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1. in perpetuity idiom
原句: And here these companies were charging up to 15 percent of my sales in perpetuity.
意思: for all time in the future
例句: The trust fund will ensure preservation of the site in perpetuity.
2. rip somebody off phrase
原句: It really upset me that people were getting ripped off like that.
意思: to cheat sb, by making them pay too much, by selling them sth of poor quality, etc
例句: Tourists complain of being ripped off by local cab drivers.
3. elsewhere adverb
原句: TuneCore collects the revenue from iTunes and elsewhere on behalf of musicians.
意思: in, at or to another place
字源: Old English elles hwǣr
例句: The answer to the problem must be sought elsewhere.
4. disburse verb
原句: TuneCore disbursed $30 million to its artists.
意思: to pay money to sb from a large amount that has been collected for a purpose
字源: mid 16th cent.: from Old French desbourser, from des- (expressing removal) + bourse ‘purse’.
例句: The funds were to be disbursed in two instalments.
5. gross verb
原句: Many of his highest grossing artists aren't top 40 bands.
意思: to earn a particular amount of money before tax has been taken off it
字源: Middle English (in the sense ‘thick, massive, bulky’): from Old French gros, grosse ‘large’, from late Latin grossus.
例句: It is one of the biggest grossing movies of all time.