核心畫面

Think of one sheet of paper on which the rights of a people are written out, one after another, and then given the force of law. Everything on the sheet can be pointed at; anything left off it is much harder to argue for. The whole phrase is that sheet.

可以想成一張紙,上面把人有哪些權利一條一條寫下來,然後讓它具有法律效力。寫在紙上的,之後都可以指著講。沒寫上去的,之更多收起可以想成一張紙,上面把人有哪些權利一條一條寫下來,然後讓它具有法律效力。寫在紙上的,之後都可以指著講。沒寫上去的,之後就很難爭。bill 在這裡不是帳單,而是「一份正式文件」。整個詞就是那張被寫滿權利的紙。

Two branches

任何一份權利清單

小寫、可以數的一般名詞:任何一群人的權利被寫成一份文件,都可以這樣叫。

noun · B2

A written list of the most important rights of the people of a country, or of the members of some other named group, usually set down in law.

權利法案

有名字的那一份

同一張紙的畫面,但這次前面加 the、字首大寫,變成某一份特定文件的專有名字。哪一份,要看上下文講的是哪個國家。

noun · B2

the Bill of Rights: the name used for the first ten amendments (= added parts) to the Constitution of the United States, agreed in 1791, which list rights such as freedom of speech and freedom of religion; more amendments have been added since then.

(美國)權利法案