a small fortune

基本解釋

The scene was one of a series for a book of north country views: the images and printing costs were so high that the project lost the publishers a small fortune.
畫中的景象是一本有關英格蘭北部鄉(xiāng)村風光的書中一系列場景之一：圖片與印刷所用的費用如此高昂以至于這項計劃花費了出版商一筆巨款。
He was there, making a small fortune out of selling on chocolate bars to other inmates, when he and Tina were inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in 1991.
他在那里通過賣巧克力塊而其它獄友而賺了一些小錢，也是在那個時候在1991年特納與蒂娜初次接觸到搖滾殿堂。
The problem is that with Apple as the gatekeeper, a developer can spend months and a small fortune building an app, only to have Apple deny access to their platform at the last second.
問題在于作為守衛(wèi)者的蘋果，開發(fā)者花費時間和金錢開發(fā)了一個應用，結果在最后一刻，蘋果拒絕這一應用進入他們的平臺。

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