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    Chequers is the official country house of the British prime minister. It stands in the English countryside, about thirty miles northwest of London, in Buckinghamshire.

    Chequers is the official country house of the British prime ministerChequers是英國首相的官方鄉間別墅 It stands in the English countryside它座落在英格蘭鄉間 about thirty miles northwest of London, in Buckinghamshire在倫敦西北方大約三十英里處的白金漢郡

    The prime minister goes there at weekends, to rest, and to meet other leaders in a quieter place than 10 Downing Street in the city. When British news says the prime minister is at Chequers, they mean this house. It was given to the nation for that use.

    The prime minister goes there at weekends首相會在週末去那裡 to rest, and to meet other leaders in a quieter place than 10 Downing Street in the city用來休息,也用來在比市區唐寧街十號更安靜的地方會見其他領袖 When British news says the prime minister is at Chequers當英國新聞說首相人在Chequers they mean this house指的就是這棟房子 It was given to the nation for that use這棟房子是為了這個用途被捐給國家的

    Though actually, the name has nothing to do with the board game, and it is not just another spelling of checkers. It comes from a family who once owned the house. Their surname pointed back to the , the old office that looked after the country’s money.

    Though actually, the name has nothing to do with the board game不過其實這個名字跟那個棋盤遊戲一點關係都沒有 and it is not just another spelling of checkers也不只是checkers(西洋跳棋)的另一種拼法 It comes from a family who once owned the house這個名字來自曾經擁有這棟房子的一個家族 Their surname pointed back to the Exchequer他們的姓氏可以追溯回Exchequer the old office that looked after the country's money也就是以前掌管國家財政的機構

    Capital C, always: it is a place name.

    Capital C, always字首永遠大寫C it is a place name因為它是個地名

    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。

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組成From the surname of a family that owned the house. That surname came from the Exchequer, the British treasury. Not from the board game.

同家族的字

  • Exchequerthe family name behind the house came from this old treasury office

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。

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    A 16th-century manor house in Buckinghamshire, England, serving as the country house of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

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