1·We pay all our bills by direct debit.
我们以直接借记方式支付所有账单。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·There have been minor squabbles about phone bills.
为电话账单已闹过口角。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·Those repair bills have really eaten into my savings.
那些修理账单已经耗掉我相当一部分积蓄。
—— 《牛津词典》
4·They've had to sell the family silver to pay the bills.
他们不得已卖掉家传的银器去支付账单。
—— 《牛津词典》
5·The recession and hospital bills drove them into bankruptcy.
经济萧条和医院的账单逼得他们破产了。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
1·The bills in both chambers would create health insurance exchanges on which small businesses and individuals could choose from an array of private plans and possibly a public option.
参众两院的议案将创建医疗保险交易所，让小企业和个人可以从一系列私人计划和可行的公共计划中进行选择。
2·There are other honorable bills out there that have much to recommend them but fall short because they do not include mandatory greenhouse gas reductions or a price signal.
那里还有很多其他值得推荐但没有推荐的可敬议案因为它们没有包括规定的温室气体减排或一个代价信号。
3·One should never underestimate the capacity of individual senators to delay even the most popular bills, but the mood in Washington is for action, bold and speedy.
谁都不该低估个别参议员有能力延缓甚至是最受欢迎的议案，但是华盛顿的情绪是最有效，大胆和迅捷的。
4·In many states, such as Florida, committees can get together year-round, so that bills are queued up and ready to go when the full Chambers are briefly in session.
譬如在如同佛罗里达州的很多州，委员会的人可以整年的呆在一起，结果就是议案被积压，只有在短暂的与会期间，人全到齐了才能解决。
5·And, says Mr Rosenthal, state legislatures with long sessions tend to spend most of the time deadlocked, until the end of the session approaches and they pass all their bills in a chaotic rush.
罗森塔尔还说道，与会时间比较长的立法机构易于陷入长时间的僵持局面，而直到会议行将结束时，他们所有的议案才会在嘈杂混乱中被匆匆通过。