【carte】 - SAT备考词汇

carte

UK:  [kɑ:t]

n.

1.〔法语〕菜单;价目表

2.(击剑手)手掌向上刺敌人右胸的姿势

3.名片;〔罕用语〕纸牌

4.纸牌戏

5.〔罕用语〕地图,海图

1 . Riviera Coffee shop is an elegant all-day dining restaurant offering an extensive international buffet and a la carte service for breakfast.
酒店另一间豪生咖啡厅是一家风格优雅的全天候餐厅，早餐时段提供丰盛的国际自助餐和点菜服务。

2 . Continental is the only major U. S. airline not charging for meals in coach and Southwest has shunned a la carte pricing, at least for now.
大陆航空是不收取餐费的惟一一家美国主要航空公司，而西南航空也废除了定价收费，至少目前如此。

3 . They employed an interior decorator and gave him carte blanche to do up the place as if to were his own.
他们请了一位室内装饰师，让他把这地方当自己的家一样随意装修。

4 . Couper, whose advisory firm, Carte Blanche Communications, works with a number of big banks to help structure their courses .
全权委托通信咨询公司与许多大银行一起合作，帮助他们设计课程结构。

5 . Even if China's reticence holds this time, Beijing is not likely to cede the U. S. Navy carte blanche to range throughout the Yellow Sea.
即使这次中国保持沉默，北京也不太可能会放弃同美国争夺整个黄海。