【bill】 - A-level备考词汇

bill

UK:  [bɪl]

US:  [bɪl]

复数：bills  现在分词：billing  过去式：billed  

n.

1.比尔

2.账单;清单

3.报单,贴条,招贴,告白,传单,广告;戏单,戏报

4.〔美国〕纸币;〔美俚〕百元钞票

5.嘴状岬

6.鹤嘴锄;钩镰;钩状戟

7.(水禽等细长而扁平的)嘴

8.锚爪

9.(欧洲中世纪步兵用的)长柄矛

10.【商业】证券;汇票,支票,票据;凭单

v.

1.开帐单;报帐

2.开账单给…

3.(以传单、广告等)宣布,贴海报

4.(鸽子似地)接嘴,亲嘴,接吻

5.填报;填(表),把…列成表

6.亲热,爱抚

1 . Just think how much time you save now by paying for things with a coin or bill.
想想看，你现在用硬币或钞票来购买物品可以节省多少时间。

2 . "It was as if Europe had been shifted 20 degrees north and Ireland moved to Svalbard, " said Bill Patterson of Saskatchewan University.
“仿佛欧洲向北移了20度，爱尔兰移到了斯瓦尔巴特群岛。”萨斯喀彻温大学的比尔·帕特森说。

3 . Bill: It takes a strong man to save himself, and a great man to save another.
比尔：坚强的人只能救赎自己，伟大的人才能拯救他人。

4 . Our National Congress should introduce a bill, demanding American troops to stop killing Iraqi people and to get out of Iraq territory.
中国人大应通过决议，强烈要求美国军队停止屠杀伊拉克人民，强烈要求美国军队撤出伊拉克。

5 . White House spokesman Jay Carney said the administration was still reviewing the currency bill.
白宫发言人JayCarney表示，政府还在审视这项议案。