hard cash

英 [ˌhɑːd ˈkæʃ]

美 [ˌhɑːrd ˈkæʃ]

n.  现金(尤指硬币和纸币)

经济

牛津词典

noun

• 现金（尤指硬币和纸币）
  money, especially in the form of coins and notes, that you can spend

柯林斯词典

• 现款;现金
  Hard cashis money in the form of notes and coins as opposed to a cheque or a credit card.

英英释义

noun

• money in the form of bills or coins
  1. there is a desperate shortage of hard cash
  Synonym:cashhard currency

双语例句

• It was only left to America to replace the beneficent "tooth rat" with the more agreeable fairy and to replace the traditional hope of hard molars with our more characteristic hope of hard cash.
  美国人只是把好心的“牙齿老鼠”换成了更可亲的仙女，而传统上人们期望长出结实的牙齿，到咱们这儿却酿成了期望拿到现金，这就更拥有咱们的特点。
• Governments and judiciaries elsewhere are also struggling to decide how to regulate online economies that have spawned multi-million dollar businesses trading virtual items and currencies for hard cash.
  世界其它国家的政府和司法部门也在努力解决如何监管网络经济的问题。目前，网络经济已催生出以虚拟物品和货币交换现金的大规模交易，交易额达到数百万美元。
• The plumber would offer me a ten per cent discount if I paid him in hard cash.
  要是我用现金支付，那管子工会给10%的折扣。
• I offered him a cheque, but he demanded hard cash.
  我给他支票，可他要收现金。
• The currencies are bought with hard cash and profits made online can be converted back into real-world money.
  玩家用现金来购买这些游戏货币，而网上的收益也可以装换成现实生活中的钱币。
• Had BP bribed Libyan officials with hard cash, it would have been in trouble under the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, but commercial realpolitik is not illegal.
  如果英国石油用真金白银贿赂了利比亚官员，就违反了美国《反海外贿赂法》（foreigncorruptpracticesact），但商业中的权力政治并不违法。
• Less than a decade ago, joint ventures regularly ended in tears, with Chinese partners viewing the vehicle as little more than a means to get their hands on hard cash and clever technology.
  就在不到10年前，合资企业通常是不欢而散，因为中方合作伙伴只是将合资企业视为获得现金和先进技术的一种方式。
• Nor are they likely to see any hard cash from the company since it does not propose to pay out dividends.
  投资者也不太可能从京东获得实实在在的现金收入，因为该公司并不准备支付股利。
• There was a lot of money involved, not in hard cash but in negotiable securities.
  投入的资金很多，不是现金而是流通证券。
• Now the region's exchanges have started to make bets backed with hard cash, buying stakes in possible long-term partners in the region.
  现在，在充沛现金的支持下，亚太交易所已开始押注于购入本地区潜在长期合作伙伴的股权。