a king's ransom
常見例句
- Every retired U. S. president builds a library that costs a king's ransom.
每一位退休的美國總統(tǒng)，都為下一代的研究建立一座花費巨款的圖書館。
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.
為確保獎勵足夠豐厚，研究者們將實驗地選在了印度農(nóng)村，在這里僅僅心理學家的補助就相當于一個國王的身價。 - 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.
ECONOMIST: The place to be 返回 a king's ransom