核心畫面
You can picture finance as the whole art of handling big money — not the coins in your pocket, but the planning and moving of large sums: where it comes from, where it goes, how it is kept and grown. Every other sense is a slice of that one picture.
可以想成「打理大筆金錢的整套功夫」——不是口袋裡的零錢，而是大規模的錢要怎麼來、怎麼去、怎麼守、怎麼長。一種想法是：…更多收起
可以想成「打理大筆金錢的整套功夫」——不是口袋裡的零錢，而是大規模的錢要怎麼來、怎麼去、怎麼守、怎麼長。一種想法是：先有「管理大錢這件事」這個核心畫面，其他意思都是從這裡切出來的一小塊。原始詞典資料8 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。
financenoun/fɪˈnæns/
- 1
The management of money and other assets.
- And statesmen as well ought to know these things; for a state is often as much in want of money and of such devices for obtaining it as a household, or even more so; hence some public men devote themselves entirely to finance.
- Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.
- 2
The science of management of money and other assets.
- 3
Monetary resources, especially those of a public entity or a company.
- Who's really in charge of a democracy's finances?
- 4
The provision of a loan, payment instalment terms, or similar arrangement, to enable a customer to purchase an item without paying the full amount straight away.
- Finance on all our new cars is provided by ABC Loans Ltd.
financeverb/fɪˈnæns/
- 1
To conduct, or procure money for, financial operations; manage finances.
- 2
obsoleteTo pay ransom.
- 3
To manage financially; be financier for; provide or obtain funding for a transaction or undertaking.
- His parents financed his college education.
- He financed his home purchase through a local credit union.
- 4
obsoleteTo extort ransom from.
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。