新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

bill

英  [bɪl]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • bills

    1[SING 单数型名词] 账单

    A bill is a written statement of money that you owe for goods or services.

    双语例句

    例:

    They couldn't afford to pay the bills.

    他们付不起账。

    例:

    He paid his bill for the newspapers promptly.

    他立刻付了报纸的帐单。

    2[C 可数名词] 议案

    In government, a bill is a formal statement of a proposed new law that is discussed and then voted on.

    双语例句

    例:

    This is the toughest crime bill that Parliament has passed in a decade.

    这是十年来国会通过的最强硬的有关犯罪的议案。

    3[SING 单数型名词] 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.

    双语例句

    例:

    Bob Dylan topped the bill.

    鲍勃·迪伦排在演员表的最前端。

    4[SING 单数型名词] (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.

    5[C 可数名词] 纸币

    A bill is a piece of paper money.

    双语例句

    例:

    The case contained a large quantity of US dollar bills.

    盒子里装有大量美钞。

    6[C 可数名词]

    A bird's bill is its beak.

    PHRASE. 习语
  • fit the bill , fill the bill

    1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.

    双语例句

    例:

    If you fit the bill, send a CV to Rebecca Rees.

    如果你符合这些要求,送一份履历给丽贝卡·里斯。

    VERB. 动词
  • bills , billing , billed

    1[T 及物动词] 给…开账单

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    Are you going to bill me for this?

    你会为这开帐单给我吗?

    2[T 及物动词] 宣传(某人出演某戏)

    If someone is billed to appear in a particular show, it has been advertised that they are going to be in it.

    双语例句

    例:

    She was billed to play the Wicked Queen in 'Snow White'.

    她已被宣布将出演《白雪公主》里狠毒的王后。

    3[T 及物动词] 把…宣传为

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    They bill it as the country's most exciting museum.

    他们把它宣传为这个国家最有意思的博物馆。

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