| 词汇 | double-dip |
| 释义 | double-dip verb (alsodouble dip)uk /ˌdʌb.əlˈdɪp/ us /ˌdʌb.əlˈdɪp/ double-dipverb (FOOD)[ I or T ] to put something such as a piece of bread or a vegetable into a shared sauce after you have already eaten part of it: I was standing by the food table when I noticed that one of the guests was double-dipping his crisps. I dislike buffets and I would never double-dip. He accused me of spreading germs when I double-dipped my cracker. We were able to double-dip our skewers in the peanut sauce, which came in individual bowls. He is fastidious about hygiene and hates it when people double-dip. Eating al desko binge binge eating bite break breadidiom cram devour fall on/upon someone feast feast on something feeder feeding gulp inhale mainline pick at something picnic pig pig out postprandial double-dipverb (MONEY)[ I or T ]US to receive money from two places at the same time, sometimes in a way that is not legal: 同时赚两份钱（常指从事非法活动） They found that only 5 percent of government workers double-dip. The Governor double-dipped over $200,000, claiming living expenses from two separate residences. Teachers and police officers were given permission to double-dip pension and salary—to "retire and return." A loophole in federal law allowed teachers to "double dip" in both a state retirement system and the Social Security system. They said that in receiving payments from a buyout while collecting his federal salary, he was "double-dipping at the taxpayers' expense." They terminated his employment after finding he double-dipped on patient visits—billing for an office visit and a surgical procedure at the same time, which is not allowed. Earning money assessable bank base pay basic basic income disposable income hand over fistidiom in arrearsidiom line your pocket(s)idiom make an honest livingidiom performance-related pro bono pro rata profit from something prorate pull raise retainer revenue sick pay double-dip adjective[ before noun ] uk /ˌdʌb.əlˈdɪp/ us /ˌdʌb.əlˈdɪp/ used for describing a period of time during which economic activity gets weaker, increases a little, and then gets weaker again: （经济）二次萧条的（指经济刚略有起色，随即又陷入萧条） a double-dip recession二次萧条 Economics accommodative anti-economic anti-inflation anti-inflationary anti-recession buyer's market deindustrialization economic economist Great Recession gross domestic product HDI human development index Keynesian monetarism monetary recession reflate retrench squeeze double dip | Business Englishdouble dip noun[ C ] ukus ECONOMICS → double-dip recession FINANCE a situation in which, if a company is sold, a shareholder has the right to receive both a particular price for their shares and money from the sale of the company’s assets double-dip verb[ I ] FINANCE US/ˌdʌbl̩ˈdɪp/ukus to receive income from two places, for example from a government pension while employed by the government, or from two different government pensions: A loophole in federal law allows teachers to "double dip" in both a state retirement system and the Social Security system. double-dippingnoun[ U ] The legislation would not outlaw "double dipping" - drawing a state salary for a full-time job and also being paid as a lawmaker. double-dippernoun[ C ] The law will prevent double dippers, who draw two paychecks, from serving on the Joint Finance Committee, which writes the annual budget bill. Examples of double-dipdouble-dip It is unfolding against the backdrop of a new currency war, caused by the risk of a double-dip recession, in the words of our economists. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English In fact, the great danger is that it could lead to a double-dip recession. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not go along with the so-called double-dip recession which has been forecast by some people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are saying that the evidence of a double-dip recession is nowhere more apparent than in the north-east. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is talk of a plunge down again— the so-called double-dip recession. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Standards committee members sometimes double-dip by selling books or classes on how to implement a standard; the more arbitrary the standard, the more market for these add-on products. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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