nest egg
英 [ˈnest eɡ]
美 [ˈnest eɡ]
n. 备用的钱; 储备金
牛津词典
noun
- 备用的钱;储备金
a sum of money that you save to use in the future
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 储备金;存款
Anest eggis a sum of money that you are saving for a particular purpose.- They have a little nest egg tucked away somewhere for a rainy day.
他们把一小笔钱存在了什么地方,以备不时之需。
- They have a little nest egg tucked away somewhere for a rainy day.
英英释义
noun
- device consisting of an artificial egg left in a nest to induce hens to lay their eggs in it
- a fund of money put by as a reserve
双语例句
- They have their nest egg in the bank they hope to buy a house in two years.
他们在银行有一笔本钱,希望在两年内买栋房子。 - To retire comfortably, your nest egg should be about 20 times what you want your annual income to be.
为了舒服地退休,你的储备金应该说是你年收入的20倍! - The money you saved up is a nest egg.
你储备的钱就成了储备金。 - These men never got jobs; never got married; never have a reason to build a nest egg.
这些人从没有工作,从未结婚,从来没有理由攒钱。 - Over the years Leo has been very disciplined and saved every month. He now has a big nest egg on which he can retire.
这些年来利奥一直严于律己且每个月都攒钱,他现在已经有了一大笔养老金。 - By the spring of this year I found myself unemployed, unemployment benefits expired and no proverbial "nest egg" that my mom often preached to me about.
今年春天我发现自己依然失业,失业津贴也过期了,再也没有我母亲说的“储备金”了。 - After growing a small nest egg into a real estate fortune, Allen decided to share his powerful system.
之后,越来越多的小巢鸡蛋变成房地产财富,艾伦决定分享他的强大系统。 - We'll have quite the little nest egg for our future.
我们将有自己的小窝了。 - Start creating a nest egg for your transition now by creating a spreadsheet in your Blackberry or PDA that keeps track of where your money is going on a daily basis.
从现在开始为你的转行存一笔储蓄吧,在你的蓝莓或多普达上建立一份电子数据表记录你每天的消费记录。 - That's not much of a nest egg; money tied up in a house can't pay for daily rounds of golf or flights to Antigua, let alone food or prescriptions.
这可算不上足够的养老金:拴在房子上的钱不能用来支付日常的大笔开销,无论是打高尔夫球,还是去安提瓜岛的机票,更不消说卖食物和支付医生的处方了。