They are owned by individuals and by private businesses and corporations, lending institutions, direct mailing and telemarketing firms, credit bureaus, credit card companies, and government agencies at the local, state, and federal level.
出自-2013年6月聽力原文
It's great because we play cards or just sit around and talk when there are no customers.
出自-2012年6月聽力原文
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卡;卡片
A card is a piece of stiff paper or thin cardboard on which something is written or printed.
例句
Check the numbers below against the numbers on your card.
把下列數(shù)字和你卡片上的數(shù)字比照一下。
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（身份）證;身份證明
A card is a piece of cardboard or plastic, or a small document, which shows information about you and which you carry with you, for example to prove your identity.
例句
They check my bag and press card.
他們檢查我的包和記者證。
...her membership card...
她的會員證
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銀行卡;借記卡;工資卡;購物卡
A card is a rectangular piece of plastic, issued by a bank, company, or shop, which you can use to buy things or obtain money.
例句
He paid the whole bill with an American Express card...
他用美國運通卡付了全部賬款。
Holidaymakers should beware of using plastic cards in foreign cash dispensers.
外出度假時,在外幣取款機上使用銀行卡一定要小心。
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祝福卡；賀卡
A card is a folded piece of stiff paper with a picture and sometimes a message printed on it, which you send to someone on a special occasion.
例句
She sends me a card on my birthday.
我過生日時她寄來一張賀卡。
...millions of get-well cards.
數(shù)百萬張祝愿康復的卡片
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同 postcard
A card is the same as a postcard .
例句
Send your details on a card to the following address.
在明信片上寫明你的近況寄到下面的地址。
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名片
A card is a piece of thin cardboard carried by someone such as a business person in order to give to other people. A card shows the name, address, telephone number, and other details of the person who carries it.
例句
Here's my card. You may need me.
這是我的名片,你也許會用得到我。
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撲克牌;紙牌
Cards are thin pieces of cardboard with numbers or pictures printed on them which are used to play various games.
例句
...a pack of cards...
一副撲克牌
Kurt picked up his hand and fanned out the cards one by one.
庫爾特拿起他那手牌,一張張成扇形鋪開。
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牌戲;紙牌游戲
If you are playing cards, you are playing a game using cards.
例句
They enjoy themselves drinking wine, smoking and playing cards.
他們又是喝酒抽煙,又是打牌,玩得很痛快。
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優(yōu)勢;王牌;絕招
You can use card to refer to something that gives you an advantage in a particular situation. If you play a particular card, you use that advantage.
例句
It was his strongest card in their relationship — that she wanted him more than he wanted her...
在他倆的愛情關系中,他的最大優(yōu)勢是:她需要他超過他需要她。
This permitted Western manufacturers to play their strong cards: capital and technology.
這讓西方制造商得以亮出他們的王牌:資金和技術。
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硬紙片;薄紙板
Card is strong, stiff paper or thin cardboard.
例句
She put the pieces of card in her pocket.
她把那些硬紙片放進了口袋。
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存儲卡;插件
In computing, a card is a circuit board that can be put into a computer to provide additional memory or functions.
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(體育比賽的)賽事安排，比賽日程
You can use card to refer to a series of races or matches at a particular sporting event.
例句
Paradise Boy and the Galloping General have clear chances in the opening two events on the card...
“天堂男孩”和“飛奔將軍”這兩匹賽馬在開賽的前兩場勝算很大。
He will now fight Kevin Ford on the five-bout card.
他將在五局制比賽中迎戰(zhàn)凱文·福特。
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要求…出示證明文件(表明達到買酒或飲酒的年齡等)
If you are carded, someone in authority asks you to show a document to prove that you are old enough to do something, for example, to buy or drink alcohol.
例句
For the first time in many years, I got carded.
這么多年來，頭一回有人要我出示身份證。
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很可能發(fā)生的
If you say that something is on the cards in British English, or in the cards in American English, you mean that it is very likely to happen.
例句
Last summer she began telling friends that a New Year marriage was on the cards.
去年夏天,她就和朋友們說她有可能在元旦期間結(jié)婚。
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處理得當;巧妙發(fā)揮優(yōu)勢
If you say that someone will achieve success if they play their cards right, you mean that they will achieve success if they act skilfully and use the advantages that they have.
例句
He could even be the next manager of the England team if he plays his cards right.
如果他處理得好,說不定都能當上英格蘭隊的下任教練。
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攤牌;直抒己見;和盤托出(感覺、想法、計劃)
If you put or lay your cards on the table, you deal with a situation by speaking openly about your feelings, ideas, or plans.
例句
Put your cards on the table and be very clear about your complaints.
你有話就直說,有什么不滿都說清楚。
Noun
1. one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes;
"he collected cards and traded them with the other boys"2. a card certifying the identity of the bearer;
"he had to show his card to get in"3. a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures);
"they sent us a card from Miami"4. thin cardboard, usually rectangular
5. a witty amusing person who makes jokes
6. a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement;
"a poster advertised the coming attractions"7. a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited
8. (golf) a record of scores (as in golf);
"you have to turn in your card to get a handicap"9. a list of dishes available at a restaurant;
"the menu was in French"10. (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat;
"the managers presented their cards to the umpire at home plate"11. a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
Verb
1. separate the fibers of;
"tease wool"2. ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor;
"I was carded when I tried to buy a beer!"