Ponzi scheme

英 ['pɒnziskiːm] 美 ['pɑːnziskiːm]

• 庞氏骗局

Ponzi scheme的用法和样例：

例句

1. For all its malevolence, the Soviet empire was like a Ponzi scheme, dependent on ever-increasing amounts of money.
   出于恶意，苏联帝国被描述为庞氏骗局，依赖于不断增长的金钱来运行。
2. Financier Bernard Madoff traded his luxury penthouse for a tiny jail cell after pleading guilty to a massive Ponzi scheme.
   金融家麦道夫就大型庞氏骗局认罪后，他从豪华的楼顶套间被关押到狭小的监狱中。