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

• You have to pay with hard cash at the discount store; they won't accept credit cards or cheques there.
  在折扣商店你付现金，那里不接受信用卡和支票。
• 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。
• Paying with plastic just doesn't feel the same as spending with cold hard cash, at least until your credit card statement arrives.
  不只是付出塑料花一样的感觉，与冷酷的现金至少直到抵达你的信用卡声明。
• But with no hard cash on the table as yet, no arrangements could be made to start allocating the funding.
  然而由于利物浦无法拿出真金白银作证，委员会无法作出分配使用这笔基金的安排。
• Avatars earn an in-game currency called Linden Dollars-money that has an exchange rate and can be traded for hard cash in the real world.
  游戏人物赚取的游戏币可以按一定汇率与真实世界的货币交换。
• In the long run, this grand project should save banks billions, if only because their customers will feel less need to carry hard cash.
  从长期看，仅仅是客户觉得不那么需要携带现钞这一点，这个大项目就能为银行剩下数百万元。
• 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。
• Pakistan's prime minister attempted Thursday to convert some of the soaring rhetoric that has accompanied his four-day visit to China into hard cash.
  巴基斯坦总理星期四试图把他对中国四天访问期间的一些高调言辞转化为实际利益。
• 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。
• A few days later, the Lakers have thrown it back, showering him with hard cash in a move that seems only slightly smarter than pelting strangers with dollar bills.
  几天后，湖人反客为主，也玩起了相同的手法。但此举可比拜纳姆生日派队上向陌生人一掷千金聪明点。