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The Gatais used to frown when they received power bills that routinely topped $
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Now they're actually eager to see their electricity bills
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But inside, special windows cut power bills by blocking solar heat in summer and retaining indoor warmth in winter.
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Why are the Gatais eager to see their electricity bills now
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It adds too much to their medical bills.
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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.
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He has got to save on fuel bills.
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According to data released in January 2017, 56 percent of bills are paid online, which means that just under half of payments still rely on delivery services to be completed.
2019年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
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If all four bills pass as written, they would represent a substantial update of michigan's 2013 law that allowed the testing of self-driving vehicles in limited conditions.
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These are private bills, but there are also public bills to be paid.
2016年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C
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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
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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.
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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 o
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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.
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missing from these bills is any serious attempt to rein in malpractice costs.
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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.
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The bills in both houses would start pilot projects within Medicare.
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The bills would lock that pledge into law.
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The Conservatives plan to adopt this strategy by making utility companies print the average local electricity and gas usage on people's bills.
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The pending bills would spend additional money to accelerate this effort.
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(商品或服务费用的)账单
A bill is a written statement of money that you owe for goods or services.
例句
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。
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VERB
给…开送账单
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.
例句
Are you going to bill me for this?
你们会给我开这个的账单吗?
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N-SING
(餐馆的)账单
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.
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纸币;钞票
A bill is a piece of paper money.
例句
...a large quantity of US dollar bills.
大量的美钞
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议案;法案
In government, a bill is a formal statement of a proposed new law that is discussed and then voted on.
例句
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。
The bill was approved by a large majority.
这项法案得到了绝大多数人的支持。
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N-SING
演出人员名单
The bill of a show or concert is a list of the entertainers who will take part in it.
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VERB
宣传(某人)将参加演出
If someone is billed to appear in a particular show, it has been advertised that they are going to be in it.
例句
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”。
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VERB
宣传(某人或某物有某种特质或能力)
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.
例句
They bill it as Britain's most exciting museum.
他们宣称它是英国最有趣的博物馆。
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鸟嘴;喙
A bird's bill is its beak.
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PHRASE
适合需要;符合要求
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.
例句
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。
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PHRASE
付账;买单
If you have to foot the bill for something, you have to pay for it.
例句
Who is footing the bill for her extravagant holiday?
谁会为她奢侈的假日买单?
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PHRASE
身体状况良好
If a doctor gives you a clean bill of health, they tell you that you are fit and healthy.
例句
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。