bill是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a request for payment of money owed, or the piece of paper on which it is written -- 帳單

  • an electricity/gas/phone bill 電／瓦斯／電話費帳單

  • They sent us a bill for the work they had done. 他們寄給我們要求為其所提供工作支付酬金的帳單。

  • She ran up (= caused herself to have) a huge phone bill. 她的電話費大增。

  • They asked the waitress for the bill. 他們叫女侍者把帳單拿來。

  • Could we have the bill, please? 請替我們結帳好嗎？

  • Her mother agreed to foot (= pay) the bill. 她母親同意付帳單。

• 1 a formal statement of a planned new law that is discussed before being voted on -- 議案，法案

  • The bill was amended (= changed). 議案被修訂了。

  • When a bill is passed in Parliament it becomes law. 一旦某項法案在議會通過，便成為法律。

  • informal The bill was thrown out (= did not go past the first stage of discussion and will not become law). 這項議案被否決了。

• 2 a piece of paper money -- 鈔票，紙幣

  • a dollar/one-dollar bill 一美元的鈔票

  • a ten-dollar bill 面值十美元的鈔票

• 3 the beak of a bird -- 鳥嘴，喙

• 4 a paper sign giving information about something, especially an event or performance -- 招貼，海報，廣告

  • There were lots of big names (= famous people) on the bill. 有很多明星參與演出。

• 5 to give or send someone a bill asking for money that they owe for a product or service -- 給…開立帳單；給…寄帳單

  • Please bill me for any expenses you incur. 請把你的所有花費都記在我的帳上。

• 6 to advertise something with a particular description; to describe someone in a particular way in order to advertise them or make them known -- 做廣告；透過廣告宣傳

  • The movie was billed as a romantic comedy. 那齣電影被宣傳成浪漫喜劇。

  • The young author was billed as "the new Beckett." 這位年輕作家被吹捧為「新貝克特」。

  • She was billed to perform every night for a period of two weeks.

• 7 the police -- 員警；警方