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单词 currency
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Definition of currency in English:

currency

nounPlural currencies ˈkʌr(ə)nsiˈkərənsi
  • 1A system of money in general use in a particular country.

    通货,货币

    the dollar was a strong currency

    美元曾经是一种坚挺的货币。

    mass noun travellers cheques in foreign currency

    外币旅行支票。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A consensus persists that the single European currency is undervalued at present levels and should recover over the medium term.
    • We live in an age where celebrity is currency, star capital that can be parlayed into money.
    • For a long time the U.S. dollar was unchallenged as the world's reserve currency.
    • Past glories are a pretty shaky currency with which to trade as the ever-glamorous Glenn might be about to find out.
    • Why has this term become common currency amongst students of international politics?
    • The meeting will also discuss growing calls for a common Asian currency.
    • Should Britain abandon the pound and join the European single currency?
    • The deal was verbal, but a nod and a handshake are accepted currency in racing.
    • The government pegged its currency to the U.S. dollar starting in 1991.
    • We are an expensive destination because their currencies have effectively been devalued by around 30 % against ours.
    • Mobiles were as good as currency these days so no one was going to see one and just leave it lying around.
    • You may need to be careful you don't lose money if there is a transfer between currencies.
    • Tourism also has fueled the black market, where drugs are sold and foreign currency is exchanged.
    • It depends, as all currencies do, on people believing that it will hold its value over the long run.
    • The 45 became pop's day-to-day currency.
    • The reason I remember it is because of its equivalent value in harder currencies.
    • In our day the false currency of meaningless words has been made to circulate in quantity.
    • When properly used, these indicators can be an invaluable resource for any currency trader.
    • Because of currency devaluations, many people started to collect antiques as an investment.
    • Use of gold and silver as currency is, however, now a thing of the past.
    Synonyms
    money, legal tender, medium of exchange, cash, banknotes, notes, paper money, coins, coinage
    North American bills
    formal specie
    See also: money
  • 2mass noun The fact or quality of being generally accepted or in use.

    通用;流通;通行;流行

    the term gained wider currency after the turn of the century
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Yet whatever currency such views have gained, it is doubtful if he himself would have recognized them.
    • Many of these inkhorn coinages were used only once and gained no currency at all among other writers.
    • These ideas have gained a lot of currency in the study of literary genres.
    • The words and concepts which gain or lose currency in the media reflect the change.
    • It was only after the establishment of British rule that the word India gained currency.
    • Is the benefit purely economic, or do they also gain discursive currency?
    • It is only in the last 10 to 15 years that alternative views have begun to gain currency.
    • However, as Outsider Art began to gain currency in the United Sates, the definition started to blur.
    • I agree that we should hope these talking points really gain currency.
    • However, the refrain that Australia should not become involved is gaining wider currency.
    • The perception that he is a stranger to the truth has gained universal currency - on very good grounds.
    • This was a new phrase, gaining currency, used by people incapable of understanding their own troubles.
    • Unsurprisingly, he was attacked vehemently by the church before his ideas gained common currency and became the new orthodoxy.
    • In between times, the word gained some currency for the drug treatment of any disease condition.
    • I realised it would increase my currency if I didn't do any interviews.
    • A brief story about its use appeared last November but didn't gain wider currency.
    • No doubt that theory is also gaining currency amongst the usual apologists.
    • Some of these may have gained currency only in certain parts of the world.
    • In some, ideas of wider participation gained currency and even implementation.
    • The idea may have gained currency that he is a bit of a saint, what with all his campaigning.
    Synonyms
    prevalence, circulation, dissemination, publicity, exposure
    acceptance, popularity, traction, fashionableness, voguishness
    1. 2.1 The time during which something is in use or operation.
      流通(或流行)时间
      no claim had been made during the currency of the policy

      该政策执行期间没有人提出索赔。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The storage administrator will also need to manage the number and currency of snapshots.
      • The term was also used as a verb and, in the days of its currency, a petardier was the individual charged with the explosion of the petard.

Definition of currency in US English:

currency

nounˈkərənsēˈkərənsi
  • 1A system of money in general use in a particular country.

    通货,货币

    the dollar was a strong currency

    美元曾经是一种坚挺的货币。

    travelers checks in foreign currency

    外币旅行支票。

    figurative he was rich in the currency of love
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Past glories are a pretty shaky currency with which to trade as the ever-glamorous Glenn might be about to find out.
    • The reason I remember it is because of its equivalent value in harder currencies.
    • The 45 became pop's day-to-day currency.
    • You may need to be careful you don't lose money if there is a transfer between currencies.
    • For a long time the U.S. dollar was unchallenged as the world's reserve currency.
    • A consensus persists that the single European currency is undervalued at present levels and should recover over the medium term.
    • It depends, as all currencies do, on people believing that it will hold its value over the long run.
    • Tourism also has fueled the black market, where drugs are sold and foreign currency is exchanged.
    • The meeting will also discuss growing calls for a common Asian currency.
    • Why has this term become common currency amongst students of international politics?
    • The deal was verbal, but a nod and a handshake are accepted currency in racing.
    • The government pegged its currency to the U.S. dollar starting in 1991.
    • Because of currency devaluations, many people started to collect antiques as an investment.
    • We live in an age where celebrity is currency, star capital that can be parlayed into money.
    • In our day the false currency of meaningless words has been made to circulate in quantity.
    • We are an expensive destination because their currencies have effectively been devalued by around 30 % against ours.
    • When properly used, these indicators can be an invaluable resource for any currency trader.
    • Should Britain abandon the pound and join the European single currency?
    • Use of gold and silver as currency is, however, now a thing of the past.
    • Mobiles were as good as currency these days so no one was going to see one and just leave it lying around.
    Synonyms
    money, legal tender, medium of exchange, cash, banknotes, notes, paper money, coins, coinage
  • 2The fact or quality of being generally accepted or in use.

    通用;流通;通行;流行

    the term gained currency during the second half of the 20th century
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The words and concepts which gain or lose currency in the media reflect the change.
    • I agree that we should hope these talking points really gain currency.
    • The perception that he is a stranger to the truth has gained universal currency - on very good grounds.
    • It was only after the establishment of British rule that the word India gained currency.
    • These ideas have gained a lot of currency in the study of literary genres.
    • The idea may have gained currency that he is a bit of a saint, what with all his campaigning.
    • It is only in the last 10 to 15 years that alternative views have begun to gain currency.
    • However, as Outsider Art began to gain currency in the United Sates, the definition started to blur.
    • Yet whatever currency such views have gained, it is doubtful if he himself would have recognized them.
    • However, the refrain that Australia should not become involved is gaining wider currency.
    • This was a new phrase, gaining currency, used by people incapable of understanding their own troubles.
    • No doubt that theory is also gaining currency amongst the usual apologists.
    • In some, ideas of wider participation gained currency and even implementation.
    • I realised it would increase my currency if I didn't do any interviews.
    • Is the benefit purely economic, or do they also gain discursive currency?
    • A brief story about its use appeared last November but didn't gain wider currency.
    • Unsurprisingly, he was attacked vehemently by the church before his ideas gained common currency and became the new orthodoxy.
    • Many of these inkhorn coinages were used only once and gained no currency at all among other writers.
    • Some of these may have gained currency only in certain parts of the world.
    • In between times, the word gained some currency for the drug treatment of any disease condition.
    Synonyms
    prevalence, circulation, dissemination, publicity, exposure
    1. 2.1 The time during which something is in use or operation.
      流通(或流行)时间
      no claim had been made during the currency of the policy

      该政策执行期间没有人提出索赔。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The storage administrator will also need to manage the number and currency of snapshots.
      • The term was also used as a verb and, in the days of its currency, a petardier was the individual charged with the explosion of the petard.
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