currency

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• ① 货币,通货
  • Do you change foreign currency?你们兑换外币吗?
  • a strong currency强势货币
  • gold [paper] currency金[纸]币

• ② 通用;流通,流行,流布
  • The word is in common [wide] currency.那个字一般[广为]通用。
  • accept a person at his own currency接受某人所开行情
  • The rumor soon gained [lost] currency.那个谣言不久就传播开来[不再流传]。
  • Don't give currency to rumors.不要传布谣言。
  • The word has no general currency in the United States.该字在美国不通用。
  • His novels enjoyed considerable currency during the eighteenth century.他的小说在十八世纪相当风行。