1 N-COUNT (商品或服务费用的)账单 A bill is a written statement of money that you owe for goods or services. →see usage note at: account (商品或服务费用的)账单
2 VERB [no cont] 给…开送账单 If you bill someone for goods or services you have provided them with, you give or send them a bill stating how much money they owe you for these goods or services. 给…开送账单 [Also VERB n]
SYN charge, debit, invoice, send a statement to
3 N-SING (餐馆的)账单 The bill in a restaurant is a piece of paper on which the price of the meal you have just eaten is written and which you are given before you pay. (餐馆的)账单 [British]
in AM, use 美国英语用 check
4 N-COUNT 纸币;钞票 A bill is a piece of paper money. 纸币;钞票 [US]
SYN banknote, green-back [US] , note
in BRIT, use 英国英语用 note
5 N-COUNT [usually singular] 议案;法案 In government, a bill is a formal statement of a proposed new law that is discussed and then voted on. 议案;法案
SYN act of parliament, measure, proposal, piece of legislation
6 N-SING 演出人员名单 The bill of a show or concert is a list of the entertainers who will take part in it. 演出人员名单
7 VERB [usually passive] 宣传(某人)将参加演出 If someone is billed to appear in a particular show, it has been advertised that they are going to be in it. 宣传(某人)将参加演出
8 VERB 宣传(某人或某物有某种特质或能力) If you bill a person or event as a particular thing, you advertise them in a way that makes people think they have particular qualities or abilities. 宣传(某人或某物有某种特质或能力)
SYN advertise, post, announce, push [informal]
9 N-COUNT 鸟嘴;喙 A bird's bill is its beak. 鸟嘴;喙
10 See also: Private Member's Bill
11 PHRASE 适合需要;符合要求 If you say that someone or something fits the bill or fills the bill, you mean that they are suitable for a particular job or purpose. 适合需要;符合要求
SYN be suitable, fit, be right, be suited
12 PHRASE 付账;买单 If you have to foot the bill for something, you have to pay for it. 付账;买单
SYN pay, cough up [informal] , meet the cost
13 PHRASE [PHRASE after verb] 身体状况良好 If a doctor gives you a clean bill of health, they tell you that you are fit and healthy. 身体状况良好
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President Mitterrand, 75, has been given a clean bill of health by doctors in Paris.
巴黎的医生们告诉75岁的密特朗总统,他的身体非常健康。
Word Partnership | Use bill with: |
N. | electricity/gas/phone bill, hospital/hotel bill 1 dollar bill 4 |
VERB. | pay a bill 1 pass a bill, sign a bill, vote on a bill 5 |
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