a sum of money

基本解釋

He is saving a sum of money to buy a home for his family.
他正積蓄一筆錢(qián)以便買(mǎi)一幢住宅供全家居住。
Economists were long puzzled, for example, by the routine outcome of a game in which one player divides a sum of money between himself and a competitor, who then decides whether the shares are fair.
擧個(gè)例子，經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家們被一個(gè)遊戯的常見(jiàn)的結(jié)果所睏擾，在此遊戯中，一個(gè)遊戯者在他與另一位玩者之間分一筆錢(qián)，然後他決定每一份是否公正。
In it, two players (who do not actually meet) are given a sum of money. One of them then divides the money and gives whatever fraction he chooses to the other.
有一個(gè)遊戯叫“分派者”：把一筆錢(qián)給素未謀麪的兩個(gè)人，指定一個(gè)人，讓他隨便劃出一部分給另一個(gè)玩家。

He gave the Roman church a huge sum of money.
他給了羅馬教會(huì)一大筆錢(qián)。
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