voucher
/ˈvaʊtʃə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · [vˈaʊtʃɚ] /ˈvaʊtʃər/ (ame, ipa) · [vˈaʊtʃɚ] /ˈvau̇-chər/ (ame, mw)
voucher — 名詞
- vouchersingular
- vouchersplural
1. a physical slip, a card, or a digital code that you can exchange for a product,
禮券；折價券
可兌換商品或折扣的票券
a physical slip, a card, or a digital code that you can exchange for a product, a service, or a price reduction on what you buy
Minho received a £20 book voucher for his birthday from his classmates.
Minho 生日時收到同學送的一張 20 英鎊書券。
voucher for [specific item type]
The hotel gave Sahil a voucher for a free breakfast at the restaurant.
旅館給了 Sahil 一張可以在餐廳享用免費早餐的券。
Nora found a discount voucher online and saved nearly half the price of the jacket.
Nora 在網路上找到一張折價券，買那件外套省了將近一半的錢。
You can download a voucher from the store's website and show it on your phone.
你可以從商店網站下載兌換券，然後在手機上出示即可。
Tamás used a travel voucher from his airline to book a flight to Seoul.
Tamás 用航空公司給的旅遊券訂了一張飛往首爾的機票。
- coupon
usually a code or slip that gives a discount on a specific product, often found in newspapers or apps; a voucher is more often pre-paid
- gift card
a plastic card with a stored value, used more often in American English; a voucher is more commonly paper or a code
- token
a voucher-like item used in exchange for something, common in British English (a book token)
文法句型
voucher + for + [goods/service]
voucher + to-infinitive
用法筆記
Often given by companies as a gift or reward. The type of voucher is usually named before the word (a book voucher, a travel voucher, a gift voucher).
常見錯誤
2. a sum of money given by a US government program to help parents pay for their ch
教育補助券
美國政府發給家長的學費補助
a sum of money given by a US government program to help parents pay for their child's education at a private school
The state program gives low-income families a voucher to choose their child's school.
該州的方案提供低收入家庭教育補助券，讓他們為孩子選擇學校。
voucher + to-infinitive — purpose
Kwame's parents used a school voucher to send him to a private academy across town.
Kwame 的父母用教育補助券送他去城另一頭的私立學校就讀。
Critics of the voucher system argue that it takes money away from public schools.
批評教育補助券制度的人認為，這項政策會減少公立學校的經費。
Under the voucher program, families can decide which school their child will attend.
在這個補助券計畫下，家庭可以決定孩子要上哪一所學校。
The school voucher debate often focuses on whether public funds should support religious schools.
關於教育補助券的辯論常聚焦於是否該用公共經費支持宗教學校。
- scholarship
money awarded based on merit or need, not tied to a specific government program; a voucher is a specific government-issued funding certificate
- education grant
a sum of money given for study, often broader than a voucher and not limited to private-school choice
文法句型
voucher + for + [school type]
voucher + program/system
用法筆記
This sense is almost exclusively used in the context of US education policy. It appears most often in the compounds 'school voucher' and 'voucher program/system'.
常見錯誤
3. a document, such as a receipt or a signed note, that records a business expense
憑證；收據
證明交易或支出的會計文件
a document, such as a receipt or a signed note, that records a business expense or proves that money was spent
Talia kept all the vouchers from her business trip to show her manager.
Talia 保留出差的所有單據，以便向主管報帳。
voucher as proof of spending
The accountant checked each expense voucher against the numbers in the company bank statement.
會計將每一張支出憑證與公司的銀行對帳單進行核對。
expense voucher — business context
Ziad filed the hotel voucher together with the receipt for the flight tickets.
Ziad 將飯店的單據連同機票收據一起存檔。
Without a signed voucher, the finance department will not refund your travel costs.
如果沒有簽名的憑證，財務部門不會退還你的差旅費用。
Staff must attach the original voucher to the claim form when requesting repayment.
員工申請報銷時，必須將原始憑證附在申請表上。
文法句型
voucher + for + [expense]
expense + voucher
用法筆記
This sense is used in accounting and office settings. The voucher is usually a physical or digital record that supports a payment entry in the company's books. Often paired with 'expense' or 'travel' as a compound noun.