finance

noun

1. 资金
   money used to run a business, an activity or a project
   1. Finance for education comes from taxpayers.
      教育经费来自纳税人。
2. 财政；金融；财务
   the activity of managing money, especially by a government or commercial organization
   1. the Minister of Finance
      财政部长
   2. the finance director/department
      财务主任；财务科
   3. a diploma in banking and finance
      银行与金融学文凭
   4. the world of high finance (= finance involving large companies or countries)
      高级金融界（关乎大公司或国家的金融）
3. （个人、组织、国家的）财力，财源，财务管理
   the money available to a person, an organization or a country; the way this money is managed
   1. government/public/personal finances
      政府 / 公共 / 个人财力
   2. It's about time you sorted out your finances.
      现在是你整顿财务状况的时候了。
   3. Moving house put a severe strain on our finances.
      搬家使我们的经济十分紧张。

verb

1. 提供资金
   to provide money for a project
   1. The building project will be financed by the government.
      这个建筑项目将由政府出资。
   2. He took a job to finance his stay in Germany.
      他找了一份工作以赚钱支付在德国的费用。

1. VERB 给…提供资金;资助
   When someone finances something such as a project or a purchase, they provide the money that is needed to pay for them.
   1. The fund has been used largely to finance the construction of federal prisons...
      该基金大部分用于了资助联邦监狱的建造。
   2. Government expenditure is financed by taxation and by borrowing.
      政府开支依靠征税款和借贷来维持。
   3. Finance is also a noun.
      
   4. A United States delegation is in Japan seeking finance for a major scientific project.
      一个美国代表团正在日本为一大型科研项目寻求资助。
2. N-UNCOUNT 财政;金融
   Finance is the commercial or government activity of managing money, debt, credit, and investment.
   1. ...a major player in the world of high finance...
      高级金融界的大户
   2. The report recommends an overhaul of public finances...
      该报告建议对公共财政进行彻底改革。
   3. A former Finance Minister and five senior civil servants are accused of fraud.
      一名前财政大臣和五名高级公务员被指控诈骗。
3. N-UNCOUNT 财力;财务状况(或管理)
   You can refer to the amount of money that you have and how well it is organized as your finances .
   1. Be prepared for unexpected news concerning your finances...
      对财务上的意外状况要做到有备无患。
   2. In general, women manage the day-to-day finances but leave most longer-term decisions to men...
      通常，妇女管理日常财务，而把大多数较长期的决策交给男人。
   3. Finance is usually the biggest problem for students.
      经济问题通常是学生最大的问题。

1. Foreign Office officials assisted with transport and finance problems
   外交部官员帮助解决运输和经费问题。
2. The meeting will be attended by finance ministers from many countries
   很多国家的财政部长将出席会议。
3. The finance minister backtracked on his decision.
   财政部长收回了他的决定。
4. It's so expensive to borrow from finance companies
   从信贷公司借钱利息非常高。
5. Finance Ministers are meeting today in Brussels with Britain in the chair.
   财政部部长们今天在布鲁塞尔碰头，会议由英国主持。
6. The prime minister has been closeted with his finance ministers for the past 12 hours
   过去的12个小时首相一直在和财政部长们密谈。
7. The new finance minister was educated at Oxford and is as traditional as they come.
   新财政部长曾就读于牛津大学，是个极为传统的人。
8. How you finance a business is critical to the success of your venture.
   如何融资对企业的成功至关重要。
9. The fund has been used largely to finance the construction of federal prisons
   该基金大部分用于了资助联邦监狱的建造。
10. Government expenditure is financed by taxation and by borrowing.
    政府开支依靠征税款和借贷来维持。
11. The report recommends an overhaul of public finances
    该报告建议对公共财政进行彻底改革。
12. A former Finance Minister and five senior civil servants are accused of fraud.
    一名前财政大臣和五名高级公务员被指控诈骗。
13. Be prepared for unexpected news concerning your finances
    对财务上的意外状况要做到有备无患。
14. In general, women manage the day-to-day finances but leave most longer-term decisions to men
    通常，妇女管理日常财务，而把大多数较长期的决策交给男人。
15. Finance is usually the biggest problem for students.
    经济问题通常是学生最大的问题。
16. Neither Anna nor I are interested in high finance.
    安娜和我对巨额融资都不感兴趣。
17. As a hub of finance and communications, Paris is now almost equal to London.
    作为一个金融和交通中心，巴黎现在几乎可媲美伦敦。
18. He resigned as finance minister only weeks before the election and stood against big-business interests.
    他在大选到来仅几周前辞去了财政部长职务，并抵制大公司利益集团。
19. The finance minister will continue to mastermind Poland's economic reform
    财政部长将继续策划波兰的经济改革。
20. We should stop the nonsense of taxpayers trying to finance new weapons whose costs always overrun hugely
    新武器研发的费用总是大大超支，却还要试图让纳税人出钱资助，我们应该制止这一荒谬至极的行为。
21. His main task is to raise enough finance to repay secured loans.
    他的主要任务是筹集足够的资金以偿还抵押贷款。
22. The scheme offers seed corn finance with loans at only 4% interest.
    该方案提供种子基金融资，其贷款只收取4%的利息。
23. The question of local government finance has been the subject of debate for some years
    地方政府的财政问题已经争论了好些年。
24. The economics ministry has increasingly played a subsidiary role to the finance ministry.
    经济部已经越来越成了财政部的附属了。
25. Japanese corporations have been turning away from production and have diverted into finance and real estate
    日本公司已经由生产型企业转而从事金融和房地产业。
26. Despite valiant efforts by the finance minister, inflation rose to 36%.
    尽管财政部部长采取了一系列果决措施，通货膨胀率还是涨到了36%。
27. This book was designed in order to provide a working knowledge of finance and accounts
    本书旨在提供金融和会计方面的实用知识。
28. This long-drawn-out war brought their country's finance to the verge of bankruptcy.
    这场旷日持久的战争使他们国家财政濒于破产的边缘。
29. They collect funds to finance the movement.
    他们为这一运动筹募基金。
30. He does not understand finance at all.
    他对财务一窍不通。

  capital asset finance funds loan【导航词义：资金】

  capital n. 资金，资本

〔辨析〕指创办企业所需的启动资金。

  asset n. 财产，资产

〔辨析〕指个人、企业等拥有的可以抵债的资产，通常用复数。

  finance n. 资金

〔辨析〕指由银行或其他机构提供的用以资助某项事业的资金。

  funds n. 资金

〔辨析〕指某一机构、企业等需要或拥有的资金。

  loan n. 贷款

〔辨析〕指从银行等机构借来的钱款。

noun

1. the commercial activity of providing funds and capital

2. the management of money and credit and banking and investments

3. the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets

verb

1. obtain or provide money for
   1. Can we finance the addition to our home?

2. sell or provide on credit