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a document that shows how much you owe somebody for goods or services 账单 the phone/electricity/gas bill 电话费/电费/煤气费 He is facing a huge tax bill. 他正面临一项巨额税单。 She always pays her bills on time. 她总是按时支付账单。 We ran up a massive hotel bill. 我们累积了大笔的旅馆费。 - bill for something
I’ll be sending you the bill for the dry-cleaning! 我这就给你发账单付干洗费！ The bills are piling up (= there are more and more that have still not been paid). 账单越积越多。
CollocationsFinance Finance 财务 Income 收入 - earn money/cash/(informal) a fortune/the minimum wage/a living wage
- make money/a fortune/(informal) a killing on the stock market
在股市上赚钱／赚一大笔钱／发大财 - acquire/inherit/amass wealth/a fortune
获得／继承／积累财富／一大笔钱 - build up funds/savings
积累资金／存款 - get/receive/leave (somebody) an inheritance/a legacy
得到／（给某人）留下遗产 - live on a low wage/a fixed income/a pension
靠低微的工资／固定收入／养老金过活 - get/receive/draw/collect a pension
领取养老金 - depend/be dependent on (British English) benefits/(North American English) welfare/social security
靠福利金／社会保障金过活
Expenditure 开支；支出 - spend money/your savings/(informal) a fortune on…
把钱／存款／一大笔钱花在…上 - invest/put your savings in…
投资／把储蓄金用于… - throw away/waste/ (informal) shell out money on…
把钱浪费／花费巨资在…上 - lose your money/inheritance/pension
失去钱财／遗产／养老金 - use up/ (informal) wipe out all your savings
把储蓄用光 - pay (in) cash
用现金支付 - use/pay by a credit/debit/contactless card
- pay by/make out a/write somebody a/accept a (British English) cheque/(US English) check
用支票支付；开支票；给某人开支票；接受支票 - change/exchange money/currency
- give/pay/leave (somebody) a deposit
预付（某人）订金
Banks 银行 - have/hold/open/close/freeze a bank account/an account
持有／开立／注销／冻结银行账户 - credit/debit/pay something into/take money out of your account
记入账户的贷方／借方；把钱存入账户／从账户中取出 - deposit money/funds in your account
往账户里存钱／存入资金 - withdraw money/cash/£30 from an ATM, etc.
从自动提款机等取钱／现金／30 英镑 - (formal) make a deposit/withdrawal
存款；取款 - find/go to/use (especially North American English) an ATM/(British English) a cash machine/dispenser
找到／去／使用自动提款机 - be in credit/in debit/in the black/in the red/overdrawn
账面有钱／亏空；有盈余；透支 - use a mobile/an online banking app/platform/service
Personal finance 个人理财 - manage/handle/plan/run/ (especially British English) sort out your finances
管理／处理／计划／经营管理／整顿财务问题 - plan/manage/work out/stick to a budget
计划／管理／制订／严格执行预算 - offer/extend credit (to somebody)
（给某人）提供贷款 - arrange/take out a loan/an overdraft
商定／获得贷款／透支额 - pay back/repay money/a loan/a debt
偿还钱／贷款／债务 - pay for something in (especially British English) instalments/(North American English usually) installments
以分期付款方式购买某物
Financial difficulties 财务困难 - get into debt/financial difficulties
陷入债务／财务困难 - be short of/ (informal) be strapped for cash
缺钱 - run out of/owe money
钱用光了；欠钱 - face/get/ (informal) be landed with a bill for £…
面对／收到一张…英镑的账单 - can’t afford the cost of…/payments/rent
承担不起…的费用／款项／房租 - fall behind with/ (especially North American English) fall behind on the mortgage/repayments/rent
拖欠按揭贷款／分期偿还款项／房租 - incur/run up/accumulate debts
带来／积欠／累积债务 - tackle/reduce/settle your debts
处理／减少／付清债务
Extra ExamplesTopics Shoppinga1Customers receive an itemized monthly phone bill. 顾客会收到每月话费明细单。 Don't worry—the company will pick up the bill (= pay). 别担心 － 公司会付账的。 I've just got a huge tax bill. 我刚收到一张巨额的税单。 Many people struggle to pay their rent and utility bills. 许多人要尽全力才能勉强支付房租和公共事业费。 The company could now face higher fuel bills. 公司目前可能要面对更高的燃料费。 They presented us with a very large bill. 他们给了我们一张大额账单。 Use the money in the account to cover the bills. 用这个账户里的钱支付这些账单。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- hefty
- high
- …
- get
- receive
- be landed with
- …
- arrive
- come in
- amount to
- …
- payment
- collector
- bill for
- (especially British English) (North American English usually check)
a piece of paper that shows how much you have to pay for the food and drinks that you have had in a restaurant （餐馆的）账单 Synonyms billbill- account
- invoice
- check
- bill a list of goods that you have bought or services that you have used, showing how much you owe; the price or cost of something:
the gas bill 煤气费账单
- account an arrangement with a shop or business to pay bills for goods or services at a later time, for example in regular amounts every month:
Put it on my account please. 请记在我的赊购账上。
- invoice (rather formal
) a bill for goods that somebody has bought or work that has been done for somebody: 指发票、发货或服务费用清单： The builders sent an invoice for £250. 营造商发出了一张 250 英镑的发票。
bill or invoice? 用 bill 还是 invoice？ - check (North American English)
a piece of paper that shows how much you have to pay for the food and drinks that you have had in a restaurant: 指餐馆的账单： Can I have the check, please? 请给我结账。
- the bill/invoice/check for something
- to pay/settle a(n) bill/account/invoice/check
- to put something on the/somebody’s bill/account/invoice/check
Extra ExamplesTopics Shoppinga1, Cooking and eatinga1Are the coffees on the bill? 咖啡记在账单上了吗？ Could I have the bill please? 能把账单给我吗？ The bill came to £120. 餐费计为 120 英镑。 We decided to split the bill (= share the cost of the meal). 我们决定平均分担餐费。 The waiter brought the bill to their table. 侍者把账单拿到他们桌边。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + bill- ask for
- bring
- get
- …
- arrive
- come
- come to
- …
- (North American English) (British English note)(also banknote especially in British English)
a piece of paper money 纸币；钞票 a ten-dollar bill 一张十美元的钞票
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- five-dollar
- twenty-dollar
- etc.
- …
- count
- count out
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a written suggestion for a new law that is presented to a country’s parliament so that its members can discuss it （提交议会讨论的）议案，法案 to introduce/approve/oppose a bill 提出/批准/反对一项法案 Congress passed the energy bill last month. 国会上个月通过了能源法案。 Republicans said they would support the bill. 共和党人表示，他们将支持该法案。 the Education Reform Bill 教育改革法案
CultureIn Britain a bill must be discussed in the House of Commons and the House of Lords before it can become a law. In the US it must be discussed either in the House of Representatives or the senate. If enough people vote for it there, it is discussed in the other house of Congress, and if it is passed it goes to the President, who decides whether or not it should become a law.see also Act of ParliamentExtra ExamplesTopics Law and justiceb2, Politicsb2The bill will be brought before Parliament next year. 该议案将于明年提交议会。 Republicans will try to push the bill through Congress. 共和党人将会力促国会通过该议案。 The bill was brought to the floor of the House last summer. 该议案是去年夏天提交给众议院的。 The bill became law in June. 该法案 6 月份成为法律。 The government has put forward an emergency bill to limit the powers of the police. 政府已提出紧急议案来限制警方的权力。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- controversial
- comprehensive
- sweeping
- …
- bring forward
- bring in
- introduce
- …
- become law
- contain
- include something
- …
a programme of entertainment at a theatre, etc. （剧院等的）节目单 a horror double bill (= two horror films shown one after the other) 双场恐怖片节目单 Topping the bill (= the most important performer) is violinist Joshua Bell. 首当其冲的是小提琴家乔舒亚·贝尔。 Mozart is on the bill this evening. 今晚有莫扎特作品的演出。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- double
- head
- top
- share
- …
- on a/the bill
a notice in a public place to advertise an event 海报；招贴；广告 Post no bills (= a notice warning people not to stick bills in a particular place). 禁止招贴
the hard pointed or curved outer part of a bird’s mouth 鸟嘴；喙 
- -billed
(in adjectives 构成形容词 having the type of bill mentioned 有…形喙的 long-billed waders 长嘴涉禽
More Like This Compound adjectives for physical characteristicsCompound adjectives for physical characteristics - (also visor)(both North American English)(British English peak)
the stiff front part of a cap that sticks out above your eyes 帽舌；帽檐 
see also Old Bill
for payment付款
money货币
in parliament议会
at theatre, etc.剧院等
advertisement广告
of birds鸟
on hat帽子
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 6 Middle English (denoting a written list or catalogue): from Anglo-Norman French bille, probably based on medieval Latin bulla ‘seal, sealed document’. noun senses 7 to 9 Old English bile, of unknown origin.
Idioms
a clean bill of health
a report that says somebody is healthy or that something is in good condition 健康证明；合格证明 Doctors gave him a clean bill of health after a series of tests and examinations. 经过一系列的测试和检查，医生给他开了一份健康证明。 The building was given a clean bill of health by the surveyor. 测量员给了这座建筑一份干净的健康证明。
Collocations Restaurants餐馆 去餐馆吃饭 在餐馆 结账
- eat (lunch/dinner)/dine/meet at/in a restaurant
在一家餐馆吃（午／晚）饭／进餐／碰面 - go (out)/take somebody (out) for lunch/dinner/a meal
去／带某人去（外面）吃午饭／吃晚饭／用餐 - have a meal with somebody
与某人一起吃饭 - make/have a reservation (in/under the name of Yamada)
（以山田的名字）预订座位 - reserve/ (especially British English) book a table for six
预订一张坐六人的桌子 - ask for/request a table for two/a table by the window
要一张两人桌／靠窗的桌子
- wait to be seated
等待就座 - show somebody to their table
把某人引到桌旁 - sit in the corner/by the window/at the bar/at the counter
坐在角落／窗边／吧台边／柜台边 - hand somebody/give somebody the menu/wine list
把菜单／酒水单递给某人 - open/read/study/peruse the menu
打开／看／仔细看菜单 - the restaurant has a three-course set menu/a children’s menu/an extensive wine list
这餐馆有一个三道菜的套餐／儿童菜单／丰富的酒水单 - taste/sample/try the wine
品尝葡萄酒 - the waiter takes your order
服务生帮你点餐 - order/choose/have the soup of the day/one of the specials/the house (British English) speciality/(especially North American English) specialty
点当日例汤／一道特色菜／餐馆特色菜 - serve/finish the first course/the starter/the main course/dessert/coffee
端上／吃完第一道菜／开胃菜／主菜／甜点；端上／喝完咖啡 - complain about the food/the service/your meal
抱怨食物／服务／饭菜不好 - enjoy your meal
享用饭菜
- pay/ask for (especially British English) the bill/(North American English) the check
付账；要求结账 - pay for/treat somebody to dinner/lunch/the meal
付晚饭／午饭／饭钱；请某人吃晚饭／午饭／饭 - service is (not) included
不含服务费 - give somebody/leave (somebody) a tip
给某人小费
fill/fit the bill
foot the bill