Psychologists take opposing views of how external rewards, from warm praise to cold cash, affect motivation and creativity.

对于外部奖赏（从热情的赞扬到冷冰冰的现金）如何影响积极性和创造力，心理学家持相反的观点。

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We want cold cash.

我们需要现金。

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Accounting profits are nice, but cold cash is what pays the bills.

会计利润是好，可手头现款才是能拿来付账单的。

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Bob always played with cold, hard cash --onlycoins and dollar bills.

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According to Johnny Cash, it can be extremely cold.

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The sophisticated Greek shop-keeper knows that cold cash provides liquidity and can be spent straight away.

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For many of the miners, abandoning the 0.8 branch meant giving up thousands of dollars in cold cash.

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As with any business deal where you're being asked to pay hard, cold cash for an intangible service, the buyer should beware.

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