雅思词汇解析：金钱相关的英语词汇及表达方式

雅思词汇解析，释义到用法，清清楚楚

每一次的进步，都是来自点点滴滴的积累

金钱相关的英语词汇及表达方式

1. peanut /'piːnʌt/

嗯嗯嗯?所以花生和钱有什么关系呢?一起来看看!

e.g. Five billion dollars is peanuts compared to what the government spends each year. 相比政府每年的开支，五十亿美元不算什么。

Peanuts 这里指的是: a very small amount of money. 而且注意下多用做复数形式。

e.g. He works all day for peanuts. 努力搬砖但赚的钱还不够打酱油的感觉?

顺便来看一个本季度P3的口语话题：Is it expensive to decorate a house or an apartment in the place where you live?

怎么说呢?比起买房，装潢那点钱根本不算什么好吗?

The cost of decoration and furnishings is just peanuts compared to a new apartment!

2. meager /ˈmi:gə/

adj. (of amounts or numbers) very small or not enough 过少的;不足的

如：meager salaries / income 微薄的工资。

刚才讲的peanuts 指的是钱方面的不足，meager会更多样一些。

e.g. They existed on a meager diet. 靠少量食物为生。

再来看一个口话题：Do you prefer living in an old building or a modern house?

不选old buildings的原因如：In most of old buildings, the furniture was meager, basic, and worn out. 家具都很简陋并且破旧不堪。

3. make (both)ends meet

earn enough to pay your living expenses 使收支相抵;足够维持生活.

所以这里的两个ends 就可以多被理解为：income and expenses

e.g. With the rising cost of living, I have to work three jobs to make ends meet. 随着生活成本的上升，我必须要打三份共才能勉强收支平衡。

注：cost of living 生活成本

同样是口语话题中，涉及到城市生活的弊端，people in big cities lead a busy life and they have to work so hard to make both ends meet.

4. broke /brəʊk/

adj. : not having any money一文不名;身无分文

注意不要和broken 混淆。

e.g. I can't afford to go on holiday this year - I'm broke.

也可以是 flat broke, flat 用作副词，表示完全;断然。

当然表示很穷还有其他表达，如strapped, penniless, live paycheck to paycheck(我们常说的月光族)

另外还有一个感觉被冒犯的短语: working poor (一天到晚瞎忙又不赚钱的群体)

说回broke, 也指公司破产倒闭等。

Many small businesses went broke during the recession. 经济衰退下很多小公司倒闭了。

破产的：go broke/ bankrupt/ under