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。
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。
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。
By the spring of this year I found myself unemployed, unemployment benefits expired and no proverbial "nest egg" that my mom often preached to me about.
今年春天我发现自己依然失业，失业津贴也过期了，再也没有我母亲说的“储备金”了。
As too many families have discovered over the past few years, building up a nest egg can be the crucial difference between Weathering an economic storm or and being battered by it.
正如过去几年太多家庭所发现的那样，建立准备金可能是安然度过经济风暴还是受到风暴打击的重要区别。
The first step is to realize that there are always multiple solutions to any problem, whether its making more money, building your retirement nest egg/ strongbox, or bartering for broccoli.
第一步是要意识到凡事总有多种解决之道，无论是赚更多的钱、为日后养老储备资金、还是与人交换西兰花。
These men never got jobs; never got married; never have a reason to build a nest egg.
这些人从没有工作，从未结婚，从来没有理由攒钱。
Some of them are careful enough to have a little nest egg tucked away for the rainy days.
一些人比较谨慎，储起一点闲钱以备不时之需。
That's not much of a nest egg; money tied up in a house can't pay for daily rounds of golf or flights to Antigua, let alone food or prescriptions.
这可算不上足够的养老金：拴在房子上的钱不能用来支付日常的大笔开销，无论是打高尔夫球，还是去安提瓜岛的机票，更不消说卖食物和支付医生的处方了。