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巧妙的广告诱使人花钱. Clever advertisements are just temptations to spend money.
我还没有告诉我的太太她买衣服花钱太多,她先下手为强反问我为什么花那么多钱去买新钓鱼竿。 Before I could tell my wife she had spent too much for the dress, she stole my thunder by asking why I spent so much for the new fishing rod.
如果她没有无节制地花钱,她亡夫的遗产是够她晚年用的。 The dowry will be enough for her old age had she not spent it irrationally.
现在不是奢侈花钱买新立体音响的时候. This is no time to lash out on a new stereo.
迪克一开始舍不得花钱去看医生,如果,他的心脏病日趋严重。这真是贪小失大,得不偿失。 Dick's heart trouble became worse because he wouldn't spend money to see a doctor at the beginning; he was indeed penny wise and pound foolish.