personal identification number
personal identification number — 名詞
1. a secret set of numbers that proves your identity when you use a bank card, mobi
個人識別碼
用於驗證身份的一組數字
a secret set of numbers that proves your identity when you use a bank card, mobile phone, or electronic account to take out money or make payments
Yasmin typed her personal identification number into the cash machine to get money.
Yasmin 在提款機輸入她的個人識別碼來領錢。
The bank clerk reminded Linh to keep her personal identification number safe at all times.
銀行行員提醒 Linh 隨時保管好她的個人識別碼。
collocation: keep + [number] + safe
Joaquín changed his personal identification number after he forgot his old four-digit code.
Joaquín 忘記舊的密碼後，就更改了他的個人識別碼。
Without your personal identification number, you cannot use the bank card for payments.
沒有個人識別碼，你就無法用這張銀行卡付款。
The cash machine asked Folake for her personal identification number before showing the balance.
提款機在顯示餘額前，先要求 Folake 輸入她的個人識別碼。
passive request: be asked for [number]
- enter + personal identification number
- forget + personal identification number
- change + personal identification number
- keep + personal identification number + safe
- for + (bank / account / card)
- PIN
the short, everyday form used in almost all situations, both casual and formal
- PIN number
a common spoken form that adds 'number' after the initialism for extra clarity, though technically redundant
用法筆記
The full phrase is formal; in everyday speech, people almost always say PIN or PIN number instead.