情景会话口袋书人际篇 第223期:支票业务(2)

5. It takes two days to clear a check.
支票过户要两天时间。
还能这样说：
We need two days to clear a check.
Clearance of a check could take two days.
谚语：
Take a hair of the dog that bit you.
以毒攻毒。
6. To whom is the check payable?
请问支票付款人是谁?
还能这样说：
May I ask who will pay the check?
Please tell me the payee of the cheque.
应用解析：
pay sb. a compliment 就某事物夸奖某人;
pay dividends 产生效益，得到好处;
pay sb. (back) in his own 以其人之道还治其人之身
7. I'm sorry, this check is null and void.
对不起，这张支票已作废。
还能这样说：
Sorry, this check is long overdue.
It's a pity that this check has been invalid.
应用解析：
aching void 沉痛空虚之感;
emerge out of the void 凭空出现;
vanish into the void 烟消云散;
a void house 空屋
8. The check is good for 100 days.
支票有效期为100天。
还能这样说：
The check is not overdrawn in 100 days.
The check becomes invalid after 100 days.
谚语：
A good horse can't be of a bad color.
良马的毛色不会差。