Italian design house Prada has been mercilessly mocked by Twitter users for selling a "paper clip" for $NZ254.

意大利设计公司Prada因为以254纽币的价格出售一个“回形针”，遭到了推特用户们的无情嘲笑。

Design house：设计公司

Mercilessly：无情地

Mock：嘲笑；挖苦

Paper clip：回形针；纸夹

According to the Daily Mail, the polishedsterling silver money clip is currently on sale in Barney's New York, marketed as a Paperclip-Shaped Money Clip.

据《每日邮报》报道，纽约Barneys网站上正在出售这个抛光的纯银钱夹，商品名称为回形针形状的钱夹。

Daily Male：《每日邮报》

Barneys：巴尼斯，美国一家奢侈品连锁百货公司，总部位于纽约

Polished：抛光的；擦亮的

Sterling silver：纯银；标准纯银

Money clip：钱夹

At just 6cm in length and with the only design features being a small Prada logo embossed on the side, shoppers have found it hard to justify the price.

这个钱夹长6厘米，唯一的设计特点就是边上有凸出的小的Prada商标字样，购物者们都发现很难去评价这个钱夹的价格。

Embossed：使凸出；在……上作浮雕图案；

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Many took to Twitter to share their outrage over the high cost with many failing to grasp why it cost any more than a regular paperclip.

很多人都在推特上分享了他们对这一高价的愤怒之情，很多人都不明白为什么这个钱夹可以比平常的回形针贵出那么多。

Outrage：愤怒；震怒

Fail to do sth.：做不成某事；没做成某事

By the time I buy the paperclip, there won't be enough for it to hold

等到我买了这个回形针之后，我估计压根就没有钱可以夹

By the time：等到；到…的时候；

This Prada paperclip costs $185

就一个Prada回形针要185美金！！！

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Several users did admit that they would like to be in a position where they could spend $250 on a paper clip.

多个用户都承认说，他们希望自己也能到达一个（有钱的）位置（比如说王思聪？），能够花250纽币买一个回形针。

Admit：承认

i wish i was rich enough to casually spend $185 on a Prada paperclip

我希望我富到可以随心所欲花185美金买个Prada回形针

Casually：随意地

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（责编：Lesley）

来源 - 新西兰先驱报中文网