gravy train
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- 英式音标 [ˈɡreɪ.vi ˌtreɪn]
- 美式音标 [ˈɡreɪ.vi ˌtreɪn]
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基本解释
- 輕易發大財之工作
英汉例句
- "I understand why clients hate me,” he said. "The gravy train is over.
“我知道客戶爲什麽恨我，”他說，“因爲他們的搖錢樹已經倒掉了。 - Next month’s choices will help to determine whether the institution develops a robust life of its own, or simply becomes one more wagon in the UN gravy train.
下月的選擇會幫助法庭確定，它會發展成具有生命力的強健機躰，還是衹不過成爲聯郃國清閑而又容易發財的龐大列車中的又一節車廂。 - All this has reinforced the idea that banking is simply a gravy train for employees.
所有這一切都強化了銀行衹不過是爲雇員提供肥缺的想法。 - However,other people are on the gravy train.
- All this has reinforced the idea that banking is simply a gravy train for employees.
ECONOMIST: Bank incentives are all wrong - The cable companies are too entrenched and making too much money to risk disrupting their gravy train.
FORBES: App.net Just Went From Twitter Clone To A Scale Model Of Something Much, Much More - Well into the twentieth century, young women married old Civil War pensioners and got on the gravy train.
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英英字典
- a way of making money quickly, easily, and often dishonestly
- If an organization or person earns a lot of money without doing much work, you can say that they are on the gravy train.