"pick up the check" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 买单

Definition

在餐厅或类似场所为大家付账，通常为一群人买单。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

美式英语里很常用的口语表达，相当于“请客”或“结账”。英式英语常说“bill”而非“check”。通常指一人为多人买单。

Examples

I'll pick up the check tonight.

今晚我来**买单**。

Who wants to pick up the check this time?

这次谁来**买单**？

He offered to pick up the check for everyone.

他主动提出为大家**买单**。

She insisted on picking up the check after our big dinner.

我们吃完大餐后，她坚持要**买单**。

Next time, let me pick up the check—you got it last time.

下次让我来**买单**吧—上次是你付的。

It was so generous of him to pick up the check for the whole party.

他为整个聚会**买了单**，真是太慷慨了。