tidy sum

1. They cleaned up a tidy sum by selling their tickets at a high price just before the concert.
   在音乐会开始之前，他们高价出售门票，赚了不少钱。
2. The sprawling estate frequented by Obama and his family for the last three summers has been put up for sale-for the tidy sum of$ 23.7million.
   奥巴马及其家人连续居住了三个暑假的房产已经在售，房价总和2370万美金。
3. He's earned a tidy sum from his business.
   他通过他的生意赚了相当大的一笔钱。
4. $ 800is a tidy sum of money.
   800美元是一笔可观的数目。
5. It must have cost a tidy sum.
   这准花了相当大的一笔钱。
6. She must have paid a tidy sum for that house.
   她买这幢房子想必花了一大笔钱。
7. She's put aside a tidy sum for her retirement.
   她存了一笔可观的钱已备退休之用。
8. It was a bit of a shock to be declared redundant, but since I had a tidy sum of money saved I was not unduly anxious about finding another job immediately.
   被宣布解雇颇令人震惊，但是由于我存了相当大的一笔钱，我并不为立即另找工作而忧心忡忡。
9. Leaving too early would have nevertheless left a tidy sum on the table. And leaving too late ended more than a few careers.
   然而，离开过早会损失大量资金，离开过晚就不是几个人失去工作的事了。
10. It cost a considerable amount; a goodly amount; received a hefty bonus; a respectable sum; a tidy sum of money; a sizable fortune.
    这个花了一大笔；大量；获得了大量的红利；可观的数量；大量的钱；大量的财富。

noun

1. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
   1. a batch of letters
   2. a deal of trouble
   3. a lot of money
   4. he made a mint on the stock market
   5. see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
   6. it must have cost plenty
   7. a slew of journalists
   8. a wad of money

   Synonym:    batchdealflockgood dealgreat dealhatfulheaplotmassmessmicklemintmountainmucklepasselpeckpileplentypotquite a littleraftsightslewspatestackwad