bill
n. 账单; 议案; 纸币; 节目单; 鸟嘴; 海报,广告
v. 开账单; 宣传
A bill is a written statement of money that you owe for goods or services.
They couldn't afford to pay the bills...
他们无力支付这些账单。
He paid his bill for the newspapers promptly.
他立即支付了订报费。
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.
Are you going to bill me for this?
你们会给我开这个的账单吗?
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.
A bill is a piece of paper money.
...a large quantity of US dollar bills.
大量的美钞
In government, a bill is a formal statement of a proposed new law that is discussed and then voted on.
This is the toughest crime bill that Congress has passed in a decade...
这是十年来国会通过的最严厉的一项刑事法案。
The bill was approved by a large majority.
这项法案得到了绝大多数人的支持。
The bill of a show or concert is a list of the entertainers who will take part in it.
If someone is billed to appear in a particular show, it has been advertised that they are going to be in it.
She was billed to play the Red Queen in Snow White.
海报宣传她会扮演《白雪公主》中的“红王后”。
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.
They bill it as Britain's most exciting museum.
他们宣称它是英国最有趣的博物馆。
A bird's bill is its beak.
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.
If you fit the bill, send a CV to Rebecca Rees.
如果你符合要求,就寄一份简历给丽贝卡·里斯。
If you have to foot the bill for something, you have to pay for it.
Who is footing the bill for her extravagant holiday?
谁会为她奢侈的假日买单?
If a doctor gives you a clean bill of health, they tell you that you are fit and healthy.
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。
1. a statute in draft before it becomes law;
2. an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered;
3. a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank);
4. the entertainment offered at a public presentation
5. a list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare)
6. an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution;
7. horny projecting mouth of a bird
8. a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement;
9. a long-handled saw with a curved blade;
10. a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes;
1. demand payment;
2. advertise especially by posters or placards;
3. publicize or announce by placards
fit (或 fill) the bill
符合要求,适合需要
bill and coo
拥吻,爱抚;喁喁情话
He bitched about the service, then bitched about the bill.
他埋怨服务不周到, 后来又埋怨要钱太多.
The butcher shop will bill me for the meat I bought this month.
肉店将把我这个月所买的肉钱开帐单给我.
They are arguing vociferously over who should pay the bill.
他们为谁该付账单大声争吵.
Every time I ask Bill to do a job for me, he skips off and plays with his friends!
每次我叫比尔替我做事的时候, 他都偷偷地溜走和朋友们玩去了.
Bill always has a card up his sleeve, so when his first plan failed he tried another.
比尔经常留有一手, 所以当第一个计划失败后,他就试行第二个.