1·This time, thanks to the card, I had managed to prove knowledge of where I was going and was spared the hassle of having to pick and prepay for a state-operated hotel at the airport.
多亏了这张卡片，这一次，我在机场清楚了自己该往哪儿走，省下了挑选、预付国有宾馆的麻烦。
2·Williams has done a lot for Apple, all of it behind the scenes, such as his work on a deal to prepay suppliers like Hynix some $1.25 billion for flash memory, a move that helped Apple launch the Nano.
此外，威廉姆斯为苹果做了大量幕后工作，例如与海力士（Hynix）等供应商签订协议，预付约12.5亿美元的订金购买闪速存储器。 此举对Nano音乐播放器的推出大有帮助。
3·The FDIC has already proposed ways to bolster its depleted deposit-insurance fund by requiring banks to prepay some $45 billion of insurance premiums into the fund.
联邦储蓄保险公司已经提议，要求银行预付450亿美金的保险金，用以补给其贫瘪的储蓄保险基金。
4·This is why customers are reluctant to buy when someone asks them to prepay for a service or product or sign a long-term contract.
这也是顾客不愿意对某项服务或产品做出预付或是签订长期合约的原因。
5·It may be advantageous to delay payments in one year and prepay them in the next year to bunch the expenses in one year.
把当前年度的费用延迟到下一年支付，在下一年预付它们，这样可以把相关的费用集中到一年内。