岛上的居民实行的是以物易物，而不是用货币。

The islanders use a system of barter instead of money.

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但是用货币价值来衡量你的时间将有助于你意识到时间确实是无价之宝。

But putting a monetary value on your time can help you realize that it does indeed have a value.

youdao

不仅有可以用货币支付的债务工具，也有债务工具指数，由价格反映以便给出实际的利率。

There are not only debt instruments that are payable in currency, but there are also indexed debt instruments that are indexed to the price level so that they give real interest rates.

youdao

That would be putting it in a real frame and-- wouldn't that be more sensible, because you would be specifying the contract in real terms rather than money terms?

那样的话就是一种实物框架理念-,那样不是更合理吗，因为在你拟定合约时,会更倾向于用实物而非货币来计算？

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The old gold standard was supposed to maintain the convertibility of gold in currency but now we're not even backing it with currency anymore with gold anymore ? so what does it mean?

旧的金本位制度目的在于,保持金子与货币的转换功能,但是现在我们甚至都,不用货币来支持它了，或是用金子,所以这意味着什么呢？

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