nest egg

英 [ˈnest eɡ]

美 [ˈnest eɡ]

n.  备用的钱; 储备金

牛津词典

noun

• 备用的钱；储备金
  a sum of money that you save to use in the future

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 储备金;存款
  Anest eggis a sum of money that you are saving for a particular purpose.
  1. They have a little nest egg tucked away somewhere for a rainy day.
     他们把一小笔钱存在了什么地方，以备不时之需。

英英释义

noun

• device consisting of an artificial egg left in a nest to induce hens to lay their eggs in it
• a fund of money put by as a reserve
  Synonym:savings

双语例句

• Investing small amounts of money is an excellent way of building a nest egg.
  小额投资是积累储备金的好方法。
• Half of his$ 400000 nest egg, he figures, has evaporated in just two years.
  据他估计，短短两年时间，40万美元储备金中就有一半消失殆尽。
• Good, says Papa. The money can be your nest egg '.
  不错哦，熊爸爸说，这些钱可以作为你们备用的钱。
• They have their nest egg in the bank they hope to buy a house in two years.
  他们在银行有一笔本钱，希望在两年内买栋房子。
• Make sure you've exhausted all of your other options before digging into your nest egg.
  在动你的这笔长期存款之前，先确认你已经没有其他办法了。
• By retirement, they had saved up quite a nest egg.
  在退休前，他们已经存了相当的本钱了。
• There are plenty of people who have said you could save that$ 4, watch it compound, and have a larger nest egg in retirement. Absolutely true, but no fun and totally unreasonable.
  有人可能会对你说要省下这4美元，看着它越变越多，让自己有更多退休储备金。
• He did not even build up a nest egg.
  他甚至没有建立一个账户。
• The earlier you begin saving, the easier it is to create a nest egg.
  所以省钱越早，就越容易创造一个良好的经济基础。
• The money you saved up is a nest egg.
  你储备的钱就成了储备金。