golden goose
- n.产金蛋的鹅(指带来财富但须小心对待以免失去的事物)
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An increase in crime could kill the golden goose of tourism .
犯罪率的上升可能会扼杀旅游业这只产金蛋的鹅。
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In those days the car industry was like a golden goose .
那时候,汽车工业就是会下金蛋的鹅。
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Some credit companies might see college kids as their golden goose .
有些信用卡公司卡能将大学生看成他们的摇钱树。
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And she ain 't gonna give up her golden goose .
她才不会放弃她那棵摇钱树呢。
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And the golden Goose never visited his family again .
而那只金鹅再也没有回过他的家。
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Not as good as the golden goose .
没有在金鹅说的那句好。
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The girl 's got a golden goose .
这个女孩有一只金色的鹅。
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So did the Knicks really just lose a marketing golden goose ?
所以,林书豪转会是否意味着,尼克斯队真的失去了一只“下金蛋的鹅”?
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To the left a little eminence appeared , spotted with golden goose .
左边出现了一座点缀着金雀花的小丘。
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This golden goose was in fact fed by the flesh and blood of innumerable Chinese coolies .
这棵摇钱树是用数不清的中华劳工的血肉浇灌出来的。
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This is our alchemy and our golden goose .
这是为我们的炼金术和我们的金鸭子。
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The NY Times hints that we are in direct competition with the Chinese over this future golden goose ( the green economy ) .
纽约时报暗示我们与在这个未来的黄金鹅(绿色经济中的直接竞争)。
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But next time the golden Goose appeared to leave a feather for his daughters , the widow was at home alone .
可是,金鹅再次来给女儿们金羽毛时,只有寡妇一个人在家。
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The thing that worries investors , though , is that the company 's golden goose - its search engine - is showing signs of age .
不过,令投资者感到担忧的是,公司的摇钱树——搜索引擎——正呈现出衰落的迹象。
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At the time that Hong Kong was being handed back to China in 1997 , many local pundits worried that China would slay the golden goose .
1997年香港回归时,许多香港本土的评论家都担心中国会宰掉这只“金鹅”。
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It is always hard to see whether the North Sea oil is profitable and whether the Government action is killing off the golden goose before it lays golden eggs .
北海石油是否有利可图,政府的举措是否是断绝财源,这些部题一直叫人难判断。杀鸡取金蛋;只图眼前需要,断绝将来财源。
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Instead , certainly in terms of the funds industry , China appears to be trying to protect its golden goose to ensure that it is first in line for the ensuing benefits .
事实恰恰相反,中国似乎正竭力保护属于自己的这只金鹅,以确保自己能够最先获得相应的利益。当然,这是就基金行业而言。
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Arguably the greater threat to Microsoft are free alternatives to its software and Windows operating system being developed at Google , a company awash with cash from its golden goose of search .
可以说,对微软更大的威胁,是谷歌正在开发的可以替代其软件和Windows操作系统的免费产品。由于拥有搜索业务这只金鹅,谷歌拥有充沛的现金。
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You don 't sell off a " golden goose ": These public assets generate hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue each year , that can be used for hospitals , schools and other public services .
抛售的并不是“金鹅”:公共财产每年产生的百亿税收可以被用在医院、学校和其他公共服务部门。