核心畫面

Picture one piece of paper with two boxes on it. The signature box is filled in. The amount box is empty. Whoever holds that paper decides what goes in the empty box, and the person who signed has already agreed to it. Everything this entry teaches comes out of that one uncomfortable moment of handing it over.

可以想成一張紙,上面有兩個欄位。簽名欄已經填好了。金額欄是空的。拿著這張紙的人決定空欄要填多少,而簽名的人事先就同意更多收起可以想成一張紙,上面有兩個欄位。簽名欄已經填好了。金額欄是空的。拿著這張紙的人決定空欄要填多少,而簽名的人事先就同意了。這個條目要教的兩個用法,都是從「把這張紙交出去」的那一刻長出來的。

Two branches

那張紙本身

字面的一面:真的有一張簽了名、金額留白的支票。

noun · B2

A cheque that someone has signed but has left empty, so that the person who receives it can write in any amount of money.

空白支票

把決定權整個交出去

同一張紙,換成比喻:空著的不再是金額,而是「你可以做到哪裡」。

noun · B2

If you give someone a blank cheque, you let them do whatever they think is necessary, without setting limits and without asking them to check with you first.

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