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
- 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。 - The money you saved up is a nest egg.
你储备的钱就成了储备金。 - Investing small amounts of money is an excellent way of building a nest egg.
小额投资是积累储备金的好方法。 - Feather one's nest; have a nest egg.
积累资金;积累应变用的储蓄。 - 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 all need a nest egg to fall back on, but not while wearing a good suit.
我们都需要有个留窝蛋当退路,但不是在穿着一身好套装的时候。 - Some of them are careful enough to have a little nest egg tucked away for the rainy days.
一些人比较谨慎,储起一点闲钱以备不时之需。 - 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。 - As too many families have discovered over the past few years, building up a nest egg can be the crucial difference between Weathering an economic storm or and being battered by it.
正如过去几年太多家庭所发现的那样,建立准备金可能是安然度过经济风暴还是受到风暴打击的重要区别。 - By retirement, they had saved up quite a nest egg.
在退休前,他们已经存了相当的本钱了。