| 释义 |
exchequer/iksˈtʃekə, eks-/n. 1 Brit. the former government department in charge of national revenue [英]财务署(从前政府掌管国家财政的行政部门) 2 a royal or national treasury 皇家(或国家)财政部 3 the money of a private individual or group 私人(或私人组织)的资金 [Middle English via Anglo-French escheker, Old French eschequier from medieval Latin scaccarium ‘chessboard’ (its original sense, with reference to keeping accounts on a chequered cloth)]■ Usage 用法说明 With reference to sense 1, the functions of this department now belong to the Treasury, although the name formally survives, esp. in the title Chancellor of the Exchequer. 释义 1 中该部门的职能现已归属于财政部，但该名称仍作为正式名称沿用下来，尤其是头衔 Chancellor of the Exchequer (财政大臣)。 |