exchequer

英 [ɪksˈtʃekə(r)]

美 [ɪksˈtʃekər]

n.  (英国)财政部; 公共财源; 国库; 金库

复数：exchequers　

GRE法律

Collins.1 / BNC.6587 / COCA.30512

牛津词典

noun

• （英国）财政部
  (in Britain) the government department that controls public money
• 公共财源；国库；金库
  the public or national supply of money
  1. This resulted in a considerable loss to the exchequer.
     这使国库遭受了重大损失。

柯林斯词典

• （英国的）财政部
  The Exchequeris the department in the British government which is responsible for receiving, issuing, and accounting for money belonging to the state.

英英释义

noun

• the funds of a government or institution or individual
  Synonym:treasury

双语例句

• In the last year of his life he conceived the short-dated Exchequer Bill, still in use.
  在去世前一年，他拟定了短期英国《财政部法案》，这个法案至今还有效。
• The exchequer early achieved independence.
  财政部很早就取得独立了。
• The budget is written by the chancellor of the exchequer, who as an executive agent makes the difficult trade-offs between spending and taxes.
  英国财政大臣作为一个行政代理人，在对支出和税收进行艰难权衡之后，提出一个预算草案。
• There is a big job to be done building personal political relations with him which is why he will meet the prime minister, deputy prime minister, chancellor of the exchequer and foreign secretary.
  与他建立个人政治关系是件大事，他将会见首相、副首相、财政大臣和外交大臣，原因就在这里。
• George Osborne, UK chancellor of the exchequer, on Wednesday presented his comprehensive spending review as a programme for growth, fairness and reform.
  英国财务大臣乔治奥斯本（georgeosborne）周三公布了他的《全面支出评估报告》（csr），并将之作为一项促进增长、公平和改革的计划。
• The Chancellor of the Exchequer says that economic recovery is just around the corner.
  财政大臣说经济即将复苏。
• Both chancellors of the exchequer used extra revenues from death duties to lower the income tax.
  两位财政大臣都用从遗产税增加的额外税收抵减所得税，并使所得税降低。
• The Chancellor of the Exchequer is putting a financial ceiling on the Health Service.
  财政大臣给保健服务定下了经费上限。
• The Chancellor of the Exchequer refused to ask parliament to abolish the tax on alcohol.
  财政大臣拒绝让议会废除对烈性酒的征税。
• The chancellor of the Exchequer groaned about our dwindling dollar resources.
  财政大臣为我们日益减少的美元储备而叫苦。