blank cheque

noun

1. 空白支票，空额支票（已签名但未填金额）
   a cheque that is signed but which does not have the amount of money to be paid written on it
2. （特定情况下的）自由行动权
   permission or authority to do sth that is necessary in a particular situation
   1. The President was given a blank check by Congress to continue the war.
      国会授予总统全权可继续这场战争。

in AM, use 美国英语用 blank check


1. N-COUNT 空白支票
   If someone is given a blank cheque, they are given the authority to spend as much money as they need or want.
   1. We are not prepared to write a blank cheque for companies that have run into trouble.
      我们不打算给那些陷入困境的公司开空白支票。
2. N-COUNT 自行处理权；全权
   If someone is given a blank cheque, they are given the authority to do what they think is best in a particular situation.
   1. He was, in a sense, given a blank cheque to negotiate the new South Africa.
      从某种意义上来说，他已经全权负责建立新南非的协商工作。

1. We are not prepared to write a blank cheque for companies that have run into trouble.
   我们不打算给那些陷入困境的公司开空白支票。
2. He was, in a sense, given a blank cheque to negotiate the new South Africa.
   从某种意义上来说，他已经全权负责建立新南非的协商工作。
3. Mr Paulson had got a blank cheque from Congress once before.
   保尔森曾从国会拿到过“空白支票”。
4. Bild Zeitung, the German tabloid that once was so enamoured with Mr Draghi that it presented him with a Prussian spiked helmet, now thunders that the ECB has written "a blank cheque" to debtor countries.
   德国小报《图片报》（bildzeitung）曾经对德拉吉钟爱有加，以至于送给后者一顶普鲁士尖顶头盔，但如今却炮轰欧洲央行给债务国开出“空白支票”。
5. Castigated in Africa for blank cheque diplomacy, Chinese policy banks have been careful to secure Latin American loans, especially to Venezuela and Ecuador, where a chunk are backed by oil exports.
   受到在非洲开展空白支票外交的批评后，中国的政策性银行变得谨慎，对于发放给拉丁美洲（尤其是委内瑞拉和厄瓜多尔）的贷款要求获得担保，其中一大块是由石油出口担保的。
6. The architect was given/ presented with a blank cheque to design a new city centre.
   设计师被授予全权设计一个新的城市中心区。
7. Congress would be abdicating its responsibility if it gave the Treasury secretary a blank cheque.
   如果给财政部长开出“空白支票”，国会就是在失职。
8. To seek a blank cheque to back the present policy.
   为支持现有政策谋求行事的全权。
9. Moreover, either way, it makes little sense for emerging-market economies to write a blank cheque to the US.
   另外，不管是哪种观点，新兴市场经济体给美国开具空白支票，都是毫无意义的。
10. Many CEOs want to get a blank cheque from the board to lead the company.
    很多首席执行官都希望得到董事会的全权许可来领导公司。
11. Research on the general legal principles of the blank cheques can provide the theoretical basis for setting up the blank cheque's law system.
    研究空白票据的一般法理可为空白票据法律制度的建立提供理论基础。

noun

1. a check that has been signed but with the amount payable left blank

   Synonym:    blank check