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| Processed by: | richwarm (2012-02-22 21:17:11 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 38972 - submitted by 'miles' >> Editor: This certainly seems like one we should have had by now -- "About 18,000,000 results" I kept on reading definitions like "original capital; principal; 最初的本錢; 最开始时的投资" but in practice, in actual sentences, it appears that it is more like "*accumulated* capital worth" or "assets" or "current net capital worth" than just the *initial* investment. Some examples of usage ~ 申请者也须是真正被裁的员工，而不是不想工作打算吃老本。 於是她開始積極寫作、賣書，被一股要為退休生活存夠老本的力量驅使著，陸續出了十多本書。 So she began writing prolifically and selling books, hoping to put away a nest egg for her retirement. She put out more than ten books in succession. 票房好時尚可維持，如碰上不賣座，就要蝕老本。 the singing clubs could scrape by when ticket sales were good, but once they hit a slow spell they quickly started losing money. 「過去養兒防老，現在是『養老防兒』，要防孩子將自己的老本挖走，」 "In the past people raised kids as insurance against the insecurity of old age. Now people enjoy their retirement and guard their retirement money against their kids," tree trunk ~ M ~ 樹木的主幹 Web example ~ 据我所知，无花果树有两种，一种是春天从树的老本上发出新枝后，再结出青青的嫩果，... |
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# 老本 老本 [lao3 ben3] /savings/ + 老本 老本 [lao3 ben3] /capital/assets/savings/nest egg/(fig.) reputation/laurels (to rest upon)/old edition of a book/(tree) trunk/ |