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外刊例句
- Mr Abe wants that hoard to boost capital expenditure or wages, or to be returned to investors, who could put it to better use.
安倍希望囤积的现金可以加大资本支出、提高工资,或者返还给能够更好地利用它的投资者。
——《经济学人》 - You may no longer see the wild-eyed cave dweller in camouflage fatigues, hoarding canned goods. You may even see one in the mirror.
你看到的或许不再是眼神狂野、身穿迷彩服、囤积罐头食品的穴居人。你甚至可能看到镜中的自己。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[noun] a stock or store of money or valued objects, typically one that is secret or carefully guarded
[名词] (通常是秘密的或小心保护的)金钱或贵重物品的储备或储存
深入解读
Hoard 是一个在小站(微信公众号:田间小站)上周推送的 好书推荐 | 从 A 到 Z 的英语单词避错指南 中出现过的单词,提到它容易与 horde 相混淆。
该词在古英语时期拼作 hord ,最早出现于12世纪前,本义作名词表示“聚藏、贮藏、囤积”,常用搭配 hoard of sth ,通常指秘密的或小心保护的金钱、食物、贵重物品等的储备或储存,包括古代钱币、有价值的文物以及留作将来使用的有用信息或事实的累积储存,比如:
- 输掉了这场决定性的战役后,我们在地下室发现了一大批储藏的罐头食品。
After losing this decisive battle, we found a huge hoard of tinned food in the basement.
用作动词时, hoard 除了相应尤指秘密地“聚藏、贮藏、囤积”外,也可以进一步引申指将自己的想法、意图、感情等隐藏在心里,比如:
- 那位老工人把自己的意图隐藏起来。
The veteran worker hoarded his intention.
名著用例
The young bucks at the shikara moorings were convinced he had a pile of money hidden away somewhere — a hoard, perhaps, of priceless golden teeth, rattling in a sack like walnuts.
小船码头上那些年轻力壮的小伙子都相信他在某个地方藏了一大笔的钱——也许是好多贵重的金牙,就像胡桃一样放在袋子里面喀啦喀啦直响。
出自印裔英国作家萨尔曼·鲁西迪(Salman Rushdie,又译萨尔曼·拉什迪)在1981年出版的长篇小说《午夜之子》(Midnight's Children)。
同近义词
- amass: gather together or accumulate (a large amount or number of valuable material or things) over a period of time.
- accumulate: gather together or acquire an increasing number or quantity of
- stockpile: accumulate a large stock of (goods or materials)