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N-UNCOUNT
錢;金錢
Money is the coins or bank notes that you use to buy things, or the sum that you have in a bank account.
例句
A lot of the money that you pay at the cinema goes back to the film distributors...
你在電影院消費的一大部分錢都會回到電影發行商手里。
Players should be allowed to earn money from advertising...
應該允許運動員拍廣告掙錢。
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N-PLURAL
款項;錢款
Monies is used to refer to several separate sums of money that form part of a larger amount that is received or spent.
例句
We drew up a schedule of payments for the rest of the monies owed.
我們起草了一份剩余欠款的還款計劃。
...the investment and management of monies by pension funds.
養老基金對資金的投資與管理
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PHRASE
有花不完的錢;錢多得燙手;錢多得燒包
If you say that someone has money to burn, you mean that they have more money than they need or that they spend their money on things that you think are unnecessary.
例句
He was a high-earning broker with money to burn.
他是高收入的經紀人，有花不完的錢。
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PHRASE
非常有錢的;手頭寬裕的
If you are in the money, you have a lot of money to spend.
例句
If you are one of the lucky callers chosen to play, you could be in the money.
如果你有幸成為其中一個被選中參加表演的來電者，就可能會賺大錢。
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PHRASE
掙錢;賺錢
If you make money, you obtain money by earning it or by making a profit.
例句
They couldn't find work or make money in the cities.
他們在城市找不到工作，也賺不到錢。
...the only bit of the firm that consistently made money.
公司唯一一直賺錢的一小塊業務
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PHRASE
用行動證明自己的話；說到做到;說給錢就給錢
If you say that you want someone to put their money where their mouth is, you want them to spend money to improve a bad situation, instead of just talking about improving it.
例句
The government might be obliged to put its money where its mouth is to prove its commitment.
政府也許會被迫付出行動，以兌現承諾。
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PHRASE
(因掌握內情而下的)高明賭注
If you say that the smart money is on a particular person or thing, you mean that people who know a lot about it think that this person will be successful, or this thing will happen.
例句
With England not playing, the smart money was on the Germans...
英格蘭隊沒有參賽，所以人們看好德國隊應該會贏。
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PHRASE
金錢萬能;有錢能使鬼推磨
If you say that money talks, you mean that if someone has a lot of money, they also have a lot of power.
例句
The formula in Hollywood is simple—money talks.
好萊塢的生存規則很簡單，就是金錢萬能。
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PHRASE
白白扔錢;花冤枉錢
If you say that someone is throwing money at a problem, you are critical of them for trying to improve it by spending money on it, instead of doing more thoughtful and practical things to improve it.
例句
The Australian government's answer to the problem has been to throw money at it.
澳大利亞政府對這個問題的解決方案一直就是大把往里扔錢。
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PHRASE
花錢填無底洞;繼續砸錢
If you say that someone is throwing good money after bad, you are critical of them for trying to improve a bad situation by spending more money on it, instead of doing more thoughtful or practical things to improve it.
例句
Further heavy intervention would be throwing good money after bad.
進一步加大干預的力度只會是繼續白扔錢。
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PHRASE
錢花得值;物有所值；沒白忙活
If you get your money's worth, you get something which is worth the money that it costs or the effort you have put in.
例句
The fans get their money's worth.
粉絲們的錢沒白花。