cheque

IPA/tʃek/
KK[tʃˈɛk]IPA/tʃek/

cheque — 名詞

  • chequesingular
  • chequesplural

1. a small paper form that you fill in and sign to tell your bank to pay a specific

1.名詞A2
釋義

支票

銀行簽發的付款單據

a small paper form that you fill in and sign to tell your bank to pay a specific amount of money to a person or company

例句

Leila paid the doctor with a cheque for sixty pounds.

Leila 用一張六十英鎊的支票付給醫生。

pay with a cheque + amount

The woman at the shop asked me to pay by cheque or cash.

店裡的女士問我要用支票還是現金付款。

pay by cheque

常見搭配
  • pay by cheque
  • write a cheque
  • cash a cheque
  • sign a cheque
  • a blank cheque
  • a cheque for [amount]
  • cheque book
  • cheque account
同義詞
  • check

    American English spelling of the same document

  • bank draft

    a more secure type of cheque issued by the bank itself, not by a person

  • money order

    a prepaid payment certificate bought with cash; does not require a bank account

用法筆記

Cheque is the British spelling; the American spelling is check. Avoid confusing cheque (the payment document) with the verb check (to examine).

常見錯誤

I paid by check.' (in British English)
I paid by cheque.
cheque is the British spelling; check is American.
Please cheque your work before handing it in.
Please check your work before handing it in.
cheque is only a noun for the payment form; the verb meaning 'to examine' is always check.
慣用語

a blank cheque

idiom

a signed cheque with the amount left empty, so the person receiving it can write in any amount; also used figuratively to mean complete freedom or permission to do whatever one chooses

The manager gave the design team a blank cheque to create the new logo.

Handing someone a blank cheque is risky because they could write any amount.

同根字

  • check
    名詞A2
  • cheque book
    名詞B1
  • cashier's cheque
    名詞B2
  • traveller's cheque
    名詞B1

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • book (cheque book)
  • account (cheque account)
  • card (cheque card)
  • stub (cheque stub)

常用片語

介系詞搭配

  • by (pay by cheque)
  • for (a cheque for £100)