seedcorn
n. <英>谷种； <美>玉米种
例句
- Don't waste time.You will eat up the seedcorn one day! 不要再浪费时间了，总有一天你会将老本吃完的。
- Mr Callaghan warned that if we sold our assets in the North Sea,we would be eating the seedcorn. 卡拉汉先生警告说，如果我们卖北海的资源，那我们就是在卖老本。
- Mr Callaghan warned that if we sold our assets in the North Sea, we would be eating the seedcorn. 卡拉汉先生警告说，如果我们卖北海的资源，那我们就是在卖老本。
- This has been driven by the belief that seedcorn investment by government does not work. 造成这种局面，是因为人们认为政府的种子投资没有成效。