在學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)的過(guò)程中，望文生義似乎已經(jīng)成了我們的習(xí)慣，因此，我們經(jīng)常會(huì)犯各種錯(cuò)誤，有時(shí)候還會(huì)鬧出笑話。
一看到“funny money”，估計(jì)有一多半的人都會(huì)翻譯成“有趣的錢”，問(wèn)題是“有趣的錢”是什么呢？所以，千萬(wàn)不要那樣翻譯哦！
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funny money
這句習(xí)語(yǔ)其實(shí)有三個(gè)含義。
1??我們先來(lái)看這句習(xí)語(yǔ)的第一個(gè)意思，它的意思是“money that is not real, for example because it has been illegally printed or created for a game”，即“假幣，假鈔”。
例句：
Whoever makes funny moneywill end up in jail.
不論誰(shuí)制造假鈔，最后都是坐牢。
2??第二個(gè)意思的“money whose value has been artificially increased, or money that is not worth as much as it appears to be”，即“幣值低(或不穩(wěn)定)的貨幣”。
例句：
Stock options were seen as funny money, enabling you to promise vast compensation to your employees .
股票期權(quán)被視為一筆價(jià)值不穩(wěn)定的錢，它能讓你向員工承諾巨額薪酬。
3??第三個(gè)意思是“a price or amount of money that is so large that it seems completely unreasonable”，即“來(lái)路不明的錢”。
例句：
The money he gave us was seen asfunny money.
他給我們的錢被視為是一筆來(lái)路不明的錢。
好啦，今天的小知識(shí)點(diǎn)，你學(xué)會(huì)了嘛？
