The President was given a blank check by Congress to continue the war.
国会授予总统全权可继续这场战争。
1.空白〔不记名〕支票
2.无限制的权力,自由处理权
1.a signed cheque that has not yet had the amount payable filled in
2.complete freedom to act or decide
3.a cheque that has been signed but does not have an amount of money written on it, so that it can be exchanged for whatever amount is entered
4.complete freedom and authority to spend as much money as you want on something. This is usually used when you do not think this should happen.
1.a signed cheque that has not yet had the amount payable filled in
2.complete freedom to act or decide
3.a cheque that has been signed but does not have an amount of money written on it, so that it can be exchanged for whatever amount is entered
4.complete freedom and authority to spend as much money as you want on something. This is usually used when you do not think this should happen.
1.Mr Brown is at pains to say that all this does not amount to a blank cheque for the banks.
布朗竭力表示，这一切不等于为银行开了一张空白支票。
2."It should not be mistakenly interpreted as a constitutional blank cheque authorising further rescue measures, " he said.
他表示：“此项裁决不应被错误理解成宪法为批准更多援助措施开出空白支票。”
3.Congress would be abdicating its responsibility if it gave the Treasury secretary a blank cheque.
如果给财政部长开出“空白支票”，国会就是在失职。
4.and blank cheque bail-outs, like the one to the Irish banks, are a stupid waste of innocents' money.
而空头支票式的纾困（比如对爱尔兰银行所做的那样），则纯属白白浪费无辜民众的血汗钱。
5.But that does not mean that they intended to give him a blank cheque.
可是这不代表他们就会给他一张空白支票。
6.But Americans had been bamboozled before - into signing a blank cheque for the Iraq war.
但美国人之前已被欺骗过了----被哄着为伊拉克战争开了张空白支票。
7.The manager gave her a blank cheque to reorganize the department in any way she thought fit.
为了能按照她认为合适的方法去整顿这一部门，经理授予她自由行动的权力。
8.The White House said "there is no blank cheque" for Pakistan.
白宫称，“并不是巴基斯坦全权负责资金”。
9.Many CEOs want to get a blank cheque from the board to lead the company.
很多首席执行官都希望得到董事会的全权许可来领导公司。
10.e. g. The architect was given with a blank cheque to design a new city center.
设计师被授予全权设计一个新的市中心。