| 释义 |
pyramid scheme
US
noun countable
■a way of deceiving investors (= people giving money to acompany hoping to get more back) in which money that a company receives from new customers is not invested to their advantage, but is used instead to pay debts owed to existing customers 金字塔型投资（公司从新客户处搜集资金并非是为了他们的利益投资，而是用于清还旧帐的一种欺骗投资者的方式）；老鼠会 |