deposit是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to leave something somewhere -- 留下；存放

  • The flood waters fell, depositing mud over the whole area. 洪水退去後，留下的淤泥覆蓋了整個地區。

  • The bus deposited me miles from anywhere. 公車把我扔在一個前不著村後不著店的地方。

  • The cuckoo deposits her eggs in other birds' nests. 布穀鳥把自己的蛋下在其他鳥類的窩裡。

  • I deposited my luggage in a locker at the station. 我把行李存放在車站的儲物櫃裡了。

• 1 to put something valuable, especially money, in a bank or safe (= strong box or cupboard with locks) -- （在銀行或保險箱中）存放，儲存（尤指金錢）

  • There's a night safe outside the bank, so you can deposit money whenever you wish. 銀行外面有夜間保險箱，你可以隨時把錢存進去。

  • I deposited £500 in my account this morning. 今天早上我在自己的帳戶中存了500英鎊。

  • When we moved in, we had to deposit $1,000 with the landlord in case we broke any of his things. 我們搬進去時必須向房東交1000美元的押金，以防我們損壞其房內物件。

  • You deposit 20 percent now and pay the rest when the car is delivered. 你可以先付20%的訂金，餘款在交車時支付。

• 2 a substance or layer that is left, usually after a liquid is removed -- 沉澱物，沉積物

  • Decant the wine carefully, so that you leave the deposit in the bottom of the bottle. 將酒小心倒出來，以免把瓶底的沉澱物也倒出來。

  • In hard-water areas, a chalky deposit often forms in pipes and kettles. 在水質較硬的地區，水管和水壺內常會形成白色沉積物。

  • The flood left a thick deposit of mud over the entire ground floor of the house. 洪水在整個房子的底層留下了一層厚厚的淤泥。

  • mineral/oil/coal deposits 礦／油／煤層

• 3 a payment, especially into a bank account -- （尤指銀行帳戶的）存款

  • To open an account, you need to make a minimum deposit of $500. 開設帳戶至少需要存入500美元。

  • The shop assistant says if I leave £10 as a deposit, they'll keep the dress for me. 店員說如果我交十英鎊定金，他們就會為我留著那條裙子。

  • We paid/put a deposit of £5,000 on the house, and paid the balance four weeks later. 我們交了五千英鎊的購屋預付款，並在四週後付清餘額。

  • They asked us to put down a deposit. 他們讓我們支付一筆定金。

  • It costs $2,000 a week to rent the yacht, with a $200 refundable/returnable deposit. 遊艇的租金為每星期2000英鎊，外加200英鎊的可退還押金。

  • You pay a 10p deposit/deposit of 10p on the bottle, which you get back when you return the empty bottle. 瓶子收取十便士押金，空瓶送回後可退還押金。