新闻热词：礼券
陈水扁恐怕做梦也没想到，有一天，他会不幸栽在自家人手中——陈的女婿赵建铭涉及台开内幕炒股等多宗重大弊案，陈的妻子吴淑珍又涉嫌收SOGO崇光百货巨额礼券，陈水扁家人可谓弊案连连，随着调查的深入，案子似乎越滚越大……Chen, whose approval rating has sunk to new lows after an insider trading scandal implicated his son-in-law. And meanwhile, Chen's wife, Wu Shu-chen is involved in another scandal, accused of receiving free vouchers from the management of an upscale Taipei department store.
报道中的voucher就是引起台湾民众公愤的“礼券”，也可写成“gift voucher”。实质上，在现实生活中，人们使用voucher的频率相当高，如员工的“饭票”、用来购物的“购物券”，这时，其英文的基本释义是a certificate which is worth a certain monetary value，即我们常常言及的“代金券”。请看下面例句：
Some firms give their workers luncheon vouchers. 有些公司会给员工发午餐券。
另外，voucher也用来指“a written record of expenditure, a proof”(花费的凭据、单据)，例如：a baggage voucher(行李单);a pay voucher(工资单)。由此，voucher做动词时也可引申为“证明;出示凭证”，例如：
A company would voucher employees when the payroll cannot be met. 公司在发不出工资时，会给员工开写一定的凭证。
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