raise的意思|raise的解释-里氏词典

Raise \Raise\ (r[=a]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Raised} (r[=a]zd);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Raising}.] [OE. reisen, Icel. reisa,
causative of r[=i]sa to rise. See {Rise}, and cf. {Rear} to
raise.]
1. To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place;
to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone
or weight. Hence, figuratively:
(a) To bring to a higher condition or situation; to
elevate in rank, dignity, and the like; to increase
the value or estimation of; to promote; to exalt; to
advance; to enhance; as, to raise from a low estate;
to raise to office; to raise the price, and the like.

This gentleman came to be raised to great
titles. --Clarendon.

The plate pieces of eight were raised three
pence in the piece. --Sir W.
Temple.
(b) To increase the strength, vigor, or vehemence of; to
excite; to intensify; to invigorate; to heighten; as,
to raise the pulse; to raise the voice; to raise the
spirits or the courage; to raise the heat of a
furnace.
(c) To elevate in degree according to some scale; as, to
raise the pitch of the voice; to raise the temperature
of a room.

2. To cause to rise up, or assume an erect position or
posture; to set up; to make upright; as, to raise a mast
or flagstaff. Hence:
(a) To cause to spring up from a recumbent position, from
a state of quiet, or the like; to awaken; to arouse.

They shall not awake, nor be raised out of their
sleep. --Job xiv. 12.
(b) To rouse to action; to stir up; to incite to tumult,
struggle, or war; to excite.

He commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind.
--Ps. cvii.
25.

[AE]neas . . . employs his pains,
In parts remote, to raise the Tuscan swains.
--Dryden.
(c) To bring up from the lower world; to call up, as a
spirit from the world of spirits; to recall from
death; to give life to.

Why should it be thought a thing incredible with
you, that God should raise the dead ? --Acts
xxvi. 8.

3. To cause to arise, grow up, or come into being or to
appear; to give rise to; to originate, produce, cause,
effect, or the like. Hence, specifically:
(a) To form by the accumulation of materials or
constituent parts; to build up; to erect; as, to raise
a lofty structure, a wall, a heap of stones.

I will raise forts against thee. --Isa. xxix.
3.
(b) To bring together; to collect; to levy; to get
together or obtain for use or service; as, to raise
money, troops, and the like. ``To raise up a rent.''
--Chaucer.
(c) To cause to grow; to procure to be produced, bred, or
propagated; to grow; as, to raise corn, barley, hops,
etc.; toraise cattle. ``He raised sheep.'' ``He raised
wheat where none grew before.'' --Johnson's Dict.

Note: In some parts of the United States, notably in the
Southern States, raise is also commonly applied to the
rearing or bringing up of children.

I was raised, as they say in Virginia, among the
mountains of the North. --Paulding.
(d) To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise,
come forth, or appear; -- often with up.

I will raise them up a prophet from among their
brethren, like unto thee. --Deut. xviii.
18.

God vouchsafes to raise another world
From him [Noah], and all his anger to forget.
--Milton.
(e) To give rise to; to set agoing; to occasion; to start;
to originate; as, to raise a smile or a blush.

Thou shalt not raise a false report. --Ex.
xxiii. 1.
(f) To give vent or utterance to; to utter; to strike up.

Soon as the prince appears, they raise a cry.
--Dryden.
(g) To bring to notice; to submit for consideration; as,
to raise a point of order; to raise an objection.

4. To cause to rise, as by the effect of leaven; to make
light and spongy, as bread.

Miss Liddy can dance a jig, and raise paste.
--Spectator.

5. (Naut.)
(a) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher
by drawing nearer to it; as, to raise Sandy Hook
light.
(b) To let go; as in the command, Raise tacks and sheets,
i. e., Let go tacks and sheets.

6. (Law) To create or constitute; as, to raise a use, that
is, to create it. --Burrill.

{To raise a blockade} (Mil.), to remove or break up a
blockade, either by withdrawing the ships or forces
employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or
dispersing them.

{To raise a check}, {note}, {bill of exchange}, etc., to
increase fraudulently its nominal value by changing the
writing, figures, or printing in which the sum payable is
specified.

{To raise a siege}, to relinquish an attempt to take a place
by besieging it, or to cause the attempt to be
relinquished.

{To raise steam}, to produce steam of a required pressure.

{To raise the wind}, to procure ready money by some temporary
expedient. [Colloq.]

{To raise Cain}, or {To raise the devil}, to cause a great
disturbance; to make great trouble. [Slang]

Syn: To lift; exalt; elevate; erect; originate; cause;
produce; grow; heighten; aggravate; excite.

It would raise MaxSaver fares $10 each way and increase the advance purchase requirement to 30 days from seven days, but would lower the cancellation penalty to 50% from 100%.
A sales tax increase appears to be the fastest and easiest to raise funds in a hurry.
Yet despite the severity of the thrift crisis, the board currently plans to raise only $2.9 billion from bonds through Sept. 30, the end of the current federal fiscal year.
The affair will raise money to further research and help victims of retinitis pigmentosa, a hereditary retinal disease that causes progressive loss of vision.
"We're still paying for the rally we had in January and February," said Mr. Goldman, adding that only more selling can raise cash reserves and investor pessimism enough to fuel another run higher.
I just had to raise my hand when they asked, 'Does anyone here know anything about computers?'"
De Benedetti, who spent some $1.7 billion to raise his Societe Generale holdings, claims he and his allies control 48 percent of the company.
The foursome chatted and joked before the premiere, which was expected to raise more than $265,000 for the Prince's Trust for disadvantaged young people.
If the waiver is denied, any member on the floor can raise a point of order to delete the offending section.
Strong enough, at least, to convince many analysts that the Fed would raise interest rates next week to slow down an economy that may now have grown by as much as 4.5 per cent or 5 per cent in the second quarter.
Ian Story, an analyst with the stockbrokerage BZW Meares Ltd., estimated the financier could raise 2.9 billion dollars through the sale of assets.
The teachers want a 12.7 percent raise this year and are seeking class-size limitations and hiring deadlines for new teachers.
A decline in the dollar's exchange value can raise the relative prices of imports and cause a higher price level just as a crop failure can.
"There's a feeling in the industry that growing generic competition and a recent trend in high-volume purchasing of drugs by insurers is going to eventually choke off the ability to raise prices," he says.
Congressional tax writers estimated that the change will raise $60 million in additional taxes in the next five years.
Little legislation has moved through the Congress so far this year, with most of the time spent on the failed plan to raise congressional pay and the Senate battle over the nomination of John Tower for defense secretary.
The concert will launch a five-year campaign to raise $800 million for the Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief, said founding member Roger Waters.
Delta Air Lines has announced plans to raise economy and first-class fares, while Pan Am Corp. said it would increase the price of discount tickets.
A $10,000 fee to apply for new cellular telephone licenses would raise $88 million over two years.
Postmaster General Anthony M. Frank says he is optimistic about the future, despite the fact that the post office is preparing to raise rates as it faces the largest dollar loss in postal history.
One source said the average worker, who now takes home 910 yuan ($246) a year, will soon get an extra 30 yuan a month, equal to a 28 percent raise.
"There would be less clients if the raise was decided because the fees would be brought up sharply.
Management agreed to a 15,000-zloty ($38) monthly pay raise, but the total included some raises already promised, and said Solidarity activists fired after the imposition of martial law in 1981 would be rehired as needed.
Less than a mile north, Mirage Resorts Inc. plans to raise a $300 million pirate-theme Treasure Island casino for more budget-minded customers.
It is hard to see what else would have drawn her to this cloying, lightweight piece of American nostalgia. The year is 1962, and Bates is a plucky widow trying to raise six kids on minimum wages.
And that does not include the threat of the so-called greenhouse effect, which some scientists say could raise temperatures worldwide and change rainfall patterns.
Partisan rhetoric might have to give way to solid action on the budget in order to clear the way for Congress to raise the nation's borrowing limit.
The peasants, who had been raising cattle, took out a loan to cover the food, equipment and larvae to raise freshwater prawns.
He recommends the same strategy with platinum: As prices rise above key technical levels, in this case $382.50, investors shouldn't liquidate but simply raise their stop-loss orders to higher price levels.
The 63-member conference agreed unanimously to raise the federal borrowing limit to $2.8 trillion from the current level of $2.32 trillion, an increase of $480 billion.

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