奇貨可居的意思是什麼

　　奇貨可居的意思：

　　指把少有的貨物囤積起來，等待高價出售。也比喻拿某種專長或獨佔的東西作為資本，等待時機，以撈取名利地位。

　　英文解釋

　　some goods in short supply, hoarded or cornered for making excess or enormous profit;a rare commodity worth hoarding to corner the market;goods kept back to raise the price;hoard as a rare commodity to corner the market ;

　　【出自】：《史記·呂不韋列傳》：“呂不韋賈邯鄲，見***子楚***而憐之，曰：‘此奇貨可居。’”

　　【示例】：可是他們把票子當做～，非要足了錢不肯放回。

　　◎姚雪垠《李自成》第一卷第二十五章

　　【語法】：主謂式;作謂語、賓語、定語;含貶義

　　中英雙語例句

　　過來看，大蒜奇貨可居，有人以此暴富。

　　GG: Come and see. Some became millionaires for hoarding garlic as a rare commodity.

　　曾幾何時，它們是歐洲市場中最奇貨可居的珍寶，也是廟堂之音中世代相傳的精神印記。

　　Once they were scarce treasure in European market and also spiritual marks in temples spread for generations.

　　圍繞著智慧財產權和版權的法律技巧風光不再，奇貨可居的方式也無法滿足這個時代。

　　Nor are legal skills surrounding Intellectual Property and Copyright very useful anymore. Nor are the skills of hoarding and scarcity.