Exchequer
[ ɪks'tʃɛkɚ ]
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n. （英国）财政部;国库，金库;
📝 例句
There's nothing left in the exchequer this month.
本月份本人国库空虚.
His exchequer is low.
他的经济状况不好。
The exchequer early achieved independence.
财政部很早就取得独立了。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ ex-前缀“出”,chequer-check支票:开出支票的地方→国库,财政部
※ ex-前缀“出”,cheque-支票,er-引申为…地方:出支票的地方→国库
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
exchequer
n
1 the Exchequer [sing]
(Brit) government department in charge of public money 财政部
The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the minister in charge of finance in Britain. 英国财政大臣是负责财政的大臣.
2 [C]
(a) public or national supply of money; treasury 公共财源; 国库.
(b) (often joc 常作戏谑语) person's supply of money 个人的钱财
There's nothing left in the exchequer this month. 本月份本人国库空虚.
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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your reasons for wanting an animal.
你要养动物的原因。
Necessity is the mother of invention.
穷则变，变则通。
When lights fuse, furniture gets rickety, pipes get clogged, or vacuum cleaners fail to operate, some woman assume that their husbands will somehow put things right.
每当电灯保险丝烧断、家具榫头松动、管道堵塞、吸尘器不动时，有些妻子认为丈夫总有办法。