【句子】Last three finishes were in the money. 【ModernFamilyS3E11】 【发音】/lɑːst/ /læst/ /θriː/ /ˈfɪn.ɪʃɪz/ /wɜː(r)/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /ˈmʌn.i/【发音技巧】Last three不完全爆破；【翻译】最近三次比赛押它的都赚钱了。【适用场合】今天我们学习一下这个短语in the money的用法；从字面上就能猜出来跟钱有关。确实如此。它很常见的一个意思就是“指在赛马等比赛当中取得前三名的成绩”，这个用法经常在美式英语中用到，有的时候也可以引申为：“处在获奖的地位”；among the top three finishers in a race (such as a horse race)因为赛马horse race这个东西，多少带有一点赌的性质，看你能不能押中前三名了。押中，就会有好的回报，就有money。否则就是钱打水漂了。In horse racing the top three finishers can pay off on bets.eg: Whatever horse I bet on, it never finishes in the money.不论我押哪匹马，它总是不能跑进前三名。eg: If your horse finishes first, second, or third, you'll be in the money.如果你押中的马跑出前三名的成绩，你就赚了。这个短语还可以用来表达：wealthy或者having lots of money“很富有的；有很多钱的；”eg: They struggled for many years but now they're in the money.他们奋斗了很多年，现在他们终于有钱了。 eg: You can bet those tech CEOs are in the money big time.你可以猜到那些科技公司的CEO都超级有钱的/赚得盆满钵满的。eg: I'll be in the money after I get my bonus, and then we'll take an amazing vacation.在我拿到奖金以后，我会变得很富有，然后我们就美美地去度个假。eg: If I am ever in the money, I'll be generous.如果我有钱了，我会变得很慷慨大方。eg: My luck held today, and I ended up in the money.我今天运气不错，赚了不少钱。【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】I've never won, but I've finished in the money at my last five poker tournaments.
