情景会话口袋书人际篇 第223期:支票业务(2)
日期:2013-08-14 15:44

(单词翻译:单击)

5. It takes two days to clear a check.
支票过户要两天时间。
还能这样说:
We need two days to clear a check.
Clearance of a check could take two days.
谚语:
Take a hair of the dog that bit you.
以毒攻毒。
6. To whom is the check payable?
请问支票付款人是谁?
还能这样说:
May I ask who will pay the check?
Please tell me the payee of the cheque.
应用解析:
pay sb. a compliment 就某事物夸奖某人;
pay dividends 产生效益,得到好处;
pay sb. (back) in his own 以其人之道还治其人之身
7. I'm sorry, this check is null and void.
对不起,这张支票已作废。
还能这样说:
Sorry, this check is long overdue.
It's a pity that this check has been invalid.
应用解析:
aching void 沉痛空虚之感;
emerge out of the void 凭空出现;
vanish into the void 烟消云散;
a void house 空屋
8. The check is good for 100 days.
支票有效期为100天。
还能这样说:
The check is not overdrawn in 100 days.
The check becomes invalid after 100 days.
谚语:
A good horse can't be of a bad color.
良马的毛色不会差。

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重点单词
  • pityn. 同情,怜悯,遗憾,可惜 v. 同情,怜悯
  • overdueadj. 过期的,未兑的,迟到的
  • checkn. 检查,支票,账单,制止,阻止物,检验标准,方格图案
  • voidadj. 空的,无效的,空虚的 n. 真空,空虚,空白
  • emergevi. 浮现,(由某种状态)脱出,(事实)显现出来
  • vanishvi. 消失,不见了,绝迹 vt. 消失
  • complimentn. 称赞,恭维,(复数)致意 vt. 称赞,恭维