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bill

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n. [法] 法案；广告；账单；[金融] 票据；钞票；清单
vt. 宣布；开账单；用海报宣传

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词态变化

复数: bills;第三人称单数: bills;过去式: billed;过去分词: billed;现在分词: billing;

中文词源

bill 帐单，法案，鸟喙

1.法案，词源同ball, 球，此处指小蜡球。指旧时官方文件通常用封蜡封印，代指官方文件。

2.鸟喙，来自PIE *bheie, 砍，劈，可能同bite, boat.

英英释意

1. a statute in draft before it becomes law;: "they held a public hearing on the bill"

2. an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered;: "he paid his bill and left"; "send me an account of what I owe"

3. a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank);: "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes"

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;: "he mailed the circular to all subscribers"

7. horny projecting mouth of a bird

8. a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement;: "a poster advertised the coming attractions"

9. a long-handled saw with a curved blade;: "he used a bill to prune branches off of the tree"

10. a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes;: "he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead"

英文词源

bill: bill: There are three distinct words bill in English (not counting the proper name), and of them all, the most recent is the commonest. Bill ‘note of charges’ [14] comes from Anglo-Latin billa, which is probably a variant of Latin bulla ‘_document, seal’ (as in ‘papal bull’). English billet [15], as in ‘billeting soldiers on a house’, was originally a diminutive form of billa (French billet ‘letter’ comes from the same source). Bill ‘hook-bladed weapon’ [OE], now found mainly in billhook, comes from a prehistoric West Germanic *bilja, which may be based ultimately on Indo-European *bhid-, source of English bite. Bill ‘beak’ [OE] may be related to bill ‘weapon’, but this is not clear.

The verbal sense ‘caress’, as in ‘bill and coo’, is 16th-century; it arose from the courting behaviour of doves stroking each other’s beaks.
=> billet
bill (n.1): "written statement," mid-14c., from Anglo-French bille, Anglo-Latin billa "list," from Medieval Latin bulla "decree, seal, sealed document," in classical Latin "bubble, boss, stud, amulet for the neck" (hence "seal;" see bull (n.2)). Sense of "account, invoice" first recorded c. 1400; that of "order to pay" (technically bill of exchange) is from 1570s; that of "paper money" is from 1660s. Meaning "draft of an act of Parliament" is from 1510s.
bill (n.2): "bird's beak," Old English bill "bill, bird's beak," related to bill, a poetic word for a kind of sword (especially one with a hooked blade), from a common Germanic word for cutting or chopping weapons (compare Old High German bihal, Old Norse bilda "hatchet," Old Saxon bil "sword"), from PIE root *bheie- "to cut, to strike" (cognates: Armenian bir "cudgel," Greek phitos "block of wood," Old Church Slavonic biti "to strike," Old Irish biail "ax"). Used also in Middle English of beak-like projections of land (such as Portland Bill).
bill (v.): "to send someone a bill of charge," 1864, from bill (n.1). Related: Billed; billing.
bill (n.3): ancient weapon, Old English bill "sword (especially one with a hooked blade), chopping tool," common Germanic (compare Old Saxon bil "sword," Middle Dutch bile, Dutch bijl, Old High German bihal, German Beil, Old Norse bilda "hatchet." See bill (n.2).

考试真题

Bill, for instance, often gets painful flashbacks, in which unwanted memories intrude into his consciousness, but overall he has chosen to see it as the best way of avoiding repeating the same mistakes.

Well, if this were true, we would all be slipping a few 100-dollar bills to our doctors on the way out their doors, too.

Support Bill Perry's pub, and any other bar or restaurant that doesn't ask you to do drunken math.

As a person who writes about food and drink for a living, I couldn't tell you the first thing about Bill Perry or whether the beers he sells are that great.

These are private bills, but there are also public bills to be paid.

If we buy food, we have to pay for it; if a doctor treats us, we know there will be a bill to pay.

RelayRides and SnapGoods match up owners and renters; smartphones with GPS let people see where the nearest rentable car is parked; social networks provide a way to check up on people and build trust; and online payment systems handle the billing

If a home generates more power than it uses, the bill is zero.

The Gatais used to frown when they received power bills that routinely topped $

Now they're actually eager to see their electricity bills

But inside, special windows cut power bills by blocking solar heat in summer and retaining indoor warmth in winter.

Why are the Gatais eager to see their electricity bills now

The residents are billed by "net metering": they pay for the amount of power they tap off the grid, less the kilowatts (千瓦) they feed into it.

How are the residents in the ZEH communities billed for electricity use

It adds too much to their medical bills.

The way in which Mr Jobs revived the failing company he had co-founded and turned it into the world's biggest tech firm (bigger even than Bill Gates's Microsoft, the company that had outsmarted Apple so dramatically in the 1980s), sounds like something from a Hollywood movie.

This has been due ,in part ,to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has invested $

What is said about the schools forded by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation

Many schools compete for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funds.

Her household bills piled up, along with the dishes and dirty laundry, but it took near-constant complaints from her four daughters before she realized she had a problem.

He has got to save on fuel bills.

Bill says he's not working so hard on his biology project.

What does the woman imply about Bill?

As a person who writes about food and drink for a living, I couldn't tell you the first thing about bill Perry or whether the beers he sells are that great.

Bill, for instance, often gets painful "flashbacks", in which unwanted memories intrude into his consciousness, but overall he has chosen to see it as the best way of avoiding repeating the same mistakes.

In 1944, Congress passed a bill to upgrade the system, but did not fund the plan right away.

Now I would like to settle my mini-bar bill.

Professor Goel has a much rosier outlook on the future of artificial intelligence than, say, Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking, bill Gates or Steve Wozniak.

Support bill Perry's pub, and any other bar or restaurant that doesn't ask you to do drunken math.

Morgan said those findings—which included data from the system's 13 community colleges, 27 technical colleges and six universities—were part of the decision not to move forward with Governor Bill Haslam's proposal to privatize management of state buildings in an effort to save money.

The one in the House bill would have to negotiate rates with providers, rather than using Medicare rates, as many reformers wanted.

The good news is that a bill just approved by the House and a bill approved by the Senate Finance Committee would implement or test many reforms that should help slow the rise in medical costs over the long term.

The bills would lock that pledge into law.

The bills in both houses would start pilot projects within Medicare.

The bills in both chambers would create health insurance exchanges on which small businesses and individuals could choose from an array of private plans and possibly a public option.

The Senate bill would create an independent commission to monitor the pilot programs and recommend changes in Medicare's payment policies to urge providers to adopt reforms that work.

The Senate Finance bill would impose an excise tax ( ' , 消费税) on health insurance plans that cost more than $8,000 for an individual or $21,000 for a family.

The House bill would authorize the secretary of health and human services to negotiate drug prices in Medicare and Medicaid.

The House bill has no similar tax.

Missing from these bills is any serious attempt to rein in malpractice costs.

Is surgery, radiation or careful monitoring best for prostate ( ' , 前列腺) cancer? Is the latest and most expensive cholesterol-lowering drug any better than its common competitors? The pending bills would spend additional money to accelerate this effort.

Here are some of the important proposals in the House and Senate bills to try to address those problems, and why it is hard to know how well they will work.

Both bills would reduce the rate of growth in annual Medicare payments to hospitals, nursing homes and other providers by amounts comparable to the productivity savings routinely made in other industries with the help of new technologies and new ways to organize work.

As a result, the bills do not require, as they should, that the results of these studies be used to set payment rates in Medicare.

MPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of Labour amendments to the children and families bill last February that included the 118 power to regulate for plain packaging.

Sadly the pleasure that comes from extravagances often disappears long before the bills do.

However, they also deserve a home of their own, a secure retirement and freedom from worrying about unpaid bills.

The Conservatives plan to adopt this strategy by making utility companies print the average local electricity and gas usage on people's bills.

In the US, the House of Representatives Science Committee has approved a bill allocating $10 million a year to studying energy-related behaviour.

"For all the anxiety the essay causes," says Bill McClintick of Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania, "it's a very small piece of the puzzle.

Some schools out for profit cynically increase tuitions and count on student loans and federal aid to foot the bill – knowing full well that the students won't make it.

If you look at who enters college, it now looks like America," says Hilary Pennington, director of postsecondary programs for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which has closely studied enrollment patterns in higher education.

workers who bill or get paid by the hour, think employer and fast-food workers, report focusing more on pursuing more money than those who get paid by salary and the fact has been fast.

In one experiment, people were told to play the role of consultant and bill their time by either nine dollars an hour or ninety dollars an hour

When people billed their time by ninety dollars an hour they report feeling far more priced for time.

But the travel bill would be enormous, and we could never manage that.

Though Andrea kept her job as a school bus driver, she knew that they couldn't pay their bills and support their youngest of five children, Zac, age nine,on one income

But over the past few decades a unique class of satellites has been created that fits the bill: CubeSats.

If we're going to force taxpayers to foot the bill for college degrees, students should only study those subjects they're of greatest benefit to taxpayers.

Morgan said those findings—which included data from the system's 13 community colleges, 27 technical colleges and six universities—were part of the decision not to move forward with Governor Bill Haslam's proposal to privatize management of state building

MPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of Labour amendments to the children and families bill last February that included the power to regulate for plain packaging.

The good news is that a bill just approved by the House and a bill approved by the Senate finance Committee would implement or test many reforms that should help slow the rise in medical costs over the long term.

The Senate finance bill would impose an excise tax(消费税) on health insurance plans that cost more than $8, 000 for an individual or $21, 000 for a family.

You are going to give a short speech of thanks for the speaker this evening, aren't you, Bill?

But at union station in Los Angeles last month, a board went up with dollar bills attached to it with pins and a sign that read, "give what you can, take what you need".

Farecard machine are in every station, bring small bills because there are no change machines in the station and farecard machine only provide up to $ 5 in change.

I had to pay the bill.

In 1819, John realized that he didn't have enough money to pay his bills.

It is important to pay your electricity bill on time, as late payments may affect your credit.

The key is that before bills and living expenses start to eat away your salary, you should put aside the savings portion of your pay.

The video clip shows one man who had found a $20 bill pinning it to the board.

They have loans, bills, a mortgage to pay off, retirement to save for.

This brief visit with mother nature cost me two days off from work, recovering from a bad case of sunburn and the doctor's bill for my son's food poisoning.

With a new farm bill to be debated in congress, consumers must take a stand with young farmers.

Worse, the crucial income to feed yourself and your family and pay the bills has disappeared.

This is why repeated attempts at reform legislation have failed in recent years, leaving the Postal Service unable to pay its bills except by deferring vital modernization.

The emerging consensus around the bill is a sign that legislators are getting frightened about a politically embarrassing short-term collapse at the USPS.

And anything that raises GPAs will likely make students—who, at the end of the day, are paying the bill—feel they've gotten a better value for their tuition dollars, which is another big concern for colleges.

his reports paralleled the "Willie" cartoons of famed Stars and Stripes artist Bill Maulden.

词组搭配

fit (或 fill) the bill

be suitable for a particular purpose

符合要求，适合需要

bill and coo

(informal)behave or talk in a very loving or sentimental way

拥吻，爱抚；喁喁情话

实用场景例句

Let's ask for the bill.: 我们结账吧。

a ten-dollar bill: 一张十元的钞票

to introduce/approve/reject a bill: 提出 / 通过 / 否决一项议案

the Education Reform Bill: 教育改革法案

a horror double bill (= two horror films/movies shown one after the other): 双场恐怖片节目单

Topping the bill (= the most important performer) is Robbie Williams.: 领衔演出的是罗比·威廉斯。

long-billed waders: 长嘴涉禽

On paper, several of the applicants fit the bill.: 从书面材料看，有几位申请人符合条件。

Please bill me for the books.: 请就所购的书开列账单。

He was billed as the new Tom Cruise.: 他被宣传为新汤姆·克鲁斯。

She was billed to speak on ‘China─Yesterday and Today ’.: 据宣传她要发表题为“中国——昨天和今天”的演讲。

the telephone/electricity/gas bill: 电话费 / 电费 / 煤气费账单

We ran up a massive hotel bill .: 我们累积了大笔的旅馆费。

She always pays her bills on time.: 她总是按时支付账单。

The bills are piling up (= there are more and more that have still not been paid) .: 账单越积越多。

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。

Who is footing the bill for her extravagant holiday?: 谁会为她奢侈的假日买单？

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”。

They bill it as Britain's most exciting museum.: 他们宣称它是英国最有趣的博物馆。

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。

The bill was approved by a large majority.: 这项法案得到了绝大多数人的支持。

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。

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。

Are you going to bill me for this?: 你们会给我开这个的账单吗？

...a large quantity of US dollar bills.: 大量的美钞

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fit (或 fill) the bill

bill and coo

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