bank holiday

noun

1. 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）

1. 银行假日；公共假日
   A bank holiday is a public holiday.

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

1. 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。
2. What happens if payday falls on a bank holiday.
   发薪日如果碰上国定假日该怎么办？
3. Britain will enjoy a bank holiday bonanza because of Prince William's royal wedding to Kate Middleton, with back-to-back four-day weekends.
   威廉王子和凯特举行婚礼，于是英国人民可以放大假了！连续的四个周末啊！
4. Thank God it isn't a bank holiday.
   感谢上帝，它不是一个银行假日。
5. 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。
6. Twice as many revellers took part in the May bank holiday party than last year, defying police warnings to reign themselves in and curb their behaviour.
   此次参加五月公共假日派对的学生人数是去年的两倍，他们公然反抗警察让他们管好自己，约束好行为的警告。
7. 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。
8. Seventy-two safe deposit boxes were opened in a raid at the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Ltd in central London over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend.
   在复活节银行假日的周末，位于伦敦市中心的哈顿花园保险有限公司发生了一起迅雷不及掩耳之势的盗窃，72个保险箱被洗劫一空。
9. 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。
10. You can't go, it's a bank holiday weekend.
    你不能去，现在是银行假日。
11. Traditionally on a Bank Holiday many businesses are closed to enable the workers to have a holiday.
    按传统，在银行假日，许多商家都停业，以便员工们可以休假。
12. In addition, there are8 days in each country, which are public holidays ( the British call Bank Holiday) and many of these fall on a Monday giving people a long weekend.
    除了带薪假期之外，还有8天的公共假日，而且通常在周一，所以给人们可以度一个比较长的周末啦。
13. 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。
14. 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。
15. There are just three normal working days between the two Bank Holiday weekends, meaning many could enjoy a break of11 days if they book the time off in between.
    复活节假和威廉王子婚礼假之间只有三个工作日，等于说这三天也请假的话就可以连续休11天了！
16. Easter Monday is a Bank Holiday, on which banks and other major businesses are closed.
    复活节翌日的星期一是一个银行休假日，在哪一天银行和其他的主要生意被关闭。
17. Many people would welcome an extra "Bank Holiday" or two as England has fewer than most continental countries.
    许多人多半会欢迎再有一两个“银行假日”，因为英国的公假日比欧洲大陆多数的国家都少。
18. I had to work on bank holiday monday.
    星期一公休，可是我还得上班。
19. 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。
20. "It's a Bank Holiday on the third of January, which means we can't register him until after the Stoke City game," said the manager.
    “1月3号是银行假期，这意味着我们得等到与斯托克的比赛结束后才能为他注册，”经理说。
21. Here ( as you would expect on a bank holiday Monday night) he waited patiently for an hour for CC# 3 to be seen, and then another hour or so for him to be X-rayed.
    在这里（就像你在银行假日周一夜里可能经历的那样），他耐心地等了1个小时，才有医生为成本中心3号做检查，然后拍X光又等了一个小时左右。
22. Since the weekend happened to fall on a bank holiday, the dispute has already caused general confusion for the air travel in Ireland.
    因周末适值银行假日，这一争执已对爱尔兰的航空旅游普遍造成紊乱。
23. They came to see us on August Bank holiday.
    他们在八月份的法定假日来看望了我们。
24. Most people would favor a bank holiday or special Chinese festival for their relatives and friends to attend the wedding.
    大部分人会挑选节假日或某个中国的传统节日为的是亲戚朋友们能来参加婚礼。
25. He said he was unable to take his Bank Holiday last Monday, and took it last night instead.
    他说他上周一没能休银行假日，就在昨天晚上休了。
26. So the bank holiday was fun, of course.
    “银行假日”（指银行不营业的周末）这两天过得不错。
27. August bank holiday, only two and six return.
    利用八月间的银行休假日，来回只消花上两先令六便士。
28. Entering to ensure it was a trading day and not a bank holiday or weekend.
    看输入的日期是否是交易日而非银行假日或周末。

noun

1. any of several weekdays when banks are closed