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
- 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。 - Feather one's nest; have a nest egg.
积累资金;积累应变用的储蓄。 - 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。 - There are plenty of people who have said you could save that$ 4, watch it compound, and have a larger nest egg in retirement. Absolutely true, but no fun and totally unreasonable.
有人可能会对你说要省下这4美元,看着它越变越多,让自己有更多退休储备金。 - The first step is to realize that there are always multiple solutions to any problem, whether its making more money, building your retirement nest egg/ strongbox, or bartering for broccoli.
第一步是要意识到凡事总有多种解决之道,无论是赚更多的钱、为日后养老储备资金、还是与人交换西兰花。 - Half of his$ 400000 nest egg, he figures, has evaporated in just two years.
据他估计,短短两年时间,40万美元储备金中就有一半消失殆尽。 - We'll have quite the little nest egg for our future.
我们将有自己的小窝了。 - 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。 - Your nest egg may have to last much longer than you thought.
我们的储蓄需要维持的时间也许比当初计划的长得多。 - 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。