take a bath

短语

洗个澡 [经] 遭受巨大损失

发音

AU

词形变化

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释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To bathe.

    She told the children to take a bath and wash off the mud and grime.

  2. 2.

    To lose a large amount of money in an investment.

    习语

    Shareholders took a bath when the company went bankrupt.

    1983 December, ‘Look before you leap into a commodity pool’, in Kiplinger's Personal Finance, page 74, In the high-risk world of futures contracts, pooling the risks could be just another way to take a bath.