托福词汇之与“钱”有关的习语

 　　习语是一种很地道、很生活化的一种语言表达方式，在托福词汇中，有一些常见的美国习语。今天我们的托福词汇学习就来看看8个常用的不出现money的谈“钱”习语。

　　1. Balance the books: to add up all the credits and debits¹ of an account结算、结账

　　例：Thomas is in charge of balancing the books at the end of each quarter for the business.

　　托马斯负责公司每季度末的帐目清算。

　　2. Bring home the bacon: to earn money to support the family赚钱谋生、养家糊口

　　例：James does overtime² so that he can bring home the bacon.

　　詹姆斯经常加班赚钱养家。

　　3. Go Dutch: splitting (sharing) the bill equallyAA制、平分账单

　　例：Matthew and Hazel always go dutch when they eat out.

　　马修和黑兹尔下馆子吃饭的时候一向是AA制。

　　4. Gravy³ train: A job that pays a lot of money for very little effort赚大钱的清闲差事、美差、肥缺

　　例：Ian earns a fortune for three hours’ work a day. He’s really on the gravy train!

　　伊恩每天只用工作三小时，薪水却很高，他真是得了一份美差!

　　5. Nest egg: Money that has been saved up over a period of time储蓄金、筹备的积蓄

　　例：Over the years Leo has been very disciplined and saved every month. He now has a big nest egg on which he can retire.

　　利奥这些年来一直很自律，每个月都存钱。现在他有很大一笔积蓄，都可以退休了。

　　6. Cook the books: dishonest accounting⁴

　　做假账

　　例：The financial world has seen many businesses that have cooked the books to make their businesses attractive to potential investors⁵.

　　在金融界，许多公司为了使自己对潜在的投资者具有吸引力而做假账。

　　7. Golden handshake: A large sum of money that a company gives to an employee when he or she leaves (normally the top executives)丰厚的解雇金、退职金

　　例：As CEO, Ross was given a golden handshake when he agreed to leave the company.

　　作为CEO，罗斯同意离开公司的时候得到了丰厚的离职金。

　　8. Cheapskate: A person who does not like to spend money on people (This is not used as a compliment)小气鬼、吝啬鬼

　　例：Thomas did not want to spend $5 on flowers for his mother. What a cheapskate!

　　托马斯给妈妈买花连5美元都舍不得花，真是太抠门了!

　　以上就是托福词汇中跟钱有关的习语，希望能够帮助大家备考。

 

1 debits   

n.（簿记中的）收方，借方( debit的名词复数 )；从账户中提取的款项v.记入（账户）的借方( debit的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Does this item go among the credits or the debits? 这笔账应记入贷方还是借方？ 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• My bank account shows two debits of 5 each. 我的银行帐户借方记入了两笔5英镑的款项。 来自辞典例句

2 overtime   

adj.超时的，加班的；adv.加班地

参考例句：

• They are working overtime to finish the work.为了完成任务他们正在加班加点地工作。
• He was paid for the overtime he worked.他领到了加班费。

3 gravy   

n.肉汁；轻易得来的钱，外快

参考例句：

• You have spilled gravy on the tablecloth.你把肉汁泼到台布上了。
• The meat was swimming in gravy.肉泡在浓汁之中。

4 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

5 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会