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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.
        1. 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。

      英英释义

      noun

      • device consisting of an artificial egg left in a nest to induce hens to lay their eggs in it
        1. a fund of money put by as a reserve
            Synonym:savings

          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。