a tidy sum

常见例句

He's put aside a tidy sum for his retirement.
他存了一笔相当可观的钱以备退休之用。
While $1 million was a tidy sum three decades ago, you'd need $3.6 million for the same purchasing power today.
一百万在三年前的确是一大笔财富，但今天买同样的商品，你需要360万。
Many of the original holders of the bonds, weary of waiting for a deal, have sold them to others for as little as 12 cents on the dollar, so the purchasers of these bonds stand to make a tidy sum.
许多原始的债权人因为厌烦等候偿债协议，早已将持有的债券以12美分兑换一美元的低价转卖给他人，所以这些债券的新买主很可能手上都握有相当大笔的金额。

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