| 词汇 | bill |
| 释义 | bill noun uk /bɪl/ us /bɪl/ billnoun (REQUEST FOR PAYMENT)A2[ C or S ] 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 bill forThey 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。 run up a billShe 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？ foot the bill to pay for something: 为…付钱;买 Her mother agreed to foot the bill. She was left to foot the bill for the repairs. Taxpayers will have to foot the bill for cleaning up the polluted rivers. She never expects anyone else to foot the bill for her trips. There was no way that I could foot the bill on my own. The bill must be paid in full by the end of the month.账单到月底必须全部付清。 There is a ten percent service charge included in the bill.账单包括10%的服务费。 They want to talk to you in connection with an unpaid tax bill.他们想和你谈谈一张未付税单的事。 If this bill is not paid within five days, your gas supply will be cut off.要是5日内不付清账单，将停止对你的煤气供应。 I checked the bill and realized the restaurant had charged me £5 too much. Accounting accountancy accountant accounting accounts auditor bad debt balance budget creative accounting double entry bookkeeping expense account false accounting forensic accountant forensic accounting loss treasurer unaudited uncredited unreconciled write something down You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Bills & invoices Paying money billnoun (LAW)[ C ] a formal statement of a planned new law that is discussed before being voted on: 议案，法案 amend a billThe bill was amended (= changed).议案被修订了。 pass a billWhen 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。 throw out a billinformalThe 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。 The bill was defeated in the Commons by 249 votes to 131.议案在下议院以249票对131票未获通过。 An amendment to the bill was agreed without a vote.议案修正条款没有进行表决就通过了。 The opposition was in full cry in Parliament last night over the proposed changes to the education bill.昨晚议会中，反对党针对修改教育法案的提议激烈地发表了自己的意见。 Politicians tried to dress up the bill as a bold new strategy for combatting poverty. He is unlikely to succeed in getting his bill through Congress, however worthy it is.无论他的提案多么有价值，他也不可能使其在国会上通过。 UK politics: legislation & law-making abolish abrogate abrogation amendment assemblyman constitutionally enact First Minister's Questions FMQs gold plate Green Paper guillotine parliamentarian penal reform PMQs pocket veto presiding officer promulgate White Paper writ billnoun (MONEY)B1[ C ]mainly US(UK usuallynote) a piece of paper money: 纸币 a dollar/one-dollar bill1美元的钞票 a ten-dollar bill面值10美元的钞票 See also billfoldUS Payment methods anti-kickback ATM card automatic withdrawal bad cheque baksheesh bribe chip liquid meal ticket microtransaction monetization monetize money-back monometallic PFI ready money remittance rubber severance wave and pay billnoun (SIGN)[ C ] a paper sign giving information about something, especially an event or performance招贴，海报，广告 be on the bill to be performing in a show, concert, play, etc.: There were lots of big names (= famous people) on the bill.有许多明星参加演出。 head/top the bill to be the most important performer in a show, play, film, concert, etc. : This will be the actor's 22nd year heading the bill at the Theatre Royal, York. Advertising and marketing ad ad agency adman adverse publicity advert cross-selling customer relationship management demographics detoxify differentiator o.n.o. off-brand on-brand opinion mining overexpose tout trade dress unadvertised unbilled unbranded billnoun (BIRD)[ C ] the beak of a bird鸟嘴，喙 PhotoPlus Magazine / Contributor/Future Publishing/GettyImages The head & neck of non-human animals antler beak cockscomb comb crested crop dewlap horn horned jaw muley neck nose pouch proboscis sucker tufted tusk wattle billnoun (HAT)[ C ]US(UKpeak) the part of a cap that sticks out above the eyes of the person who is wearing it: He wore a baseball cap with the bill pulled down over his eyes. Hats & scarves ascot balaclava bandana baseball cap beanie dicky bow do-rag driving cap dunce's cap dupatta mask millinery mitre mortarboard neckerchief toque trencher trilby tuque turban Idiomfill/fit the bill bill verb uk /bɪl/ us /bɪl/ billverb (REQUEST PAYMENT)[ T ] 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 bill someone for somethingPlease bill me for any expenses you incur.请把你的所有花费都记在我的账上。 Accounting accountancy accountant accounting accounts auditor bad debt balance budget creative accounting double entry bookkeeping expense account false accounting forensic accountant forensic accounting loss treasurer unaudited uncredited unreconciled write something down You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Bills & invoices billverb (ADVERTISE)[ Tusually passive ] 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 bill something as somethingThe film was billed as a romantic comedy. The young author was billed as "the new Beckett."这位年轻作家被吹捧为“新贝克特”。 [ Tusually passive ] to list a person or performance on a programme of events : 安排…的演出 She was billed to perform every night for a period of two weeks. 她被要求在两个星期内每晚出演。 Advertising and marketing ad ad agency adman adverse publicity advert cross-selling customer relationship management demographics detoxify differentiator o.n.o. off-brand on-brand opinion mining overexpose tout trade dress unadvertised unbilled unbranded the Bill noun[ S, + sing/pl verb ] UKslanguk /bɪl/ us /bɪl/(alsothe Old Bill) the police警察;警方 The police generally anti-police anti-riot baton baton charge billy club booze bus fuzz gendarmerie Interpol kettle kettling lathi patrol wagon precinct riot police Scotland Yard secret police self-policing the Royal Canadian Mounted Police warrant bill | American Dictionarybill noun[ C ] us/bɪl/ billnoun[C] (REQUEST FOR PAYMENT)a list of expenses to be paid, or the total amount of costs or expenses: We still have doctors’ bills to pay. A bill is also a check . billnoun[C] (MONEY)a piece of paper money: He pulled out a thick wad of bills and gave me $20. billnoun[C] (LAW)politics & government a formal statement of a planned new law that is discussed by a government or legislature before being voted on: After a bill is passed by both houses of Congress, it becomes law when the president signs it. billnoun[C] (BIRD)the beak of a bird bill verb[ T ] us/bɪl/ billverb[T] (REQUEST PAYMENT)to send someone a statement of what is owed: Some places will bill you, but at others you have to pay right away. bill | Business Englishbill noun[ C ] uk /bɪl/us COMMERCE, FINANCE, ACCOUNTING a document showing how much money you owe for goods or services you have received: bill for stha bill for $10,000 big/huge/hefty, etc. bill (for sth)The company faces a hefty bill for repairs after the storm. pay/settle a billI don't have the money to pay this gas bill. monthly/quarterly/weekly billThey can afford their monthly bills for basics such as food and housing but have little left for luxuries. pay/pick up a billThe firm picked up the bill for him to be flown by executive jet to Edinburgh. cut/reduce a billWe need to find ways of reducing our energy bills. If you prefer you can request an itemized bill and get a list of every call you have made. gas/phone/tax, etc. bill foot the bill to pay a bill: Should the government foot the bill for all its citizens - or only the poorest among us? COMMERCE UK(UScheck) a piece of paper given to you when you have finished eating at a restaurant, showing how much money you owe: "Could we have the bill please?" pick up the billDon't worry. I'll pick up the bill. GOVERNMENT, LAW a formal statement of a planned new law that is discussed before being voted on: The bill became law in April. amend/pass a billThey soon realized that they didn't have enough votes to pass the bill. MONEY US → banknote → bill of exchange See alsobacked bill bank bill commercial bill discharged bill discounted bill documents-against-acceptance bill documents-against-payment bill due billUS eligible bill fine trade bill non-prime bill period bill sight bill term bill time bill trade bill Treasury bill usance bill wage bill Compareinvoice bill verb[ T ] uk /bɪl/us to send someone a bill telling them how much money they owe for goods or services that they have received: bill sb for sthThe law firm had billed its clients for more than 400 hours. to describe something as being something: bill sth as sthThe new technology is being billed as "the email of the future". Examples of billbill Another is that competition, even if successful in reducing tariffs, will marginally affect the households bills. Questions regarding the bill may then be asked, and debate follows. This bill of rights did not have an appreciable effect on government decisions. This omission could have serious consequences for the vitality of a bill of rights. How did this bill ever get to the floor? A bill based on the weight of the copper (and later zinc), and hence the amount of electricity used, was sent to the household. As it is possible to observe, the high negative coefficient indicates a very significant replacement effect between executive decrees and bill initiatives. The bill did allow producers to update their historical production bases and yields, and soybean was included for the first time. A provisional compromise has been reached in this case, which forms the basis for the future bill. The major bills regulating mine safety before 1969 were passed in 1941, 1952, and 1966. 89. Therefore, if legislators predict that bills will be enacted, they will vote for bills although they prefer to defeat bills. Even (seemingly) unimportant enacted laws change the status quo policy and have greater utility than dead important bills. No bill was enacted into law at this session. It is from this same period, early 1606, that several proposals for bills to regulate - and reform - new drapery manufacture survive. Bank-issued bills of exchange in gold are the perfectly elastic currency. See all examples of bill These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withbillbillThese are words often used in combination with bill. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. annual bill Now the annualbill is £30,000. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 budget bill The budgetbill, however, becomes law upon its final passage and can not be vetoed. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. controversial bill At the time of revising the paper, the federal government had sent a controversial bill to the national assembly for the proscription of the groups categorised as ethnic militias. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with bill |
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