mon‧ey S1 W1 / mʌni / 名词 [不可数名词]
1 what you earn by working and can use to buy things. Money can be in the form of notes and coins or cheques, and can be kept in a bank :
Don’t spend all your money on the first day of your holiday!
The repairs will cost quite a lot of money.
2 money in the form of coins or notes that you can carry around with you 同义词 cash :
You’ll find some money in my purse.
I didn’t have any money on me (= I was not carrying any money ) .
Swiss/Japanese/Turkish etc money
Don’t forget to get some Swiss money before you leave.
We can change some money at the airport (= change it into the money of another country ) .
3 someone’s wealth, including all the property and other things they own :
The family made their money in the woollen trade.
He had lost all his money gambling.
4 the money informal the amount of money that you earn for doing a job :
It sounds quite an interesting job, but I don’t know what the money’s like yet.
You have to work long hours and the money’s terrible!
5 pay good money for something spoken to spend a lot of money on something :
Don’t let the children jump around on the sofa. I paid good money for that.
6 put/pump/pour money into something to give money to a company or business so that it will become successful and you will earn money from it in the future :
No one’s going to put money into the company while the market is so unstable.
7 there’s money (to be made) in something spoken used to say that you can earn a lot of money from doing a particular job or type of business :
There’s a lot of money in sport these days.
Teaching can be very rewarding, but there’s no money in it.
8 I’m not made of money spoken used to say that you cannot afford something when someone asks you to pay for it.
9 have money to burn to have more money than you need, so that you spend it on unnecessary things :
Unless you’ve got money to burn, these expensive guitars are probably not for you.
10 get your money’s worth to get something worth the price that you paid :
At that price, you want to make sure you get your money’s worth.
11 be in the money informal to have a lot of money suddenly, or when you did not expect to
12 money is no object informal used to say that someone can spend as much money as they want to on something
13 for my money spoken used when giving your opinion about something to emphasize that you believe it strongly :
For my money, he’s one of the best TV comedians ever.
14 put (your) money on something to risk money on the result of a race or competition
15 I’d put (my) money on something spoken used to say that you feel sure that something will happen
16 my money’s on somebody/something ( also the smart money’s on somebody/something ) spoken used to say that you feel sure someone will win a race or competition, or that something will happen
17 money for old rope British English spoken money that you earn very easily by doing a job that is not difficult
18 put your money where your mouth is informal to show by your actions that you really believe what you say
19 money talks spoken used to say that people with money have power and can get what they want
20 be (right) on the money American English spoken to be completely correct or right :
You were right on the money when you said that he would have to resign.
21 marry (into) money to marry someone whose family is rich
→ monies , blood money , hush money , → give somebody a (good) run for their money at run 2 ( 11 ) , → have a (good) run for your money at run 2 ( 12 ) , → throw money at something at throw 1 ( 19 )
COLLOCATIONS
动词
have money I didn’t have enough money to pay for it.
make/earn money She makes a little money by babysitting.
spend money (on something) More money should be spent on training.
cost money/cost a lot of money Good food doesn’t have to cost a lot of money.
save money (= use less money ) Companies fired workers to save money.
make money (= make a profit ) The farm was beginning to make money at last.
lose money (= not make a profit, so that you then have less money ) The movie didn’t attract audiences and lost money for the studio.
pay money (for something) Has he paid the money he owes you?
lend somebody money My dad lent me money to buy a car.
borrow money They arranged to borrow money from the bank to buy a house.
owe somebody money He owes me money.
waste money (on something) Don’t waste your money on a computer that doesn’t have enough memory.
raise money (= do something to get money for a charity, school etc ) The Christmas fair raises money for the school.
save up money She had saved up enough money to buy a car.
give somebody their money back ( also refund sb’s money ) (= give money back to a customer ) We regret that we are unable to refund money on tickets.
money goes on something (= is spent on something ) All the money went on doctor’s bills.
money comes in (= is earned and received ) Rob wasn’t working for a while, so we had less money coming in.
money comes from something (= used to say how someone makes their money ) All of Dawson’s money came from drugs.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + money
good money (= a lot of money ) Preston earns good money as a lawyer.
big money informal (= a very large amount of money ) Basketball players make big money.
easy money (= money that you earn easily ) For many, selling drugs seems like easy money.
spending money (= an amount of money that you can spend on anything you want ) We had £500 spending money saved for our holiday.
pocket money/spending money British English (= a small amount of money that parents regularly give their children ) How much pocket money do you get?
government/taxpayers’/public money More taxpayer’s money should be spent on the railways.
短语
a sum of money ( also an amount of money ) £10,000 seemed a huge sum of money to me.
be a waste of money Fancy clothes for a baby are a waste of money.
be value for money British English (= used when saying that something is worth the amount of money you pay for it ) The holiday was excellent value for money.
COMMON ERRORS
► Do not say ’ gain money ‘. Say make money .
THESAURUS
money what you use to buy things, in the form of notes or coins : He spent all his money on computer equipment.
cash money in the form of coins and notes : I didn’t have any cash with me.
currency the money used in a particular country : The dollar gained in value against other currencies. | a single European currency
change money in the form of coins of low value : Do you have any small change? | a pocketful of loose change
note British English , bill American English a piece of paper money : a £20 note | a $5 bill
coin a flat round piece of metal used as money : She put some coins in the parking meter. | He took a coin out of his pocket.
a ten-pence/50-cent etc piece a coin worth a particular amount