pay money錯在哪?
pay表示:付錢給某人,而收錢的一定是人
如果你說pay money,就變成money收錢,也就是說「錢」收錢了
所以,付錢說個「pay」就夠夠的了!
例句:
I must pay her.
我應該付她錢。
I pay them by the hour.
我按小時付給他們錢。
英語中關於money的習語應用也是超高頻!
Color of someone's money
某人擁有的錢的數量
Show me the color of your money and then we can talk.
先給我看看你有多少錢,再來跟我說話。
If we knew the color of the company's money we could make a better bid on the deal.
如果我們知道這家公司的資產數目,就可以對這次交易更好地投標了。
Easy money
輕而易舉就能賺來的錢
Making easy money has always been an attractive proposition
輕鬆賺錢總是件誘人的事。
Unfortunately, there are few jobs which are truly easy money.
不幸的是,能夠輕鬆掙錢的工作少之又少。
Front money
接受某物之前付的訂金
I'll need to put up $100,000 front money to get in on the deal.
我需要付十萬美元的訂金才能參與交易。
At first most of the front money was given by the owner's family, but shewas able to pay them back after the third year she was in business.
起初,啟動資金是由業主的家人負擔的,但在經營三年之後,她便能夠償還這些投資了。
Heavy money
許多錢
Tom will bring heavy money into the company if he agrees to invest.
如果湯姆同意投資,他會把一大筆錢都投到公司里。
They have heavy money. I'm sure they'll buy the house.
他們多的是錢。我相信他們一定會買下這棟房子的。
Hush money
以不泄露信息為條件付給某人的錢
He got a large sum of hush money.
他拿到了一大筆封口費。
I was told the manager has been paying her hush money every monthjust to keep her silent.
我聽說,經理為了不讓那清潔工說出去而每個月給她一筆錢,目的就是在於讓她別做聲。
Mad money
為玩樂準備的錢
We've put away a few thousand dollars in mad money for our next vacation.
為了下個假期,我們準備了幾千美元的私房錢。
Don't go to Las Vegas without some mad money.
別兩手空空地去拉斯維加斯。
Money from home
輕而易舉得到的錢
Peter thinks investing in stocks is money from home.
皮特認為把錢用來買股票就能輕鬆賺錢。
She's looking for a job that's money from home. Good luck!
她在找一個能輕鬆賺錢的工作。祝她好運!