bills
n. 账单( bill的名词复数 ); 钞票; 清单; 广告
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。
All the bills had the same serial number. The cash was counterfeit.
所有钞票的序列号都是一样的。这些钱是伪钞。
Uninsured people can be bankrupted by big medical bills.
高额的医疗费会让未参保者变得倾家荡产。
They noticed fifty and twenty dollar bills floating in the water.
他们发现水中漂浮着50和20美元的纸币。
The recession and hospital bills drove them into bankruptcy.
经济衰退和医疗账单逼得他们破产了。
Those who have lost their jobs struggle to pay their supermarket bills.
那些失业的人们想方设法以支付超市的账单。