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| | what you earn , save , invest and use to pay for things. Money can be kept in a bank , where it can earn interest . If you have a bank account , you can pay for things with a cheque 钱；金钱 | No, I can’ t come, I haven’ t got any money. 不，我不能来。我没钱。 | | make/earn money The business has made more money this year. 这家企业今年赚了更多的钱。 | | spend money (on sth) We’ ve spent a lot of money on this house. 我们在这栋房子上已花了很多钱。 | | cost (sb) money It would have cost us a lot of money to cancel the event. 要是取消了这次活动就会花掉我们一大笔钱。 | | borrow money I have had to borrow money from my family. 我不得不从家里借钱。 | | save money (=avoid spending money) You can save money by taking your own lunch. 省钱 | | save money (=put money somewhere so you can spend it later) They’ re trying to save money so that they can have a holiday. 攒钱；存钱 | | money coming in (=money being earned and available to spend) He had no job so there was no money coming in. 进项 | | have money on you (=to have money in your pocket etc) Have you got any money on you? 随身带着钱 | | lose money (=to earn less money than you spend) The industry is losing money and the government wants to sell it. 亏本；亏损；赔钱 | | birthday/Christmas money (=money received as a birthday/Christmas present) I’ m going to spend my birthday money on some new clothes. 生日/圣诞节礼金 | | raise money (=to collect money for a particular purpose) Her bike ride will help raise money for charity. 筹款 | | | a | the coins and pieces of paper you can use to pay for things 现金；现钱 | | I’ ve found some money on the floor. Is it yours? 我在地板上发现一些钱。是你的吗？ | | | | b | the coins and pieces of paper that you use to pay for things in a particular country （某一国的）货币 | | Spanish/Italian/Japanese money 西班牙/意大利/日本货币 | | |
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| - | be in the money informal
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| to suddenly have a lot of money , especially if you win it or are given it |
| 突然很有钱；暴富 |
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| - | be right on the money mainly AMERICAN informal
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| to be exactly right |
| 刚好合适；恰到好处 |
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| - | the best (sth) that money can buy informal
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| used for saying that something is of the best quality |
| （钱能买到的）最好的东西 |
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| They gave Julia the best education that money can buy. 他们给了朱莉娅最好的教育。 |
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| - | dirtymoney informal
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| money paid to someone for committing a crime |
| （干违法犯罪之事获得的）黑钱，非法收入 |
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| - | for my money spoken
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| used for emphasizing that you think what you are going to say is correct |
| 据我看来 |
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| - | get your money’ s worth
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| to feel that something you have got is worth the amount you paid for it |
| 让你的钱花得值 |
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| Get there early to make sure you get your money’ s worth. 早点到那儿以确保你的钱花得值。 |
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| - | have money to burn
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| used for saying that you think someone is spending too much money on things they do not need |
| 挥霍无度 |
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| - | have more money than sense spoken
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| used for saying that you think someone is wasting their money |
| 用钱无度；挥霍钱财 |
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| - | sb isn’ t made of money spoken
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| used for saying that someone does not have large amounts of money |
| 某人不是钱做的；某人不是很有钱 |
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| Hold on – I’ m not made of money, you know. 等一下，你知道，我可不是很有钱。 |
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| - | money for old rope BRITISH informal
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| money that you earn very easily without much work or effort |
| 轻易赚来的钱 |
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| - | money is no object informal
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| used for saying that you have a lot of money and can buy what you want |
| 钱不成问题 |
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| I want the best car you’ ve got. Money is no object. 我要买你们这里最好的车。钱不是问题。 |
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| - | moneytalks informal
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| used for saying that money gives you power |
| 金钱万能；有钱能使鬼推磨 |
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| Money talks in today’ s harsh economic climate. 在当今无情的经济环境中有钱就灵。 |
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| - | my money’ s on spoken
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| used for saying that you think a particular person is going to do or achieve something , or that a particular thing is going to happen |
| 我敢打赌；我确信 |
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| - | pay good money for sth spoken
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| to spend a lot of money on something |
| 在某物上花一大笔钱 |
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| I hope this watch isn’ t broken – I paid good money for it. 我希望这表没摔坏，我买它可花了一大笔钱。 |
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| - | put money on sth informal
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| 1 | to bet on something so that you will win money if you are right , but lose it if you are wrong 在某物上下赌注 | I put my money on three horses, and they all lost. 我在3匹马上下了赌注，但它们都输了。 | |
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| 2 | used for emphasizing that you are completely certain that something will happen 对某事确信无疑 | She’ ll be late. You can put money on it . 她会迟到，我敢打赌。 | |
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| - | put your money where your mouth is informal
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| used for saying that someone should do something , especially give money , to show that they mean what they say instead of just talking about it |
| 说话算数；兑现承诺；说给钱就给钱 |
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| - | spend money like water informal
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| to spend too much money in a careless way |
| 花钱如流水；挥金如土 |
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| - | throw good money after bad
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| to keep spending money on something to make it work when this is unlikely to happen |
| 花钱打水漂 |
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| - | throw your money around informal
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| to spend a lot of money on things you do not need |
| 大肆挥霍金钱 |
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| - | throwmoney at sth
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| to try to solve a problem by spending money on it instead of thinking of more practical ways to deal with it |
| 试图用钱解决某事 |
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| - | you pays your money and you takes your chance/choice informal
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| used for saying that you must be willing to accept that something may not be as good as you expected it to be |
| 谁都是在碰运气 |
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| Metaphor | | | | | | Money is like food , which gets eaten or is shared out. The same idea is used to talk about other types of resource. | | 金钱就像食物（food)，可以吃或分享。同样的看法也被用来谈论其他种类的资源。 | | They didn’ t get a fair share/slice of the cake/pie.他们没有分到应得的份额。
The rent takes a large bite out of their income.他们的大部分收入都拿去交租金了。
The fees have swallowed most of my grant.我大部分的助学金都用来交各种费用了。
This ate into our savings.这逐渐消耗了我们的积蓄。
The richest nations gobble up/devour the world’ s resources.最富有的国家大量吞噬世界的资源。
The company was starved of investment capital.该公司急需投资资本。
The government said that the cupboard was bare.政府说它已经没有钱了。
We have to make do with scraps from their table.我们不得不将就着用他们剩下来的资金。
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| Other ways of saying : money | | | | | | | | 含有money 之义的其他词 | | | | cash coins or notes that can be spent immediately现金: I don’ t have any cash, I’ ll have to pay with a card.我没有现金，只好用卡支付。 | | (small) change coins that are not of high value零钱: Do you have any change for the phone?你有零钱打电话吗？ | | currency the specific type of money used by a particular country（某一国家流通的）货币: We don’ t accept foreign currency, I’ m afraid.很抱歉，我们不接受外币。 | | dosh (very informal) money钱: Simon can pay, he’ s got loads of dosh!西蒙付得起，他有大把大把的钱。 | | readies (very informal) money that you can spend immediately such as banknotes or coins现金: Come on, hand over the readies!快点，把现金交出来！ | | means money that allows you to survive收入: I just don’ t have the means to go on living in such a big house.我只是没钱能让我继续住这样一栋大房子。 | | savings money that you have saved in order to spend it later储蓄: We spent half our savings on the lawyer’ s fees.我们把一半的积蓄花在支付律师费上。 | | legal tender (formal) coins or notes that are officially accepted in a particular country法定货币: As of December 4th, the £1 note will no longer be legal tender.自12月4日起，1英镑面值的钞票将不再是法定货币。 | | | |
| See also | | - pocket money | | - roll 1 | | - run 2 | | - smart money | | - time 1 | |
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