情景会话口袋书人际篇120:投资理财(4)

 　　13. They decide to participate in the financing of the building.

　　他们决定参与楼盘的投资。

　　还能这样说：

　　They have made a decision of investing the housing.

　　They determine to invest the house building.

　　应用解析：

　　arrive at a decision 做出决定；

　　reach a decision 做决定；

　　with decision 断然

　　14. We must have long sight when making an investment.

　　我们投资时要有远见。

　　还能这样说：

　　We must have long heads when making an investment.

　　We must have the foresight¹ to invest.

　　应用解析：

　　short sight 近视，缺乏远见；

　　a sight of 非常多的；

　　come into sight 呈现在眼前；

　　heave in sight 出现在地平线上；映入眼帘

　　15. It proved to be a wise investment.

　　事实证明，这次投资是明智的。

　　还能这样说：

　　The facts proved that the investment was lucrative².

　　The investment proved to be remunerative³.

　　应用解析：

　　prove out 证明是合适的；证明是令人满意的；

　　prove (oneself) to be 证明（自己）是；

　　prove up 具备……条件；探明

　　16. I lost a bunch of money on investment this year.

　　我今年投资输了一些钱。

　　还能这样说：

　　I suffered a lot of money in this year's investment.

　　I did a business at a loss.

　　应用解析：

　　a bunch of fives 拳头，手；

　　the best of the bunch 精华，一批或一群中的最佳者

　　17. You have no business throwing money like that.

　　你不该花钱如流水。

　　还能这样说：

　　You shouldn't spend money without stint⁴.

　　You are not supposed to spend money like water.

　　应用解析：

　　throw oneself into 积极投身于；

　　throw out 抛出，扔掉；解雇；

　　throw up 呕吐；辞职；洗手不干

1 foresight   

n.先见之明，深谋远虑

参考例句：

• The failure is the result of our lack of foresight.这次失败是由于我们缺乏远虑而造成的。
• It required a statesman's foresight and sagacity to make the decision.作出这个决定需要政治家的远见卓识。

2 lucrative   

adj.赚钱的，可获利的

参考例句：

• He decided to turn his hobby into a lucrative sideline.他决定把自己的爱好变成赚钱的副业。
• It was not a lucrative profession.那是一个没有多少油水的职业。

3 remunerative   

adj.有报酬的

参考例句：

• He is prepared to make a living by accepting any remunerative chore.为了生计，他准备接受任何有酬报的杂活。
• A doctor advised her to seek remunerative employment.一个医生建议她去找有酬劳的工作。

4 stint   

v.节省，限制，停止；n.舍不得化，节约，限制；连续不断的一段时间从事某件事

参考例句：

• He lavished money on his children without stint.他在孩子们身上花钱毫不吝惜。
• We hope that you will not stint your criticism.我们希望您不吝指教。