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Every country has an agreed upon type of money: in the United States, it's dollars and cents. People need money to buy food, furniture, clothes, books — everything. You can't buy stuff without money. People may also invest their money in stocks and property. Using a credit card is a way to buy things when you don't have any money on you — so is a check. Most people want more money, and people will do a lot of things to get it. |
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1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]钱;金钱 Money is the coins or bank notes that you use to buy things, or the sum that you have in a bank account. A lot of the money that you pay at the cinema goes back to the film distributors... 你在电影院消费的一大部分钱都会回到电影发行商手里。 Players should be allowed to earn money from advertising... 应该允许运动员拍广告挣钱。 She probably had more money but she didn't spend it. 她或许有更多的钱,但是她没花过。 ...discounts and money saving offers. 折扣及省钱的特价品
2 [N-PLURAL 复数名词]款项;钱款 Monies is used to refer to several separate sums of money that form part of a larger amount that is received or spent. 3 See also:blood money ; pocket money ; 4 [PHRASE 短语]有花不完的钱;钱多得烫手;钱多得烧包 If you say that someone has money to burn, you mean that they have more money than they need or that they spend their money on things that you think are unnecessary. 5 [PHRASE 短语]非常有钱的;手头宽裕的 If you are in the money, you have a lot of money to spend. [usu v-link PHR] [INFORMAL 非正式] If you are one of the lucky callers chosen to play, you could be in the money. 如果你有幸成为其中一个被选中参加表演的来电者,就可能会赚大钱。
6 [PHRASE 短语]挣钱;赚钱 If you make money, you obtain money by earning it or by making a profit. 7 [PHRASE 短语]用行动证明自己的话;说到做到;说给钱就给钱 If you say that you want someone to put their money where their mouth is, you want them to spend money to improve a bad situation, instead of just talking about improving it. 8 [PHRASE 短语](因掌握内情而下的)高明赌注 If you say that the smart money is on a particular person or thing, you mean that people who know a lot about it think that this person will be successful, or this thing will happen. 9 [PHRASE 短语]金钱万能;有钱能使鬼推磨 If you say that money talks, you mean that if someone has a lot of money, they also have a lot of power. 10 [PHRASE 短语]白白扔钱;花冤枉钱 If you say that someone is throwing money at a problem, you are critical of them for trying to improve it by spending money on it, instead of doing more thoughtful and practical things to improve it. [V inflects] [disapproval] 11 [PHRASE 短语]花钱填无底洞;继续砸钱 If you say that someone is throwing good money after bad, you are critical of them for trying to improve a bad situation by spending more money on it, instead of doing more thoughtful or practical things to improve it. [V inflects] [disapproval] 12 [PHRASE 短语]钱花得值;物有所值;没白忙活 If you get your money's worth, you get something which is worth the money that it costs or the effort you have put in. 13 to see the colour of someone's money→see: colour ; a licence to print money →see: licence ; to be rolling in money →see: rolling ; money for old rope →see: rope ; to give someone a run for their money →see: run ; |