bank holiday

英 [ˌbæŋk ˈhɒlədeɪ]

美 [ˌbæŋk ˈhɑːlədeɪ]

n.  银行假日(公共假日，如圣诞节、元旦等)

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牛津词典

noun

• 银行假日（公共假日，如圣诞节、元旦等）
  a public holiday, for example Christmas Day, New Year's Day, etc.
  1. Bank Holiday Monday
     银行假日星期一
  2. a bank holiday weekend (= a weekend followed by a Monday which is a holiday)
     银行假日周末（之后的星期一为假日的大周末）

柯林斯词典

• 银行假日；公共假日
  Abank holidayis a public holiday.

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 national holiday

英英释义

noun

• any of several weekdays when banks are closed

双语例句

• Thank God it isn't a bank holiday.
  感谢上帝，它不是一个银行假日。
• The estimated cost of lost productivity on a normal bank holiday in Britain, which, under the orders of Prime Minister David Cameron, the wedding day has become.
  这个数字是英国在一天正常法定假日内损失的生产力的预估成本。按照英国首相大卫•卡梅伦的命令，婚礼当天为英国法定假日。
• You can't go, it's a bank holiday weekend.
  你不能去，现在是银行假日。
• The name Bank Holiday comes from the time when Banks were shut and so no trading could take place.
  “银行假日”这个名称起源于银行关闭以至所有交易暂停的时期。
• It's bank holiday on monday, we'd better lay in a supply of food.
  星期一银行休息，我们最好储备一些食物。
• I had to work on bank holiday monday.
  星期一公休，可是我还得上班。
• It will mean two long weekends in a row for many, as the previous week is the Easter break and the Monday after the wedding is the first May bank holiday.
  婚礼之前是复活节假期，婚礼之后是五一银行假期，因此英国公众可以连续享受两个长周末，加起来有不少天。
• The additional bank holiday for the diamond jubilee meant that in many sectors, production stopped for an extra day.
  为英国女王登基60周年而额外增加的一天银行假期，意味着许多领域休工的时间多了一天。
• I mean, we're still a few days off, but it's bank holiday Monday here.
  我们还要休息几天，周一银行也休假。
• The Office for National Statistics warned that the monthly data, which are volatile and often revised, were probably affected by the extra bank holiday in June for the Queen's diamond jubilee.
  英国国家统计局（OfficeforNationalStatistics）警示，月度数据浮动较大也经常修改，可能受到了6月份女王登基60周年庆典银行额外假期的影响。