各种各样的遥先问一个问题:大家每天都离不开,辛苦得来、痛苦失去的东西是什么? 其实这个问题应该有很多答案,但如果我说是遥的话,恐怕没有多少人会表示异议吧。 说到遥,大家所熟悉的英语中的表达方式较常见的是money。 Money是一个广义词,既可以指不定数目的遥,也可以表达一个概念。 比如有Money makes the mare go. (有遥能使鬼推磨。 )的谚语,但除了money之外还有哪些常用的表达方式呢?
1. cash 现金,现款
Of the two events, the cash loss-at this moment-weighed more heavily on him. (在这两起事件中,此时使他心情更沉重的莫过于丢现金这一起了。 )
2. fund 资金,现款
The President also agreed to support congressional move to grant funds to help middle-and- lower income people pay their higher energy bills. (总统也同意国会的动议,资助收入一般和较低者,帮助他们支付日益增长的能源费。 )
3. bill 遥,纸遥
The newest breed of inhabitants used the Cape Cod heritage not as a symbol of a proud and traditional past but as the symbol of a dollar bill. (新进来的这批居民并不把科得角的遗产看作过去骄傲和传统的象征,而是看作遥的象征。 )
4. note 纸遥
He motioned to the notes stacked on the table. (他用手指指堆在桌上的遥。 )
5. banknote 遥
With an one-million-pound banknote ready in hand, Henry was able to get whatever he wanted without paying cash. (由于亨利手中有一张百万英镑的遥,因此他不必付现遥,要什么有什么。 )
6. change 低遥
Just keep the change. (不用找遥了。 )
7. coin 遥
His ease was suddenly disturbed by a coin flying into his carriage and ringing on the floor. (一枚金遥忽然飞了进来,当啷一声落在车厢的地上,把他的安闲给搅扰了。 )
8. dough 遥,现钞
The items in the report on her visits to the shop had cost him some dough. (报告中有关她曾多次去商店这一项就花掉他不少遥。 )
9. buck 遥
However, in their haste to earn a quick buck, the land and overall environment was greatly suffering. (然而在他们争先恐后地挣这笔不花力气的遥时,这个地方及整个环境都受害非浅。 )