【money音标】 英[ˈmʌni] 美[ˈmʌni]
【单词释义】 money是什么意思:
n.[U]钱;钱币;钞票;财富;薪水;[C]款项
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] monies,moneys
【关联词/派生词】
monetary adj.货币的;金融的;金钱的;钱的
【money形近词/近似词】
honey n.蜂蜜;宝贝 v.给…加蜜
journey n.(尤指长途)旅行 v.(尤指长途)旅行
chimney n.烟囱,烟道;玻璃灯罩
kidney n.肾,肾脏;(动物的)腰子;脾气,性格
【单词例句】
◇ and she dared not go home, for she had sold no matches, and could not take home even a penny of money. Her father would certainly beat her;
她也不敢回家,因为她还没有卖掉一根火柴,没有挣到一个铜板,她的父亲一定会因此而打她;
◇ With a greedy motivation of making big money, I took up working as a business representative for the G.E Ecology Company, which produced goods by recycling useful materials from our dustbins.
带着想挣大钱的贪婪动机,我开始给一家叫G.E生态公司的企业当商务代表,这家公司通过回收我们垃圾箱里的有用材料生产商品。
---- An Air Crash
◇ Many years ago, there was an Emperor, who was so excessively fond of new clothes, that he spent all his money in dress.
许多年以前有一位皇帝,他非常喜欢穿好看的新衣服。他为了要穿得漂亮,把所有的钱都花到衣服上去了。
◇ In 1956, he visited Africa, his birthplace. One day, when he was wandering on the pavement near the bay enjoying the sea scenes, he lost his money and passport that he kept in an envelope. So he went to the embassy to seek help, but the ambassador with rude manners didn’t permit his staff to help though he bowed to him.
1956年,他回到他的出生地非洲。有一天,当他在海湾边的人行道上漫步欣赏海景时,他丢失了一个装着钱和护照的信封,于是向当地的大使馆寻求帮助。但是大使态度非常粗鲁,即使向他鞠躬,也不允许他的职员帮忙。
---- Sailing Home
◇ I formed my first band called “Rolling Frog”. At the beginning, we relied on performing on instruments in pubs or to passers –by to earn extra money in cash.
我组成的第一支乐队叫做“摇滚蛙”。开始,我们依靠在酒吧里或向路人表演乐器来挣些零花的现金。
---- My First Band
◇ Medals seem to have magical power causing them to cheat, and the prize money has replaced the motto as their only goal.
奖牌似乎有某种魔力使他们作假,奖金也已经代替了奥运格言成为了他们唯一的目标。
---- A Fair Competition
◇ Having survived her day of housework, Kirsten Taylor has now settled into the new routine. She loves spending more time with her son, saving money on childcare and getting through her to-do list. Her personality and "head down, bum up" work style suit the arrangement perfectly, she says.
好不容易结束了干家务的一天,柯尔斯顿·泰勒现在适应了新常规。她喜欢和儿子共度更多时光,省下了一些托管费,也做了更多想做的事。她说,她的性格和“埋头苦干”的工作风格与新的工作制非常合拍。
---- New Zealand employees try four-day week
◇ The money for which I shall sell this milk will enable me to increase my stock of eggs to three hundred,These eggs,allowing for what may prove addle,and what may be destroyed by vermin,will produce at least two hundred and fifty chickens.
我卖了这罐牛奶后,用这笔钱买鸡蛋,这样我有的鸡蛋可以增加到300个。用这300个鸡蛋孵小鸡,这就算有坏的、生虫的,至少也能孵出250只小鸡。
---- The country Maid and Her Milk Can
◇ "I am no longer a kid, I don't play around trees anymore." The boy replied, "I want toys. I need money to buy them."
“我不再是小孩了,我不会再到树下玩耍了。”男孩答到,“我想要玩具,我需要钱来买。”
---- A Boy and His Tree
◇ I bought this policy for you, though the amount is only $100k, I hope it will be able to help me continue my promise that I have made when we got married, I might not be around anymore, I want this amount of money to continue taking care of you, just like the way I will if I could have live longer.
我为你买了这份保险。虽然金额总数才区区10万美元,但我希望它能帮助我继续履行我们结婚时我所起的照顾你一生一世的诺言。我不能再陪你一起度过你的余生,但我希望保险金额里的钱能够帮助我实现照顾你后半生生活的愿望,就像我可以重生的话那样照顾你。
---- Life Together