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 -- 账单

  • an electricity/gas/phone bill 电／煤气／电话费账单

  • They sent us a bill for the work they had done. 他们寄给我们要求为其所提供工作支付酬金的账单。

  • She ran up (= caused herself to have) a huge phone bill. 她的电话费大增。

  • They asked the waitress for the bill. 他们叫女服务员把账单拿来。

  • Could we have the bill, please? 请给我们结账好吗？

  • Her mother agreed to foot (= pay) the bill. 她母亲同意付账单。

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

  • The bill was amended (= changed). 议案被修订了。

  • When a bill is passed in Parliament it becomes law. 一旦某项法案在议会通过，便成为法律。

  • informal The bill was thrown out (= did not go past the first stage of discussion and will not become law). 这项议案被否决了。

• 2 a piece of paper money -- 钞票，纸币

  • a dollar/one-dollar bill 1美元的钞票

  • a ten-dollar bill 面值10美元的钞票

• 3 the beak of a bird -- 鸟嘴，喙

• 4 a paper sign giving information about something, especially an event or performance -- 招贴，海报，广告

  • There were lots of big names (= famous people) on the bill. 有许多明星参加演出。

• 5 to give or send someone a bill asking for money that they owe for a product or service -- 给…开账单；给…寄账单

  • Please bill me for any expenses you incur. 请把你的所有花费都记在我的账上。

• 6 to advertise something with a particular description; to describe someone in a particular way in order to advertise them or make them known -- 做广告；通过广告宣传

  • The movie was billed as a romantic comedy. 该电影被宣传成浪漫喜剧。

  • The young author was billed as "the new Beckett." 这位年轻作家被吹捧为“新贝克特”。

  • She was billed to perform every night for a period of two weeks. 她受安排在两个星期里每天晚上都演出。

• 7 the police -- 警察；警方