dollar
n. 元(美國等國的貨幣單位); 一元(紙幣或硬幣)
The dollar is the unit of money used in the USA, Canada, Australia, and some other countries. It is represented by the symbol $. A dollar is divided into one hundred smaller units called cents.
She gets paid seven dollars an hour...
她的報酬是每小時 7元。
The government is spending billions of dollars on new urban rail projects.
政府正把數十億元花在新城市鐵路專案上。
If you pay top dollar for something, you pay a lot of money for it.
Japanese investors once paid top dollar for the most glamorous hotels in the United States.
日本投資者曾為投資美國高檔酒店一擲千金。
1. the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents
2. a piece of paper money worth one dollar
3. a United States coin worth one dollar;
4. a symbol of commercialism or greed;
dollars to doughnuts
(北美,非正式)絕對的,肯定的
I'll bet my bottom dollar that the train will be late again.
我敢打賭,火車又將晚點了.
She gave theboyone dollar for a tip.
她給僕人一元錢作賞錢.
I can bet my bottom dollar he won't have waited for us.
我可以打包票,他是絕不會等我們的.
Recent renewed surge of the dollar has helped send the pound and the French franc to new lows.
美元最近的重新增值使英鎊和法朗下跌到新的低度.
The man was accommodating enough to lend me a dollar.
那個人很慷慨地借給我一塊錢.