嗨,大家好!funny有「有趣的」的意思,money有「錢」的意思,那funny money是什麼意思呢?
funny money這句習語有三個含義。
我們先來看這句習語的第一個意思,它的意思是「money that is not real, for example because it has been illegally printed or created for a game」,即「假幣,假鈔」。
例句:
Whoever makes funny moneywill end up in jail.
不論誰製造假鈔,最後都是坐牢。
第二個意思的「money whose value has been artificially increased, or money that is not worth as much as it appears to be」,即「幣值低(或不穩定)的貨幣」。
例句如下:
Stock options were seen as funny money, enabling you to promise vast compensation to your employees .
股票期權被視為一筆價值不穩定的錢,它能讓你向員工承諾巨額薪酬。
第三個意思是「a price or amount of money that is so large that it seems completely unreasonable」,即「來路不明的錢」。
舉個例子:
The money he gave us was seen asfunny money.
他給我們的錢被視為是一筆來路不明的錢。
以上就是今天所學內容,你學會了嗎?