tab

英 [tæb] 美[tæb]

(informal)monitor the activities or development of; keep under observation

(非正式)监控…的活动（或进展）；密切注意

(informal, chiefly N.Amer.)pay for something

(非正式，主北美)付账；承担费用

my company will pick up the tab for all moving expenses.
我公司将承担搬迁的所有费用。

To observe carefully

密切注意

Let's keep tabs on expenditures.
让们密切注意开支情况

1. At least one estimate puts the total tab at $7 million.: 至少有一个估价把总数定在了700万美元。

2. A stupid medical clerk had slipped the wrong tab on his X-ray.: 一个蠢笨的医护人员一不留神在他的X光片上贴错了标签。