bill

1. N-COUNT A bill is a written statement of money that you owe for goods or services. 账单

They couldn't afford to pay the bills. 他们付不起账。

He paid his bill for the newspapers promptly. 他立刻付了报纸的帐单。

2. V-T 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. 给…开账单[no cont]

Are you going to bill me for this?

你会为这开帐单给我吗？

3. N-COUNT A bill is a piece of paper money. 纸币[美国英语]

The case contained a large quantity of U.S. dollar bills. 盒子里装有大量美钞。

4. N-COUNT In government, a bill is a formal statement of a proposed new law that is discussed and then voted on. 议案

This is the toughest crime bill that Congress 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。

5. N-SING The bill of a show or concert is a list of the entertainers who will take part in it. 演出人员名单

Bob Dylan topped the bill. 鲍勃·迪伦排在演员表的最前端。

6. N-SING 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. (餐馆的) 账单[英国英语]

After coffee, Gastler asked for the bill. 喝完咖啡，加斯特勒要了账单。

7. V-T If someone is billed to appear in a particular show, it has been advertised that they are going to be in it. 宣传 (某人出演某戏)[usu passive]

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。

8. billingN-UNCOUNT 演员表

...their quarrels over star billing. …他们就演员表排名顺序的争吵。

9. V-T 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. 把…宣传为

They bill it as California's most exciting museum. 他们把这宣传为加利福尼亚最令人激动的博物馆。

10. N-COUNT A bird's bill is its beak. 喙

11. PHRASE 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. 符合要求

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。