a king's ransom
基本解釋
- 一筆巨款
英漢例句
- Every retired U. S. president builds a library that costs a king's ransom.
每一位退休的美國(guó)總統(tǒng),都為下一代的研究建立一座花費(fèi)巨款的圖書(shū)館。
zhsc.tk - To make the big bonuses sufficiently \\\'big\\\' they started out with an experiment in a place where even a psychologist\\\'s grant money is a King\\\'s ransom: rural India.
為確保獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)足夠豐厚,研究者們將實(shí)驗(yàn)地選在了印度農(nóng)村,在這里僅僅心理學(xué)家的補(bǔ)助就相當(dāng)于一個(gè)國(guó)王的身價(jià)。 - Now, you are prepared to pay a king's ransom to keep him from trial.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy - In the past, many of you would have paid a king's ransom to put Arafat on trial.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy - You will be hunted down, with almost a king's ransom on your head.
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