Would you be free to come to lunch at Chequers on Sunday?
你周日有时间来首相别墅吃午饭吗?
福尔摩斯探案集:新探案(上)
This also was the report which was given us by Mr. Bennett himself when he called upon us that evening at our old quarters in the Chequers.
这也是贝内特先生那天晚上在我们位于契克斯的老住处拜访我们时亲自给我们的报告。
乌有乡消息(上)
From the southern side of the said orchard ran a long road, chequered over with the shadow of tall old pear trees, at the end of which showed the high tower of the Parliament House, or Dung Market.
At the age of 32, with a string of disasters behind him—including two expulsions from Harvard, a chequered employment history and, most tragically, the death of a young daughter—he stood on the shore of Lake Michigan contemplating suicide.
契克斯最早建于12世纪,现存的建筑物则建成于16世纪,是一幢具都铎风格的庄园宅第。至于「契克斯」这个名称,则大约在1100年代开始成形。琴·格蕾小姐的妹妹,玛莉·格蕾小姐(Lady Mary Grey),曾在1565年至1567年,遭女皇伊莉莎白一世以未经咨询皇室而结婚为理由,被软禁在契克斯。
英语百科
Chequers 契克斯
Chequers, or Chequers Court, is the country house retreat of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The residence is located near Ellesborough, to the south of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England, at the foot of the Chiltern Hills. Coombe Hill, once part of the estate, can be seen just behind. It has been the private retreat of the Prime Minister since 1921.