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    Working without notes and coins. Money still moves — it just moves as numbers, by card, phone, app or bank transfer.

    Working without notes and coins指不用紙鈔和硬幣來運作Money still moves錢還是在流動 — it just moves as numbers只是變成數字在動, by card, phone, app or bank transfer透過卡片、手機、app,或銀行轉帳

    You hear it about places and systems more than about single actions: a cashless shop, a cashless payment, a cashless society, cashless transport. Taiwan gives you the picture every day: tapping an EasyCard on the bus is a cashless payment; a night market stall that only takes bills is not cashless.

    You hear it about places and systems more than about single actions你聽到這個字比較常用來形容地方或系統,而不是單一的動作: a cashless shop, a cashless payment, a cashless society, cashless transporta cashless shop無現金商店、a cashless payment無現金支付、a cashless society無現金社會、cashless transport無現金交通Taiwan gives you the picture every day台灣每天都在給你看這個畫面: tapping an EasyCard on the bus is a cashless payment在公車上刷悠遊卡是一種cashless payment無現金支付; a night market stall that only takes bills is not cashless只收現金的夜市攤位就不是cashless

    The word became common as card and phone payment spread, so it usually sounds modern and convenient — but not always. When people argue about a "cashless society", the word turns : old people, poor people and anyone without a bank account can be shut out, and every payment leaves a trace. So the same word can sound like progress or like a warning, depending on who is speaking.

    The word became common as card and phone payment spread這個字隨著卡片和手機支付普及而變得常見, so it usually sounds modern and convenient所以通常聽起來很現代、很方便 — but not always但不總是這樣When people argue about a "cashless society"當人們在爭論「cashless society無現金社會」的時候, the word turns uneasy這個字就變得不安: old people, poor people and anyone without a bank account can be shut out老人、窮人,還有沒有銀行帳戶的人,可能會被排除在外, and every payment leaves a trace而且每一筆支付都會留下紀錄So the same word can sound like progress or like a warning所以同一個字聽起來可能像進步,也可能像警告, depending on who is speaking要看是誰在說

    It goes before a noun.

    It goes before a noun它放在名詞前面

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現, 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

    看看訂閱內容

組成cash + -less. The ending -less comes from Old English -lēas, meaning 'without' or 'free of', so cashless is 'without cash'.

同家族的字

  • uselesssame ending -less — without use
  • homelesssame ending -less — without a home
  • looseshares the old root meaning 'free, not tied'

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

cashlessadj

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    Operating without the need for cash, such as by accepting nondigital, noncash forms of payment (e.g., chit, cheques, money orders) or (in the 21st century, usually) using digital payment methods (e-payment).

    • cashless payment system
    • cashless restaurant
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    datedHaving no money.

    • They were the same winged messengers that out-run cashless debtors, and cut short lovers' dreams.
    • When calls are made on cashless penceless men, The case is wonderfully altered then!

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。