get-rich-quick scheme

IPA/ɡet.rɪtʃˈkwɪk ˌskiːm/
IPA/ɡet.rɪtʃˈkwɪk ˌskiːm/

get-rich-quick scheme — 名詞

1. a business idea or investment that promises you can earn a very large amount of

1.名詞B2
釋義

快速致富騙局

承諾短期高回報的投資騙局

a business idea or investment that promises you can earn a very large amount of money in an unusually short period, but is often dishonest or likely to fail

例句

Aarav lost his savings in a get-rich-quick scheme that promised huge returns in two weeks.

Aarav 把積蓄投入一個快速致富騙局，對方承諾兩週內就能獲得巨額回報。

collocation: lost his savings in

The website looked professional, but the offer was a get-rich-quick scheme designed to trick people.

那個網站看起來很專業，但這個方案其實只是另一個專門騙人的快速致富騙局。

passive: was just a ... scheme designed to

常見搭配
  • fall for a get-rich-quick scheme
  • promise a get-rich-quick scheme
  • run a get-rich-quick scheme
  • get-rich-quick scheme + verb: fails / collapses
同義詞
  • scam

    more general; any dishonest plan, not necessarily about getting rich quickly.

  • pyramid scheme

    a specific illegal structure where money from new recruits pays earlier members.

  • Ponzi scheme

    a specific type of investment fraud that uses new investors' money to pay fake returns to earlier investors.

反義詞

用法筆記

This noun phrase is almost always used in a critical or warning tone. It frequently appears after verbs such as 'promise', 'run', or 'fall for'.

常見錯誤

I invested in a get-rich-quick scheme and made a lot of money.
He was tricked into joining a get-rich-quick scheme and lost everything.
the phrase has a strong negative meaning; using it in a positive context sounds unnatural.