新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

bill

英 [bɪl]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

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] 喙
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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