"raise money" 是一个常用的动宾短语,字面直译为“筹集金钱”,实际含义是通过各种方式(如活动、捐赠、销售等)获取资金,用于特定目的(如慈善、项目、应急等)。
可简化理解为:筹款;募捐;集资。
"raise money" 是及物动词短语("raise" 为及物动词,直接带宾语 "money"),通常需要补充“筹款的目的”或“筹款的方式”,常见搭配如下:
表示“为……筹集资金”,"for" 引出筹款的受益方或用途。
例1:We're planning to raise money for the children's hospital.(我们打算为儿童医院筹款。)
例2:She launched a campaign to raise money for her mother's surgery.(她发起了一项活动,为母亲的手术筹集费用。)
表示“通过……方式筹款”,"by" 引出具体的筹款手段(多为动名词形式)。
例1:They raised money by selling handmade crafts at the market.(他们通过在市场卖手工艺品筹款。)
例2:The band will raise money by giving a charity concert next week.(乐队下周将通过举办慈善音乐会筹款。)
raise money for a cause:为一项事业筹款(如环保、教育);
raise money online:在线筹款(如众筹平台);
raise a lot of money:筹集大量资金;
fail to raise money:未能筹到资金。
现在进行时:The school is raising money for a new library.(学校正在为新图书馆筹款。)
过去式:He raised $10,000 for the animal shelter last year.(他去年为动物收容所筹了1万美元。)
不定式(表目的):The event was organized to raise money for disaster relief.(举办这次活动是为了救灾筹款。)
被动语态:A lot of money was raised for the homeless during the holiday.(假期期间为无家可归者筹集了大量资金。)
raise money:强调“通过主动行动(如组织活动、宣传)获取资金”,侧重“筹集”的过程;
collect money:更侧重“收取、汇集已有的资金”(如从他人处收集捐款),过程更被动。
例:We collected money from our classmates(从同学那里收了钱)and raised more money by selling cookies(通过卖饼干筹了更多钱).
"raise money" 是表达“筹款”的核心短语,关键要掌握“为谁/为啥筹(for)”和“怎么筹(by)”的搭配,结合具体场景使用即可。
一句话记住:I raise money for a purpose by doing something.(我通过做某事,为某个目的筹款。)