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

• There's nothing left in the government's coffers.
  国库已空无一物了。
• 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。
• The nation's coffers are empty.
  国库亏空。
• Luochuan county has to pay10% of the cost of these extras from its own coffers.
  为此洛川县不得不自己拨款为这两个额外项目支付10%的费用。
• State coffers are almost empty, with foreign exchange reserves down to one month of import cover.
  国库接近空虚，外汇储备下降至只够覆盖1个月的进口。
• However, insiders have confirmed that the unspent assets were found this month in Libyan state coffers.
  然而内部人士确认，这些未花掉的财富是本月在利比亚国库中发现的。
• 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。
• 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。
• The payment of SOE dividends into public coffers will provide a source of fiscal income and curb wasteful spending.
  国企向国库上缴红利，将为政府提供财政收入来源，并控制浪费性支出。