[N-COUNT 可数名词]贵重物品箱;保险箱 A coffer is a large strong chest used for storing valuable objects such as money or gold and silver.
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[N-PLURAL 复数名词]财源;金库;资金 The coffers of an organization consist of the money that it has to spend, imagined as being collected together in one place.
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The proceeds from the lottery go towards sports and recreation, as well as swelling the coffers of the government...
彩票收入用于发展体育和娱乐产业,同时还用来充实国库。
Large public and private companies have long been contributors to Tory party coffers.
长期以来,大型的上市公司和私营企业一直在为保守党捐助资金。
Oxford
cof·fer/ˈkɒfə(r); NAmEˈkɔːfər;ˈkɑːfər/noun1[countable ]a large strong box, used in the past for storing money or valuable objects (旧时的)保险柜,贵重物品箱2(alsocoffers [plural ])a way of referring to the money that a government, an organization, etc. has available to spend (政府、机构等的)金库,资金◆The nation's coffers are empty.国库空虚。coffercofferscof·fer/ˈkɒfə(r); NAmEˈkɔːfər;ˈkɑːfər/
1somebody’s coffers the money that an organization, government etc has available to spend: The money from the exhibition should swell the hospital’s coffers a little.2a large strong box used to hold valuable or religious objects
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