and there is a very firm rule that the bank has no right or authority to pay out a customer's money on a cheque on which its customer's signature has been forged.
银行没有任何权利或理由把储户的钱让伪造储户签名的支票取走。
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 12 Banks and their customers
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adj. 坚固的，坚牢的;坚定的，坚决的;严格的;确定的;
vt.& vi. 使坚固;使坚实;
n. 商号，商行;公司;企业;工作集体;
adv. 坚定地，稳固地;
vt. 使坚定，使牢固;
vi. 变坚实，变稳固;
💡 firm =firm,表示”坚定,坚固”
"The company has now amalgamated with another local firm."
这家公司现在已与当地一家公司合并了。
近义：office, bureau, business, company, concern, corporation
反义：astable, astatic, precarious, unsettled, unsteady, wobbly
n. 银行;（条形的）堆;（河的）岸;库存;
vt.& vi. 堆积;筑（堤）;将（钱）存入银行;
vi. （转弯时）倾斜飞行;（在某银行）开账户，存款;
vt. （用煤等）封炉火;
💡 bank=bench长椅→由柜台转化而来 → 银行
"I don't have a bank account."
我没有银行账户。
近义：deposit, hill, earth, tip, slope, lender
反义：retire, withdraw
n. 权威;权力;学术权威;[复数]当权者;
💡 author作者+ity名词后缀 → 权力，威信
"in a position of authority"
当权
近义：influence, arbitration, jurisdiction, ascendancy, mastery, might
反义：subjection, subservience, subserviency
n. 顾客，客户;主顾;<口>家伙;
💡 custom习惯+er人→习惯进商店的人→顾客
"Administration costs are passed on to the customer."
行政费用转嫁给了消费者。
近义：patron, purchaser, shopper, vendee, buyer, costumier
反义：salesperson, venditor
n. 签名;署名;识别标志，鲜明特征;[医]药的用法说明;
💡 signa=sign记号 + ture表名词→签名
"On further examination it was found that the signature was not genuine."
经过进一步的调查发现签名不是真的.
近义：peculiar, typic, typical, vintage, characteristic, distinctive