Ponzi scheme
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈpɒn.zi ˌskiːm]
- 美式音标 [ˈpɑːn.zi ˌskiːm]
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- 美式发音
基本解释
- 庞氏骗局（指骗人向虚设的企业投资，以后来投资者的钱作为快速盈利付给最初投资者以诱使更多人上当）
英汉例句
- Well, now think about this in the context of a Ponzi scheme such as the one perpetrated by disgraced financier Bernie Madoff.
那么，就以类似臭名昭著的金融家伯尼·麦道夫经营的庞氏骗局为背景来对此进行考量。 - When her husband, Bernard Madoff, divulged his Ponzi scheme, a $65-billion fraud for which he awaits sentencing later this month, Mrs. Madoff’s life was also ruined.
当她的丈夫，伯纳德．麦道夫，泄露了他的65亿美元的 庞氏诈骗计划即将在本月末等待审判时， 麦道夫夫人的生活也被毁了。 - It’s also creating a new class of B shares so that it can keep control of the company in the hands of management — all the better to keep the Ponzi scheme going for as long as possible.
反而，管理层正在做的就是从公司里提取让人惊讶的大笔现金。 管理层同时创建了新的B股来保证公司的控制权落在管理层的手里——这都是为了让庞氏骗局可以走的更远。 - Now that Madoff has admitted to his crimes, questions have turned to who else might have helped the disgraced financier operate the massive Ponzi scheme.
- Madoff admitted he had been defrauding thousands of clients since the early 1990s - operating a classic Ponzi scheme - using the money that new customers invested to pay those who wanted to withdraw funds.
- Plaintiffs believe it was a classic Ponzi scheme, where Sweesy paid out dividends with new money.
FORBES - Investigators and forensic accountants are continuing to unravel the finances of the complicated Ponzi scheme.
NPR: Court Tries To Reach Deals With NC Ponzi 'Winners'
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英英字典
- a way of deceiving investors (= people who give money to a company hoping to get more back) by using the money they give to pay interest to existing customers rather than investing it
- a fraudulent investment operation that pays quick returns to initial contributors using money from subsequent contributors rather than profit