on public money的意思|示意

Another risk is that restrictions placed on firms that receive public money backfire.

另一个风险就是，对接受公共资金的公司所规定的限制会适得其反。

But for now, most participants are more interested in signs that Wall Street is back on track as a money-making machine, whatever the legal and public-relations woes of some firms from past actions.

但是现在来说，大部分参与者仍然对华尔街作为赚钱机器的能力很感兴趣，相比之下华尔街公司过去的行为在法律和公共关系方面造成的影响就很差了。

There are many reasons to support spending money on public transportation.

有许多理由都支持该把经费用在公共交通工具上。

But it would have been a greater deed on the part of Mr. Gates or Mr. Buffet if they had given the money to small communities in the US so that they can fulfil public duties.

如果盖茨先生或巴菲特先生能把钱捐给美国那些小的社区，那才是一个更好的举动，他们才能履行他们的社会责任。

To work out whether this was money well spent, the authors surveyed the public to put a cash value on each crime prevented.

为了解决这个资金是否被有效使用的问题，研究者们对公众进行了调查，让他们对每减少一起犯罪给出一个现金价值。

Ideally, though, public money should be spent on something better than holes.

虽然实际上更好的办法是把钱花在其他地方而不是基础设施上。