"red ink" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 紅墨水
• 赤字（金融）

Definition

「Red ink」意指紅色墨水，也指財務報告收支不平衡時的虧損（以紅色標記）。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

在商業或新聞裡，「red ink」常是虧損的隱喻，與「black ink」（盈利）相對。字面則指紅墨水，常用於批改。財務意義較正式。

Examples

The teacher used red ink to correct my homework.

老師用**紅墨水**批改了我的作業。

The company is in red ink this year because of low sales.

公司因銷售低，今年有**赤字**。

He wrote the corrections with red ink.

他用**紅墨水**寫了更正內容。

After three months of red ink, the shop finally started making money.

經過三個月的**赤字**，商店終於開始賺錢了。

We need to cut costs or we'll keep seeing red ink in our reports.

我們得削減開支，不然報表裡會一直有**赤字**。

Using red ink for mistakes makes them stand out more.

用**紅墨水**標記錯誤會讓它們更明顯。