橘子朗文词典

pyramid scheme

P 开头单词

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˈpɪr.ə.mɪd ˌskiːm]
  • 美式音标 [ˈpɪr.ə.mɪd ˌskiːm]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • 金字塔骗局；非法传销

同根派生

     

英汉例句

    双语例句

  • Amway is an illegal pyramid scheme.
    安利是一个非法传销。
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  • Business Opportunity or Pyramid Scheme?
    事业机会还是金字塔计划？
  • In it, he reiterated his theory, called U.S. foreign debt "a pyramid scheme," and predicted China and Russia would usurp Washington's role as a global financial regulator.
    在那篇文章中，他反复强调自己的理论，称美国的外债为“一种传销”，并预测中俄将会攫取华盛顿全球金融规则制定者的地位。

    • 权威例句

  • The alleged pyramid scheme run by Bernard Madoff has wounded the world of Jewish philanthropy.
    NPR: Madoff Fallout Hits Jewish Foundations Hard
  • For that, whether he has exposed a massive pyramid scheme or not, he should be cheered.
    FORBES: In Defense Of Herbalife Skeptic Bill Ackman
  • Ackman, who has called Herbalife a pyramid scheme, expects the shares will actually hit 0.
    FORBES: Bill Ackman's Hedge Fund Looks To Be Off To A Tough 2013

词组短语

    短语

  • pyramid selling scheme 层压式推销
  • pyramid investment scheme 层压式消费供款计划
  • Pyramid Sales Scheme 金字塔销售计划;金字塔销售术;销售计划
  • pyramid decomposition scheme 塔式分解格式
  • a pyramid scheme 一个金字塔计划;传销

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • a way of deceiving investors (= people giving money to a company hoping to get more back) in which money that a company receives from new customers is not invested to their advantage, but is used instead to pay debts owed to existing customers

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • A Pyramid scheme is a method of selling in which one person buys a supply of a particular product directly from the manufacturer and then sells it to a number of other people at an increased price. These people sell it on to others in a similar way, but eventually the final buyers are only able to sell the product for less than they paid for it.

专业释义

    经济学

  • 金字塔骗局