剑桥英语：CPE（C2 熟练度） - 财务与贵重物品

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alms [名词]

施舍

Ex: The church collected alms every Sunday to support local families in need .

教会每个星期天都会收集施舍来支持当地有需要的家庭。

annuity [名词]

年金

Ex: The investor purchased an annuity to guarantee steady income .

投资者购买了一份年金以保证稳定的收入。

in arrears [短语]

in debt and late in paying it

Ex:

bullion [名词]

金条或银条

Ex: Investors often turn to silver bullion during economic downturns .

投资者在经济低迷时期经常转向银条。

bauble [名词]

小饰品

Ex: The market stall sold colorful baubles and trinkets .

市场摊位出售色彩缤纷的小饰物和小玩意儿。

impecunious [形容词]

贫穷的

Ex: The impecunious artist struggled to buy supplies for her paintings .

贫穷的艺术家努力为她的画作购买用品。

indigence [名词]

贫困

Ex: He lived in indigence after losing his job and home .

他在失去工作和家园后生活在贫困之中。

lucre [名词]

利润

Ex: He stashed the lucre in a safe place , knowing it represented the fruits of his hard work .

他把钱财藏在一个安全的地方，知道它代表着他辛勤工作的成果。

penury [名词]

贫困

Ex: The novel portrays the harsh reality of life in penury .

小说描绘了生活在赤贫中的严酷现实。

reparation [名词]

战争赔款

Ex: The victors imposed reparations to rebuild their war-torn economies .

胜利者强加了赔款以重建他们饱受战争蹂躏的经济。

solvent [形容词]

有偿债能力的

Ex: Regular savings and prudent investments helped him become financially solvent .

定期储蓄和谨慎投资帮助他在财务上变得有偿债能力。

usury [名词]

高利贷

Ex: Medieval laws strictly prohibited usury among merchants .

中世纪法律严格禁止商人之间的高利贷。

to ante up [动词]

支付自己的一份

Ex: The debtor decided to ante up and pay off the outstanding loan to clear the debt .

债务人决定凑份子并还清未偿还的贷款以清偿债务。

to indemnify [动词]

赔偿

Ex: As part of the settlement , the business agreed to indemnify the affected customers for the financial losses incurred due to the product recall .

作为和解的一部分，该企业同意对因产品召回而遭受财务损失的受影响客户进行赔偿。

to pony up [动词]

支付

Ex: You 'll need to pony up the entrance fee before joining the tournament .

在加入锦标赛之前，你需要支付入场费。

indigent [形容词]

贫困的

Ex:

贫困的家庭住在当地慈善机构提供的庇护所里。

perquisite [名词]

特权

Ex: The crown jewels were a perquisite of the reigning monarch alone .

王冠上的珠宝是仅属于在位君主的特权。

privation [名词]

匮乏

Ex: The memoir recounts years of privation during the Great Depression .

回忆录讲述了在大萧条期间多年的匮乏。

to [feather] {one's} (own|) nest [短语]

to take advantage of a position to make oneself rich, particularly by using unfair or dishonest methods

Ex: She manipulated company policies to feather her nest by securing lucrative contracts for her own benefit .

to [tighten] {one's} belt [短语]

to lessen the amount of money or resources one uses compared to before, particularly due to having less available

Ex:

windfall [名词]

意外之财

Ex: The company received a tax windfall after new legislation passed .

新立法通过后，该公司获得了一笔税收 意外之财。

blue chip [名词]

蓝色筹码

Ex: The casino 's blue chips were worth $ 100 each .

赌场的蓝色筹码每个价值100美元。

destitution [名词]

extreme poverty and deprivation of basic necessities

Ex: The charity was founded to help people facing destitution .

compensatory damages [名词]

补偿性损害赔偿

Ex: She received compensatory damages after proving the company 's negligence .

她在证明公司的疏忽后获得了补偿性损害赔偿。

to [bring] home the bacon [短语]

to earn enough money to be able to pay for the necessities of life

Ex: During the tough times , he was still bringing home the bacon to keep the family afloat .

gratuity [名词]

小费

Ex: The spa employee was delighted when the customer left a gratuity along with a positive review .

水疗中心的员工很高兴，当顾客留下小费和好评时。

largess [名词]

慷慨

Ex: They lived comfortably thanks to the largess of relatives .

他们靠着亲戚的慷慨生活得很舒适。

pecuniary [形容词]

金钱的

Ex: They faced significant pecuniary difficulties due to unexpected medical bills .

由于意外的医疗账单，他们面临着重大的金钱困难。

to underwrite [动词]

资助

Ex: If we underwrite this venture and it fails , our company could face significant financial loss .

如果我们承销这个项目并且失败了，我们的公司可能会面临重大的财务损失。

spendthrift [名词]

挥霍者

Ex: Her spendthrift habits led to mounting credit card debt .

她挥霍的习惯导致了信用卡债务的不断增加。

white elephant [名词]

白象

Ex: The luxury yacht turned out to be a white elephant , draining their finances .

那艘豪华游艇原来是个白象，耗尽了他们的财力。

pittance [名词]

微薄的工资

Ex: The scholarship provided only a pittance compared to the rising tuition fees .

与不断上涨的学费相比，奖学金只提供了微薄的金额。

to tally up [动词]

合计

Ex:

活动结束后，他们统计了所有捐款，并对筹集到的金额感到惊讶。

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