1·We are not prepared to write a blank cheque for companies that have run into trouble.
我们不愿给那些陷入困境的公司开空额签名支票。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Young people are swiftly losing cursive, using it only to sign their names or write the odd cheque.
写手写体的年轻人正急剧减少，只有在签名或签发小额支票时才会用上手写体字体。
3·Obama, who a fortnight ago called on Bush and the Congress to help carmakers, sided yesterday with congressional leaders. "We cannot just write a blank cheque to the auto industry, " he said.
两周之前号召布什和国会帮助汽车业者的奥巴马，昨天站在了国会的一边，他说，“我们不能只给汽车行业一张空白支票。”
4·A maid told investigators about a holiday in the Seychelles in 2006 when "Mr Banier was harassing Madame Bettencourt to write him a cheque."
一位女佣告诉调查员，2006年在舌塞尔度假期间，“巴纳尔不断骚扰贝登·古尔女士，要她给他写张支票。”
5·Bosses may stick a few modernist daubs on their boardroom walls.They may go on corporate jollies to the opera.They may even write the odd cheque to support their wives' bearded friends.
老板们或许会在办公室里挂上几幅所谓的现代派的画像，或许会饶有兴致的结伴去看场歌剧，甚至可能无缘无故的写张支票支持下老婆们的艺术家朋友。
6·Write your address on the back (of the cheque).
把你的地址写在(支票的)背面。
7·But few people want to write the cheque if they have more than that. It becomes painful.
你可以逃过出境税，但如果资产超过200万，一般人就不愿意写支票了，那就会变得很痛苦。
8·You should not write a cheque if you do not have enough money in your account to cover the amount of the cheque.
如果你银行帐户中的钱不够支票上的数额，那么你就不能写这张支票。
9·John Tedstrom, the chief executive of the GBC, says that contributions in kind are not only more valuable to the recipient, they are often worth more than companies would want to write a cheque for.
GBC总裁John Tedstrom说这种形式的企业参与不仅对于接受者更有用，而且也比简单开支票更有价值。
10·What those conflicts might be is another story—which your columnist will be only too happy to write if you send him a large cheque in an envelope marked "personal".
而具体是什么冲突又是另一回事，如果专栏作家收到了一张用信封装好送给他的大额支票，他会很高兴地避而不谈。