付钱”英语里可不是”pay money”!那正确说法应该是什么?

2020-04-27   英文微课堂


pay money错在哪?

pay表示:付钱给某人,而收钱的一定是人
如果你说pay money,就变成money收钱,也就是说“钱”收钱了
所以,付钱说个“pay”就够够的了!

例句:
I must pay her.
我应该付她钱。

I pay them by the hour.
我按小时付给他们钱。

英语中关于money的习语应用也是超高频!

Color of someone's money
某人拥有的钱的数量

Show me the color of your money and then we can talk.
先给我看看你有多少钱,再来跟我说话。

If we knew the color of the company's money we could make a better bid on the deal.
如果我们知道这家公司的资产数目,就可以对这次交易更好地投标了。

Easy money
轻而易举就能赚来的钱

Making easy money has always been an attractive proposition
轻松赚钱总是件诱人的事。

Unfortunately, there are few jobs which are truly easy money.
不幸的是,能够轻松挣钱的工作少之又少。

Front money
接受某物之前付的订金

I'll need to put up $100,000 front money to get in on the deal.
我需要付十万美元的订金才能参与交易。

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,启动资金是由业主的家人负担的,但在经营三年之后,她便能够偿还这些投资了。

Heavy money
许多钱

Tom will bring heavy money into the company if he agrees to invest.
如果汤姆同意投资,他会把一大笔钱都投到公司里。

They have heavy money. I'm sure they'll buy the house.
他们多的是钱。我相信他们一定会买下这栋房子的。

Hush money
以不泄露信息为条件付给某人的钱

He got a large sum of hush money.
他拿到了一大笔封口费。

I was told the manager has been paying her hush money every monthjust to keep her silent.
我听说,经理为了不让那清洁工说出去而每个月给她一笔钱,目的就是在于让她别做声。

Mad money
为玩乐准备的钱

We've put away a few thousand dollars in mad money for our next vacation.
为了下个假期,我们准备了几千美元的私房钱。

Don't go to Las Vegas without some mad money.
别两手空空地去拉斯维加斯。

Money from home
轻而易举得到的钱

Peter thinks investing in stocks is money from home.
皮特认为把钱用来买股票就能轻松赚钱。

She's looking for a job that's money from home. Good luck!
她在找一个能轻松赚钱的工作。祝她好运!