时间:2019-02-15 作者:英语课 分类:迷你对话学地道口语


英语课

   Subject: Let’s foot the bill.


  第一、迷你对话
  A: Let’s foot the bill.
  我来付账吧。
  B: Wait a minute.
  等等。
  第二、核心表达
  foot the bill
  1. 解词释义
  Foot the bill的字面意思是“踩着账单,赶快开溜”,比喻为“结账,付账,买单”的意思。
  早在15世纪,人们开始用foot the bill表示把所有的账目加起来后算出总金额,然后写在账单的底部(foot of bill or account),foot相当于button,在这时候跟消费者无关。但是到了19世纪,则与消费者有关了,表示“付账,买单”的意思,一直沿用至今。
  2. 例句拓展
  e.g. Who's going to foot the bill for the damage 1?
  谁来负责这笔损害赔偿金?
  e.g. You order the dishes and I'll foot the bill.
  你点菜,我来付账。
  e.g. The celebration 2 cost hundreds of pounds, and I wonder who's going to foot the bill.
  庆祝会花费了数百英镑,我想知道谁来负担这笔费用。
  e.g. I was in a jam because I didn't have enough money to foot the bill.
  我带的钱不够付帐,处境很狼狈。

n.(pl.)赔偿金,损坏,毁坏;vt.损害,毁坏
  • Don't bend the book back,and you'll damage it.别向后卷书,会弄坏的。
  • He paid for the damage done.他赔偿了造成的损失。
n.庆祝,庆祝会;典礼
  • The celebration passed off successfully.庆祝活动圆满结束。
  • The celebration of Christmas is a custom.庆祝圣诞节是一种习俗。
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