1. It was a little red leather book with
gilt-edged pages, and I was most intrigued by its little gold lock.
那是一个红色皮质、页码带有金边的小本子,我对它上面的那个小金锁特别的好奇。
2. With those palm trees and the Pacific Ocean beckoning, the Golden State appears sure to retain
gilt-edged home values.
棕榈树和迷人的太平洋,寸土寸金的加州无疑还保留着顶级生活水平的价值。
3. Gilts (short for
gilt-edged securities) are not shares but stock issued by the government and therefore reckoned to be safest of all.
国债(金边证券的简称)不是股票,而是政府发行的公债,因此被认为是最安全的。