coffers

英 [ˈkɒfəz]

美 [ˈkɑfərz]

n.  (旧时的)保险柜，贵重物品箱; (政府、机构等的)金库，资金
coffer的复数

柯林斯词典

• 贵重物品箱;保险箱
  Acofferis a large strong chest used for storing valuable objects such as money or gold and silver.
• N-PLURAL 财源;金库;资金
  Thecoffers ofan organization consist of the money that it has to spend, imagined as being collected together in one place.
  1. The proceeds from the lottery go towards sports and recreation, as well as swelling the coffers of the government...
     彩票收入用于发展体育和娱乐产业，同时还用来充实国库。
  2. Large public and private companies have long been contributors to Tory party coffers.
     长期以来，大型的上市公司和私营企业一直在为保守党捐助资金。

双语例句

• Yesterday, twitter garnered far less money than if its goal were to maximize cash in its coffers.
  如果Twitter本来的目标是最大限度筹措资金，那昨天它距离这个目标可谓相距甚远。
• They point out strong corporate balance sheets and fat coffers of central banks.
  他们提到了亚洲企业强劲的资产负债表以及主要央行的雄厚实力。
• Migrants also have complained that widespread corruption has diverted state money meant for them to local government coffers.
  移民还抱怨说，普遍存在的腐败现象让国家拨出的本应属于他们的安置费进入了当地政府的腰包。
• The problem began when China made hospitals self-funding in the1990s to ease a heavy burden on state coffers.
  中国自1990年代以来，为减轻国库负担，开始要求医院自行筹募资金，而问题就是在这个时候衍生开来。
• And though his work may be sporadic and informal, it can swell the family coffers.
  尽管他的工作看起来是零星分散和不正式的，这也可以帮助充实家庭小金库。
• She added to the firm's coffers by bringing in new clients.
  此外，她还招揽了一些新客户，给公司增加了收入。
• We did not know where our coffers were, but now we do, he said, referring to oil and gas.
  我们以前不知道我们的财源在哪里，现在我们知道了，他表示，他指的是石油和天然气。
• The government's coffers are almost empty.
  政府的金库几乎空了。
• A gambling tax in Hong Kong contributes significantly to government coffers.
  在香港，博彩税为库房带来大量收益。
• When he left, the IOC's coffers were bulging from billions of dollars in commercial revenues, the boycott era was over, and the games were entrenched as the world's favorite sports festival.
  当他卸任的时候，国际奥委会有了数十亿美元的商业化收入，抵制时代终结了，奥运会成了全世界的体育盛会。