Plunking down in front of the TV or digging into a tub of ice cream seems like an easier fix.

懒洋洋地坐在电视机前或大把大把吃着冰激凌貌似是能让不良情绪得到缓解的简单方法。

Already at the age of six she caused her parents headache because of her initial ear-splitting plunking at her first piano.

已经在六岁她导致了她的父母头疼因为她最初震耳欲聋砰的放下在她的第一架钢琴。

Pep up your old system: What if a potential buyer wants to figuratively kick the tires of your PC before plunking down cash for it?

激活旧系统：如果购买者想要在付钱之前确认电脑的运行情况，你要怎么办呢？

I didn't like going to the Super Fresh two blocks away from my house, plunking government food stamps into the hands of the cashiers.

我不喜欢在离家两个街区的那个超市买东西，把食品券塞到收银员的手里。

Of course, plunking down hundreds of dollars for a highly breakable mobile device that doesn't even feature a camera wasn't an entirely crazy thing to do.

当然砸成百上千美元在一个易碎的甚至不能当做相机用的移动设备上并不完全是一件疯狂的事。

Value and growth investors seldom agree on what's important for evaluating a stock. But here are seven questions every investor, regardless of persuasion, should ask before plunking down money

价值投资者和成长型投资者对用什么来评估一支股票最重要这一点总是各持已见，但这里所说的七个问题是每个投资者，不管他相不相信，都应该在买股之前问的问题。