money
英 ['m?n?]
美['m?ni]
- n. 錢；貨幣；財(cái)富
- n. (Money)人名；(英)莫尼；(西、法)莫內(nèi)
CET4TEM4考研CET6高頻詞基本詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?monies;?moneys;
中文詞源
money 錢，財(cái)富
來自拉丁語moneta,硬幣，鑄幣，鑄幣處，來自古羅馬時(shí)期鑄造錢幣的地方Juno Moneta之廟。Juno為古羅馬神話天后，天父Jupiter之妻，她在古羅馬神話中為勸誡神，教導(dǎo)神，婦女保護(hù)神，同時(shí)也為錢財(cái)守護(hù)神，所以人們選擇在她的廟宇里鑄造錢幣，Moneta為她的稱號(hào)之一，字面意思為勸告，勸勉，警告，詞源同admonish,monitor.比較dollar.
英文詞源
- money
- money: [13] An epithet used in ancient Rome for the goddess Juno was Monēta (derived by some etymologists in the past from the Latin verb monēre ‘a(chǎn)dvise, warn’, although this is now regarded as rather dubious). The name was also applied to her temple in Rome, which contained a mint. And so in due course monēta came to mean ‘mint’ (a sense retained in English mint, which goes back via a circuitous route to monēta), then ‘stamp for coining’, and finally ‘coin’ – the meaning transmitted via Old French moneie to English money.
=> mint - money (n.)
- mid-13c., "coinage, metal currency," from Old French monoie "money, coin, currency; change" (Modern French monnaie), from Latin moneta "place for coining money, mint; coined money, money, coinage," from Moneta, a title or surname of the Roman goddess Juno, in or near whose temple money was coined; perhaps from monere "advise, warn" (see monitor (n.)), with the sense of "admonishing goddess," which is sensible, but the etymology is difficult. Extended early 19c. to include paper money.
It had been justly stated by a British writer that the power to make a small piece of paper, not worth one cent, by the inscribing of a few names, to be worth a thousand dollars, was a power too high to be entrusted to the hands of mortal man. [John C. Calhoun, speech, U.S. Senate, Dec. 29, 1841]
To make money "earn pay" is first attested mid-15c. Highwayman's threat your money or your life first attested 1841. Phrase in the money (1902) originally meant "one who finishes among the prize-winners" (in a horse race, etc.). The challenge to put (one's) money where (one's) mouth is is first recorded 1942, American English. money-grub "one who is sordidly intent on amassing money" is from 1768. The image of money burning a hole in someone's pocket is attested from 1520s.
I am not interested in money but in the things of which money is the symbol. [Henry Ford]
雙語例句
- 1. " Brass " is slang for " money ".
- “ brass ” 是 “ money ” 一詞的俚語.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 2. I spent lots of money on smart new outfits for work.
- 我花大筆錢購(gòu)置了上班時(shí)穿的漂亮新套裝。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. She'd do anything for a bit of pin money.
- 為了掙點(diǎn)外快，她什么都肯做。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Many of the leaders have become hooked on power and money.
- 很多領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人都變得貪戀權(quán)力和金錢。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The Swiss wanted to discourage an inflow of foreign money.
- 瑞士人想要阻止外資流入。
來自柯林斯例句