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keep tabs on sb/sth
意为密切监视或关注某人或某事。
She keeps tabs on her monthly expenses.
她密切关注自己的月度开支。
账单；费用
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账单；费用
the amount you have to pay, or a bill
She keeps tabs on her monthly expenses.
她密切关注自己的月度开支。
常见搭配 pick up the tab 表示“付账”。
附着或插入某物的小片或条,用于固定、操作、识别、打开等
A small flap or strip of material attached to or inserted into something, for holding, manipulation, identification, opening etc.
任何费用或账单
The cost or bill for anything.
一种表示指法而非音符音高的乐谱形式,常用于弦乐器
A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly used for stringed instruments.
剑桥大学的学生
A student of Cambridge University.
Could you put these drinks on my tab?
你能把这些饮料记在我的账上吗？
He generously picked up the tab for the whole team.
他慷慨地替整个团队付了账。
When the waiter brought the tab, I realized I had left my wallet at home.
当服务员拿来账单时，我才意识到把钱包落在家里了。
意为密切监视或关注某人或某事。
She keeps tabs on her monthly expenses.
她密切关注自己的月度开支。
意为支付账单，常用于社交场合。
He picked up the tab for the entire group.
他为整个小组付了账。
指在酒吧或餐厅建立信用账户，方便多次消费后统一结账。
I opened a tab at the bar for the evening.
我在酒吧开了一个当晚的账单账户。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
密切关注
The manager likes to keep tabs on all employees' progress.
经理喜欢密切关注所有员工的进展。
付账
My uncle generously picked up the tab for our dinner.
我叔叔慷慨地为我们付了晚餐的账。
开个账单
He opened a tab at the bar and ordered drinks for everyone.
他在酒吧开了一个账单，给大家点了饮料。
浏览器标签页
I have too many browser tabs open and my computer is slow.
我开了太多浏览器标签页，电脑变得很慢。
拉环
The pull tab broke off when I tried to open the soda can.
我试图打开汽水罐时，拉环断了。
制表键
Press the tab key to indent the first line of each paragraph.
按制表键来缩进每个段落的第一行。
密切注意，监视
The police have been keeping tabs on the suspect's movements.
警方一直在监视嫌疑人的行踪。
付账，承担费用
My boss picked up the tab for dinner.
我老板付了晚餐的钱。
记在我的账上。
From the movie 'The Wolf of Wall Street', Jordan Belfort uses this phrase to order expensive items at a restaurant, implying he will pay later.
出自电影《华尔街之狼》，乔丹·贝尔福特用这句话在餐厅点昂贵的菜品，表示稍后付款。
Use tab naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
易拉罐的拉环就是tab，像标签一样一拉就开。
语域：mixed 常见场景：computing、billing、packaging 单词‘tab’在计算机领域常指标签页或制表符，在餐饮场景中指账单，在包装中指拉环，语域跨度较大，通常根据上下文判断。
All listed words rhyme with 'tab' because they share the stressed vowel /æ/ and the final consonant /b/. The common spelling chunk is '-ab'.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.