英语释义

1. a large amount of money

片语

big bucks一大笔钱

英汉例句

• i paid a pretty penny for that ring.

  我花了一大笔钱买了那个戒指。

• we often associate hefty salaries with corner offices, scalpels and law degrees – but it turns out you can pull in a pretty penny working outside the financial, medical or legal fields.

  我们通常将可观的收入与角落办公室、外科手术刀和法律学位联系到一起。然而，原来你在金融界、医疗界和法律界之外工作也会赚到可观数目的金钱。

• lots of companies make proprietary software for linux, and charge a pretty penny for it, too.

  很多公司为linux开发了私有性的软件，你可以付出一点钱来得到它。

• it costs a pretty penny to have a car these days because of the high price of petrol.

  由于汽油昂贵，拥有一辆汽车要花一大笔钱。

• whether it「s clothing, books or ipods, buying used and refurbished items can save you a pretty penny off the sticker price.

  无论是衣服，书还是ipods，买二手的和翻新的可以让你从标价签里节约一大笔钱。

• organic food options are often a pretty penny more than their conventionally produced counterparts. and they have often been touted as better for you as well as the environment.

  选择有机食品往往比传统方式生产的食品花钱更多。然而有机食品常被人们追捧成对自身和环境均有益的食品。

• japan」s next leader, yukio hatoyama, probably never thought a song he recorded 20 years ago would one day fetch a pretty penny on online auction sites.

  日本下任首相鸠山由纪夫可能从未想过他20年前录制的一首歌有一天会成为拍卖网站的大热门，而且拍价不菲。

• rarely have you been in such a strong position to negotiate a pretty penny for yourself.

  你很少有如此强势的机会用来为自己谋划钱运。

• be prepared to pay a pretty penny if you take a trip to europe. the dollar fell to another record low against the euro.

  如果你要去欧洲旅行，就得準备一大笔钱。与欧元相比，美元价格又达新低。

• your collection must be worth a pretty penny now.

  你的收藏现在一定价值连城。

• it records ontoan sd card and includes a usb adapter. it will cost you a pretty penny though, it is priced at about $300.

  腰带摄像头将拍摄的视频存储到一张sd卡上，同时装有一个usb适配器，售价在大约300美元左右。

• they must be robbed pretty penny yesterday.

  他们昨天一定被偷了一大笔钱。

• attorney fees can cost a pretty penny depending on what type of case you have and how much time an attorney will spend on your case.

  律师费的收取非常昂贵，主要取决于你的案件类型以及律师在你案件上花费的时间。