千萬不要把「tab」翻譯成「標籤」,理解錯了超尷尬 | 商務英語

2021-02-15 財經英語
U.S. taxpayers to pay Capitol siege tab as government shuns insurance

Taxpayers will pay for damages because federal agencies rarely carry insurance. The tab for fixing broken glass, doors and furniture, plus cleaning debris left behind, was still unknown.

納稅人將支付損害賠償金,因為聯邦機構很少投保。修復碎玻璃、門和家具,以及清理遺留下來的碎片的費用仍然未知。

「tab」在上面這個例子中的意思是「費用」,不能翻譯成「標籤」哦!

tab的詞典解釋如下,請看註解👇🏻

再舉幾個例子🌰:

1. The tab for the meeting could be $3000.

這次會議的費用可能是3000美元。

2. The company will pick up the tab for your hotel room.

公司將為你付旅館住宿費。

相關短語:

pick up the tab 的中文意思為「付帳;承擔費用」

舉個例子🌰:

My company will pick up the tab for all moving expenses.

我公司將承擔搬遷的所有費用。

tab /tæb/  

1. A tab is a small piece of cloth or paper that is attached to something, usually with information about that thing written on it. 標籤

例:A clerk had slipped the wrong tab on Tony's X-ray .

一位職員失手把一個錯誤的標籤貼到了託尼的X光片上。

2. A tab is the total cost of goods or services that you have to pay, or the bill for those goods or services. 總價錢; 帳單 

例:At least one estimate puts the total tab at $7 million.

至少有一種估計認為總價達7百萬美元。

3. If someone keeps tabs on you, they make sure that they always know where you are and what you are doing, often in order to control you. 密切監視 

例:It was obvious Hill had come over to keep tabs on Johnson and make sure he didn't do anything drastic.

顯然,希爾是來嚴密監視詹森的,以確保他不做什麼過激的事。

4. If you pick up the tab, you pay a bill on behalf of a group of people or provide the money that is needed for something. (代表一群人) 付帳; 承擔全部費用 

例:Pollard picked up the tab for dinner that night.

波拉德為那天的晚宴付了帳。

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