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In this sense, to double-dip is to take money or a benefit from two places at once, in a way that is not allowed or does not feel fair — two pensions, two expense claims for the same trip, pay from a job you should not also be claiming elsewhere.
In this sense在這個意思裡, to double-dip isdouble-dip是指 to take money or a benefit拿錢或拿一項福利 from two places at once同時從兩個地方 in a way that is not allowed or does not feel fair用不被允許或不公平的方式 — two pensions像兩份退休金、two expense claims for the same trip同一趟出差報兩次費用、pay from a job you should not also be claiming elsewhere領一份工作的薪水卻又在別處申請你不該領的福利。
Newspapers and angry colleagues use it; it always sounds a bit accusing. Informal to semi-formal.
Newspapers and angry colleagues use it報紙和生氣的同事會用這個字；it always sounds a bit accusing聽起來總是帶點指責的意味。Informal to semi-formal非正式到半正式。
The picture is dipping twice into the same pot, or into two pots you were only supposed to use once.
The picture is畫面是 dipping twice into the same pot在同一個鍋子裡沾兩次，or into two pots you were only supposed to use once或是在兩個你本來只該各沾一次的鍋子裡沾。
Though actually, English borrows the same phrase for other pictures: putting a bitten chip back in the shared sauce, and a “double-dip recession” (the economy falls, climbs a little, then falls again). Those are cousin uses. The money-and-benefits use is the one that means “taking twice when you should not.”
Though actually不過其實，English borrows the same phrase for other pictures英文也把這個說法借去講別的畫面：putting a bitten chip back in the shared sauce把咬過的洋芋片放回大家共用的醬料裡，and a "double-dip recession"還有「double-dip recession雙谷衰退」(the economy falls, climbs a little, then falls again經濟先下滑、稍微回升，然後又再次下滑)。Those are那些是 cousin uses親戚用法。The money-and-benefits use跟錢和福利有關的用法 is the one that means指的就是"taking twice when you should not不該領兩次卻領了兩次"。
組成double (twice) + dip (to put in / take from). Taking two helpings from a pot — here, two payments or benefits.
同家族的字
- dipto put in or take from; here, doing it twice when once was the rule
原始詞典資料12 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
double-dipnoun
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informalAn ice cream cone with two scoops of ice cream.
- We each got double-dips with chocolate on top and strawberry on the bottom.
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A hill that levels off for a while about halfway down.
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informalThe drawing of a government pension or benefit for one job while also working in the government at another job, or of two pensions at the same time as a result of reaching the retirement criteria twice for the same entity.
double-dipverb
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informalTo dip a piece of food (e.g. a chip) into a communal sauce container after already having taken a bite of the food.
- I don't mind double-dipping when eating with my family, but I'd be embarrassed to do it when out with friends.
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informalTo be illegitimately compensated a second time for the same activity.
- He got caught double-dipping by billing the government directly as well as the primary contractor.
- They worried about the possibility that some forced laborers, in particular Jewish survivors, might be double-dipping, that is, that they might be collecting compensation for their work as forced laborers while continuing to receive payments as Holocaust survivors and thus absorbing funds that should be directed toward other groups of victims […]
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informalTo draw a government pension or benefit for one job while also working in the government at another job, or to draw two pensions at the same time as a result of reaching the retirement criteria twice for the same entity.
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broadcastingfilmmediaTo re-release a movie or TV series, sometimes as a compilation or with additional features.
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businessfinanceTo use a single debt instrument to obtain interest tax expense (and therefore a lower tax base) in two or more tax jurisdictions.
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ball-gamesgameshobbiesTo defeat a team twice in the finals.
- SPC Ladies double-dipped the Sudbury Storm in the NSA Canadian World Series.
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educationhigher-educationTo enroll in a single class which will fulfill two different requirements of a course of study.
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video-gamesTo buy the same game twice, especially on different platforms.
- I usually don't double-dip, but this port convinced me to with its additional content and improved graphics.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。