a small fortune不是“一笔小财”

a small fortune不是“一笔小财”。

a small fortune在口语里是“一大笔钱,巨资(a surprisingly or unexpectedly large amount of money)”的意思。

The house is worth a small fortune .这所房子值一大笔钱。

我们再来看看《傲慢与偏见》中的两个例子：

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

有钱的单身汉总要娶位太太，这是一条举世公认的真理。

a single man in possession of a good fortune 有钱的单身汉

Why, my dear, you must know, Mrs. Long says that Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of England.

哦，亲爱的，你应该知道，朗太太说内瑟菲尔德让英格兰北部的一个阔少爷租去了。

a young man of large fortune 阔少爷

我们再看个例子：

He has a fortune.他有一大笔钱。

fortune在这些句子里表示“大笔的钱”。