raise something, you move it so that it is in a higher position.

    双语例句

    例:

    He raised his hand to wave.

    他举起手挥动起来。

    例:

    Milton raised the glass to his lips.

    米尔顿举起杯子放到嘴唇边。

    2[T 及物动词] 升起

    If you raise a flag, you display it by moving it up a pole or into a high place where it can be seen.

    双语例句

    例:

    They had raised the white flag in surrender.

    他们已经升起白旗投降。

    3[T 及物动词] 站立 , 起身

    If you raise yourself, you lift your body so that you are standing up straight, or so that you are no longer lying flat.

    近义词

    lift

    双语例句

    例:

    He raised himself into a sitting position.

    他起身坐了起来。

    4[T 及物动词] 增加

    If you raise the rate or level of something, you increase it.

    近义词

    increase

    反义词

    lower

    双语例句

    例:

    The Federal Reserve Board is expected to raise interest rates.

    预计联邦储备委员会将增加利率。

    例:

    Two incidents in recent days have raised the level of concern.

    最近几天的两件事已经引发了更多的关注。

    例:

    a raised body temperature.

    升高的体温。

    5[T 及物动词] 提高(水平)

    To raise the standard of something means to improve it.

    近义词

    improve

    双语例句

    例:

    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。

    6[T 及物动词] (常指因生气)提高(嗓门)

    If you raise your voice, you speak more loudly, usually because you are angry.

    双语例句

    例:

    Don't you raise your voice to me!

    别对我高声大气!

    7[T 及物动词] 筹募(资金)

    If you raise money for a charity or an institution, you ask people for money which you collect on its behalf.

    双语例句

    例:

    events held to raise money for flood victims.

    为水患灾民募捐而举行的活动。

    8[T 及物动词] 筹措(资金)

    If a person or company raises money that they need, they manage to get it, for example by selling their property or by borrowing.

    双语例句

    例:

    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。

    9[T 及物动词] 唤起 , 引发

    If an event raises a particular emotion or question, it makes people feel the emotion or consider the question.

    近义词

    highlight

    双语例句

    例:

    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。

    例:

    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。

    10[T 及物动词] 提出

    If you raise a subject, an objection, or a question, you mention it or bring it to someone's attention.

    双语例句

    例:

    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。

    11[T 及物动词] 抚养

    Someone who raises a child takes care of it until it is grown up.

    近义词

    bring up

    双语例句

    例:

    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。

    12[T 及物动词] 饲养 , 种植

    If someone raises a particular type of animal or crop, they breed that type of animal or grow that type of crop.

    双语例句

    例:

    He raises 2,000 acres of wheat and hay.

    他种植了2000英亩的小麦和饲料用草。