核心畫面

One way to hold it: the thing that raises the money. English builds the word out of fund and raiser, and then lets the raiser be either a person on the phone or a Saturday morning in the school hall.

可以想成:這個字指的是「把錢弄上來的那一個」。英文用 fund(資金)加 raiser(讓東西升起來的)造出它。至於更多收起可以想成:這個字指的是「把錢弄上來的那一個」。英文用 fund(資金)加 raiser(讓東西升起來的)造出它。至於誰在做這件事,字本身不挑。可以是一個打電話拜訪捐款人的人。也可以是一個賣票、義賣、募到錢的下午。人和場合共用一個字,靠句子裡的動詞分開。

From the word’s history

Wiktionary gives the formation as fund + raiser, which is exactly the picture: the one that raises the funds.

Wiktionary 記錄它的組成是 fund + raiser。這正好就是上面那個畫面:把資金募上來的那一個。人和活動兩個用法,都從這個字面意思往外走。

Wiktionary (kaikki extract), source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:517031972:8955 — "From fund + raiser."

From the picture

募到錢的那場活動

同樣是「把錢弄上來的那一個」,只是這次不是人,而是一個場合。英文常這樣把做事的人和做事的場合收進同一個字。

noun · B2

An event such as a concert, a sale, a walk or a dinner that is held to collect money for a charity, a school, a political party or another cause.

募款活動

Also in this word

noun · B2

Someone who collects money for a charity, a school, a political party or another cause, often by arranging social events that people pay to attend.

募款人員