cheque books

So why, when the government is paying so much lip service to education and when there is so much hostility to the private sector, are so many parents voting with their cheque books?

所以这就是为什么当政府口头上对教育很关注，当私立教育受到攻击的时候，却是许多家长用他们的支票本投票的时候。

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg topped the list of US philanthropists who opened their cheque books to make big donations in 2013, with his gift of almost$ 1bn to a Silicon Valley charity.

在2013年慷慨捐赠的美国慈善家中，Facebook创始人马克•扎克伯格（Mark Zuckerberg）荣登首位——他向硅谷一家慈善机构捐款近10亿美元。

Yet the damage to its reputation has been done: banks will not open their cheque books again in a hurry.

然而，此次事件对其声誉的破坏已经造成。银行们将不会再次匆忙给它贷款。

People also need to be extra careful about their credit cards, drivinglicenses, cheque books and health cards.

人们还需要对信用卡、驾驶证、支票以及医疗卡倍加小心。

Sensing an opportunity to buy oversold stock, insiders round the globe pulled out their cheque books to back their confidence in the outlook for their companies.

全球企业内部人士意识到，这是一个购买超卖股票的机会，因而纷纷拿出大量资金，支撑对自己公司前景的信心。

They brought their cheque books and bought stakes in state-owned lenders of all shapes and sizes before helping them sell shares in Hong Kong and Shanghai.

他们带着支票簿，买入大大小小各类中国国有银行的股份，随后又帮助它们在香港和上海上市。