表示买单的更有意思的表达方式是 foot the bill,用于非常不正式的场合,寓意:2、to cover the costs of something 3、to provide the payment for an expensive bill 4、it is used to say at the point when one was paying one's big or irrational bill 1、It was a splendid party and I'm glad that I don't have to foot that particular bill. 这是一个精彩的聚会,我很高兴我不用付那个特别的账单。2、Don't be angry, I will foot the bill for damage to your car. 3、I don't want to foot the bill for this stupid shopping. 4、My girlfriend is so rich that she always foot the bill for my expenses. 解析:so … that … 在这里用来引导结果状语从句,意为“如此……以致……”。5、My dad told me that he is not going to foot the bill of my Internet connection. 6、The cyclone destroyed her entire house and her insurance company is denied to foot the bill now. 飓风摧毁了她的整个房子,她的保险公司现在被拒绝支付这笔费用。解析:entire 较正式用词,只作定语,一般只用于修饰单数名词(包括集合名词),强调团体、时间段、数量等的整体,含不能有所削减或增添之意,用于修饰某一具体事物时常可与 whole 换用。7、Be careful from fragile objects in this luxurious store, I don't have money to foot the bill for damage.
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