1 to lift sth up 举起: If you want to leave the room raise your hand. 想离开房间的人请举手。He raised himself up on one elbow. 他用一个肘撑起身体。

2 raise sth (to sth) to increase the level of sth or to make sth better or stronger 提高；增加；改善；改进: to raise taxes/salaries/prices 提高税收；增加工资；涨价The hotel needs to raise its standards. 这家旅馆须要提高服务水平。There's no need to raise your voice (= speak loudly or angrily). 你没必要提高嗓门。 [OPP] for senses 1 and 2lower 第1及2义的反义词皆为lower。

3 to get money from people for a particular purpose 筹款；募款: We are doing a sponsored walk to raise money for charity. 我们将参加慈善步行活动，为慈善事业筹款。a fund-raisingevent 筹集资金的活动

4 to introduce a subject that needs to be talked about or dealt with 提出（须要讨论或处理的问题）: I would like to raise the subject of money. 我想提出金钱方面的问题。This raises the question of why nothing was done before. 这引出了一个问题，就是为什么以前没有采取任何行动。

5 to cause a particular reaction or emotion 引起某种反应或情绪: The neighbours raised the alarm (= told everybody there was a fire/an emergency) when they saw smoke coming out of the window. 邻居看见浓烟从窗口冒出，就发出警报。to raise hopes/fears/suspicionsin people's minds 令人们产生希望╱恐惧╱怀疑

6 to look after a child or an animal until he/she is an adult 抚养（孩子）；照料（动物）: You can't raise a family on what I earn. 我赚的钱不够养家。 ☞Look at bring sb up. 参看bring sb up。

7 to breed animals or grow a particular plant for a specific purpose （为特定目的）饲养（动物），栽种（植物）