不知在哪一篇文字中(现在竟再也想不起来了，抱歎得很），笔者曾有根有据地介绍过“接钱树”的英语等值品就是“money tree”， 以为“money tree”与“摇钱树”是不可多得的天生的一对。现在又有了新的发现，觉得英语中还有一个词，虽不如“money tree”之与“摇钱树”那般字字紧扣，却也能传“摇钱树”之神。此词非别，即“profit machine”是也。请看两词在原作中的用例（目前尚未收入词书）：
1. In the“money tree's”long tiffany of boasts, evasions and intrigues that, at least, has the doleful ring of truth.
—Newsweek, May 15,1989, p. 21
2. Khun Sa ... collected $ 200 million in 1988 and expects to receive twice as much this year. That has earned him the nickname “The Money Tree" among the estimated 16.000 ethnic Shan guerilla fighters he leads.
—Newsweek, May 15, 1989, p. 20
3. For a profit machine like Droxal Burnham, a $ 650 million fine is no crushing burden. The company has already set aside nearly $ 400 million for paying the expected penalty. On top of that, the company has about $2.3 billion in total capital that could be tapped . The fine would have to be more than $1.5 billion to deplete the company's resources enough to worry its creditors and leave it with less than the minimum capital necessary for membership in the stock exchanges.
—Time, January 2, 1989, p. 66
“摇钱树”的另一位候选人则是“money spinner”:
4. money-spinner/.../ n infml, esp. BrE something that brings in much money： Th is
seaside hotel's a real money-spinner, especially in the summer months .
—Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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