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英語短語“to throw money at (a problem)”解析
今日短語
所謂向問題投擲金錢 to throw money at (a problem) 意思就是為解決問題花大筆錢。其含義是這種用錢解決問題的方法往往不靈,未必奏效。
例句
They’ve tried throwing money at the problem without any luck. Perhaps they should actually think more carefully about the cause.
The university has thrown money at the sports department without much success. They need to invest in people as well as equipment.
請注意
To throw good money after bad 是一個相關(guān)短語,指的是在一個錯誤的投資之后又將一大筆錢投了進去。換句話說就是把好好的錢扔在倒霉的事情上。
例句
You’re throwing good money after bad trying to repair your car. It’s not worth it. It’ll just break down again.
I thought it was a good investment but it turns out I was just throwing good money after bad. The company still went bust and I lost everything.
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