情景会话口袋书人际篇231:信用卡业务(3)

 　　9. My wallet was stolen just now and I need to cancel my credit¹ card.

　　我的钱包刚刚被偷了，我的信用卡要挂失。

　　还能这样说：

　　The thief just stole my wallet. I have to report the loss of my credit card.

　　I should cancel my credit card for my wallet was stolen by the thief.

　　应用解析：

　　steal off 偷去；

　　steal on 悄悄逼近；（时间）不知不觉地来到；

　　steal out (of) 偷偷溜出；

　　steal over 悄悄地呈现，渐渐弥漫

　　10. Please tell me some details about the credit card.

　　请给我详细介绍下这种信用卡。

　　还能这样说：

　　Please give me an introduction of the credit card.

　　Please let me know more about your card.

　　应用解析：

　　go into details 详述，逐一细说；

　　in detail 详细地；

　　detail by detail 逐一；

　　detail off 指派，派遣

　　11. Please tell me your credit card number.

　　请告诉我你的信用卡号。

　　还能这样说：

　　Could you tell me your credit card number?

　　I need to know your credit card number.

　　应用解析：

　　a man of high credit 极有名望的人；

　　credit sales 赊购；

　　credit note 信用证；

　　crack credit 失信用

　　12. Most Americans have bank-issued credit cards.

　　大多数美国人持有银行签发的信用卡。

　　还能这样说：

　　Most people in America hold the credit cards issued by banks.

　　Most Americans hold the credit cards issued by banks.

　　应用解析：

　　at issue 在争论中；有分歧；

　　duck an issue 回避问题；

　　take issue 争论，辩论；

　　issue from 从……流出

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n.信用，荣誉，贷款，学分；v.归功于，赞颂，信任

参考例句：

• I credit him with a certain amount of sense.我认为他有一定的见识。
• He got the credit,and we did the dirty work.他得荣誉，我们做不讨好的工作。