1. There was a time when the owners of shops and businesses in Chicago had to pay large sums of money to gangsters in return for ´protection.´ 曾经有一个时期,芝加哥的店主和商行的老板们不得不拿出大笔的钱给歹徒以换取´保护´。
2. The public bet a great deal of money on Mendoza, but he was defeated. 公众把大笔赌注下到了门多萨身上,但他却输了。
3. They devise hundreds of competitions which will enable us to win huge sums of money. 他们设计数以百计的竞赛,竞赛中有人可赢得巨额奖金。
4. The manufacturers had to pay more money than they had anticipated, for they bought the biscuit from the student for $24,000. 饼干公司不得不付出比他们预计多得多的钱,因为为买下那学生烘制的饼干他们支付了24,000美元。
5. Though it may be possible to measure the value of material goods in terms of money, 虽然物质产品的价值可以用金钱来衡量,
6. These days, people who do manual work often receive far more money than people who work in offices. 如今,从事体力劳动的人的收入一般要比坐办公室的人高出许多。
7. They examined the remains and John got all his money back. 他们鉴定了这些残留物。约翰拿回了他损失的全部数额。
8. To my surprise, he gave me the money immediately. 令我惊奇的是,他立刻把钱给了我。
9. The one with the money got such a fright that he dropped the bag. 拿钱的那个小偷吓得把提包都扔了。
10. The whole village soon learnt that a large sum of money had been lost. 整个村子很快知道,有一大笔钱丢失了。