| 词汇 | peanuts |
| 释义 | peanutsphrase[ plural ] informal something so small it is not worth considering, especially an amount of money: 无甚价值之物；（尤指）一小笔钱 pay someone peanutsThey pay people peanuts in that organization.那家机构给的酬金微不足道。 We worked long hours and were paid peanuts. Their house is really energy efficient and costs peanuts to run. The team charged fans peanuts to watch their games. These farmers are getting peanuts for their crops. See also peanut(LITTLE MONEY) peanuts | American Dictionarypeanuts plural noun infmlus/ˈpi·nəts, -ˌnʌts/ a very small amount of money: They expect us to work for peanuts. peanuts | Business Englishpeanuts noun[ U ] MONEY informaluk /ˈpiːnʌts/us an amount of money that is so small it is not worth working for or considering: earn/make/be paid peanutsThey work long hours and earn peanuts. A fine of $2 million is peanuts to an organization of that size. Examples of peanutspeanuts Peanuts and soybeans were not included in pulses. Zia rejected the offer saying it was 'peanuts'. Peanuts air one of the things thar's no countin' on," he added. From Project Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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