課程筆記:
29. money ['mʌni]
Basic need
音形義
Everyday Expressions
n. 金錢;財富
Money doesn't always bring happiness.
紙幣(美鈔) a bill
硬幣 a coin/ hard money
外幣 foreign currency
假幣 bogus ['bəuɡəs] money/ counterfeit money ['kauntəfit]
復合詞語
moneybags (富翁);
moneylender (放債者);
money-maker (賺大錢的人)
常見搭配 Useful Phrases
賺錢 to make/earn money
為了錢而結婚 to marry into money
亂花錢 to throw one's money away
投資于 to put money into sth.
習語與俗語 Idioms & Slangs
fun money 節省或保存下來的用于個人享受的錢
have money to burn 有的是錢
marry money 和有錢人結婚
生活用語 Street Talks
(1)
Marian saves a small part of her salary as fun money every month.
(2)
A: If I have enough money, I'm going to take a trip abroad.
B: But you do earn a lot!
A: Well, I spend half my money on clothes. (把一半錢花在…)
B: Icy, if I were you, I'd lay out my money more carefully. (謹慎用錢)
(3)
A: If I buy that car, I'll have to borrow some money.
B: Where is your money?
A: I ventured my money on the stocks. (拿錢買股票投機)
joint venture 合資
put money into sth. 投資
(4)
A: Gosh! We're in the money! (發財了)
B: Yeah! Thank God! We won a thousand dollars at the races today!
諺語 Proverbs
Money makes the mare go.有錢能使鬼推磨。
Money talks. 金錢萬能。
名言 Quotations
Christianity is art & not money. Money is its curse. [,kristi'ænəti]
William Blake (1757-1827), English poet, painter, engraver. Notes on The Laocoon (engraved c. 1820; repr. in Complete Writings, ed. by Geoffrey Keynes, 1957)