tidy adj. (-dier; -diest) 1.整潔的,整齊的,愛整潔的。 2.〔口語〕相當好的,相當大的(款項)。 3.〔口語〕健康的。 n. 1.沙發(fā),椅背,扶手等的罩布。 2.裝零碎東西的容器[袋子、筐子等]。 a tidy room 整潔的房間。 a street tidy 街道上的廢物箱。 vt. (-died) 弄整潔,整理,收拾 (up)。 It's your turn to tidy (up) the room. 這回該你收拾房間了。 Wait a minue. I have to tidy myself (up) a bit. 等一會兒,我梳理一下。 adv. -ily ,-iness n.
She has put aside a tidy sum for her retirement . 她存了一筆相當可觀的錢以備退休之用。
A tidy sum 相當巨大的款項
After hearing about a neighbor who had returned from china after making a tidy sum as a migrant worker, she decided to try her luck 聽說一個鄰居在中國作為外來務工者掙了一筆可觀的收入而回家之后,她決定試試自己的運氣。
It was a bit of a shock to be declared redundant, but since i had a tidy sum of money saved i was not unduly anxious about finding another job immediately 被宣布解雇頗令人震驚,但是由于我存了相當大的一筆錢,我并不為立即另找工作而憂心忡忡。
Whole thing quite painless out of all the taxes give every child born five quid at compound interest up to twentyone, five per cent is a hundred shillings and five tiresome pounds, multiply by twenty decimal system, encourage people to put by money save hundred and ten and a bit twentyone years want to work it out on paper come to a tidy sum, more than you think 從各種稅收中,按復利借給每一個出生的娃娃五鎊。按五分利計算,到了二十一歲就積累成一百零五先令了。英鎊挺麻煩的,得用十進法乘二十。