The public purse
国库
🧩 词语组成解析
the
[ðə]
art. 指已提到的人（物）;指说话人与听者已知的人（物）;用于独一无二的事物前;与形容词最高级和序数词连用;
purse
[pɝs]
n. 钱包，钱袋;财力，财源;和包或钱袋相似的东西;女用小提包;
vt. 使皱起，噘起;
🗣️ 情景例句
I'm afraid it just isn't good enough.
恐怕这不够好。
When the storm broke, I was doing the ironing.
当火起来的时候，我在烫衣服。
And why only snakes? Cats, for instance, would be greatly helped; no running fights with large, fierce rats or tussles with grown rabbits -- just a bite and no more effort needed.
为什么只有蛇才有毒液呢？譬如说，如果猫有毒液，那对猫会大有帮助，它就不必再和又大又凶的老鼠边跑边博斗了，也不必再和大兔子扭斗了，只要咬一口，就不必再费大力气。