在学习英语的过程中，望文生义似乎已经成了我们的习惯，因此，我们经常会犯各种错误，有时候还会闹出笑话。

一看到“funny money”，估计有一多半的人都会翻译成“有趣的钱”，问题是“有趣的钱”是什么呢？所以，千万不要那样翻译哦！

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funny money

这句习语其实有三个含义。

1️⃣我们先来看这句习语的第一个意思，它的意思是“money that is not real, for example because it has been illegally printed or created for a game”，即“假币，假钞”。

例句：

Whoever makes funny moneywill end up in jail.

不论谁制造假钞，最后都是坐牢。

2️⃣第二个意思的“money whose value has been artificially increased, or money that is not worth as much as it appears to be”，即“币值低(或不稳定)的货币”。

例句：

Stock options were seen as funny money, enabling you to promise vast compensation to your employees .

股票期权被视为一笔价值不稳定的钱，它能让你向员工承诺巨额薪酬。

3️⃣第三个意思是“a price or amount of money that is so large that it seems completely unreasonable”，即“来路不明的钱”。

例句：

The money he gave us was seen asfunny money.

他给我们的钱被视为是一笔来路不明的钱。

好啦，今天的小知识点，你学会了嘛？