英语单词短语词组“money pit”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析-英汉词典

money pit

noun[C]

informal

/ˈmʌn.i ˌpɪt/us

/ˈmʌn.i ˌpɪt/

something on which youkeephaving tospenda lot ofmoney,especiallywhen it may be awasteofmoney:

大钱坑，花钱无底洞

We don'twanttheprojecttobecomeamoneypit.我们不希望这个项目变成一个要不断投钱进去的无底洞。

Oldhousescanbecomemoneypitsfortheirowners.老房子可能成为要业主不断投钱进去的无底洞。

More examples

SomepeoplethinktheOlympicGamesis amoneypitand notworththebother.
Children are anever-endingmoneypit.
Whereotherssawamoneypit, hesawopportunity.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Costing too much

a bottomless pitidiom
bottomless
capital intensive
cheap
cheap at half the priceidiom
cost an arm and a leg/a small fortuneidiom
costsomeonea pretty pennyidiom
costsomeonedearidiom
daylight robbery
dear
exorbitant
gouge
outprice
pretty
price fixing
pricesomeoneout
priceyourselfout of the marketidiom
prohibitive
prohibitively
sight

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(Definition ofmoney pitfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmoney pit

money pit

It is time to stop pouring money into themoneypitand to rescue what can still be rescued.

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This was themoneypitthat spurred his son into digging tunnels to support it.

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These scams offer only amoneypit, where no matter how much time and money is invested, consumers never achieve the riches or financial freedom that they were promised.

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During this crisis, we will not be able to afford projects which are just about prestige or those which are simply money pits.

FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English

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单词	money pit
释义	money pit noun[C] informal uk /ˈmʌn.i ˌpɪt/us /ˈmʌn.i ˌpɪt/ something on which youkeephaving tospenda lot ofmoney,especiallywhen it may be awasteofmoney: 大钱坑，花钱无底洞 We don'twanttheprojecttobecomeamoneypit.我们不希望这个项目变成一个要不断投钱进去的无底洞。 Oldhousescanbecomemoneypitsfortheirowners.老房子可能成为要业主不断投钱进去的无底洞。 More examples SomepeoplethinktheOlympicGamesis amoneypitand notworththebother. Children are anever-endingmoneypit. Whereotherssawamoneypit, hesawopportunity. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Costing too much a bottomless pitidiom bottomless capital intensive cheap cheap at half the priceidiom cost an arm and a leg/a small fortuneidiom costsomeonea pretty pennyidiom costsomeonedearidiom daylight robbery dear exorbitant gouge outprice pretty price fixing pricesomeoneout priceyourselfout of the marketidiom prohibitive prohibitively sight See more results » (Definition ofmoney pitfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press) Examplesofmoney pit money pit It is time to stop pouring money into themoneypitand to rescue what can still be rescued. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English This was themoneypitthat spurred his son into digging tunnels to support it. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These scams offer only amoneypit, where no matter how much time and money is invested, consumers never achieve the riches or financial freedom that they were promised. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. During this crisis, we will not be able to afford projects which are just about prestige or those which are simply money pits. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/money-pit##
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