place
n. 地方; 城镇; 场所; …地方; 表面的某处; 某点; 座位; 地位; 入学机会; 队员身份; 恰当位置; 适当处所; 名次; 住处; (数学)位; 广场名称
adv. 到处
v. 放置; 安顿; 以某种态度看待; 认出; 下单; 排名次; 使处于; 刊登(广告); 给出(联系人的电话号码); 下(赌注)
A place is any point, building, area, town, or country.
...Temple Mount, the place where the Temple actually stood.
圣殿山,圣殿真正坐落的地方
...a list of museums and places of interest...
博物馆和名胜目录
You can use the place to refer to the point, building, area, town, or country that you have already mentioned.
Except for the remarkably tidy kitchen, the place was a mess...
除了厨房特别干净外,这地方一片狼藉。
For a ruin it was in good condition, as though the place was still being used.
就一所破败的房子而言,它的状况还算不错,就好像仍在使用中一样。
You can refer to somewhere that provides a service, such as a hotel, restaurant, or institution, as a particular kind of place.
He found a bed-and-breakfast place...
他找到了一家提供住宿与早餐的旅馆。
My wife and I discovered some superb places to eat...
我和妻子发现了一些就餐的极好去处。
When something takes place, it happens, especially in a controlled or organized way.
The discussion took place in a famous villa on the lake's shore...
商讨是在湖边一座著名的别墅内进行的。
She wanted Hugh's wedding to take place quickly...
她希望休快点举行婚礼。
Place can be used after 'any', 'no', 'some', or 'every' to mean 'anywhere', 'nowhere', 'somewhere', or 'everywhere'.
The poor guy obviously didn't have any place to go for Easter...
这个可怜的家伙显然复活节无处可去。
Why not go out and see if there's some place we can dance?
为什么不出去看看是否有我们可以跳舞的地方?
If you go places, you visit pleasant or interesting places.
I don't have money to go places...
我没有钱到处旅行。
People were talking to him, listening to him, taking him places.
人们和他交谈、听他讲话、带他游览。
You can refer to the position where something belongs, or where it is supposed to be, as its place .
He returned the album to its place on the shelf...
他把相册放回架子上原来的地方。
He returned to his place on the sofa.
他坐回到沙发上自己的位子。
A place is a seat or position that is available for someone to occupy.
He walked back to the table and sat at the nearest of two empty places...
他走回到桌旁,在两个空位子中挑了一个就近的坐下。
I found a place to park beside a station wagon.
我在一辆旅行车旁边找到了一个车位。
Someone's or something's place in a society, system, or situation is their position in relation to other people or things.
They want to see more women take their place higher up the corporate or professional ladder.
他们希望看到更多的女性在管理或职业的阶梯上占据高位。
...the important place of Christianity in our national culture.
基督教在我们国家文化中的重要地位
Your place in a race or competition is your position in relation to the other competitors. If you are in first place, you are ahead of all the other competitors.
Jane's goals helped Britain win third place in the Barcelona games...
简的进球帮助英国队在巴塞罗那奥运会上获得了第三名。
He has risen to second place in the opinion polls.
他在民意测验中已升至第二位。
If you get a place in a team, on a committee, or on a course of study, for example, you are accepted as a member of the team or committee or as a student on the course.
He has found a place in the first team...
他已在一队里获得了一席之地。
All the candidates won places on the ruling council...
所有候选人都在管理委员会赢得了席位。
A good place to do something in a situation or activity is a good time or stage at which to do it.
It seemed an appropriate place to end somehow...
不知怎的,似乎是到了该结束的合适时机了。
This is not the place for a lengthy discussion.
这会儿不是讨论个没完的时候。
Your place is the house or flat where you live.
Let's all go back to my place!...
我们都回我那里吧!
He kept encouraging Rosie to find a place of her own.
他不断鼓励罗茜为自己找个住处。
Your place in a book or speech is the point you have reached in reading the book or making the speech.
...her finger marking her place in the book...
她用手指着她读到的地方
He lost his place in his notes.
他忘了稿子讲到哪里了。
If you say how many decimal places there are in a number, you are saying how many numbers there are to the right of the decimal point.
A pocket calculator only works to eight decimal places.
袖珍计算器只能计算到小数点后8位数。
If you place something somewhere, you put it in a particular position, especially in a careful, firm, or deliberate way.
Brand folded it in his handkerchief and placed it in the inside pocket of his jacket...
布兰德用手绢把它包好,放到自己夹克的内兜里。
Chairs were hastily placed in rows for the parents.
椅子匆忙摆成了几排,等着家长们到来。
To place a person or thing in a particular state means to cause them to be in it.
Widespread protests have placed the President under serious pressure...
铺天盖地的抗议让总统倍感压力。
The crisis could well place the relationship at risk...
这场危机可能会使这一关系有破裂的危险。
You can use place instead of 'put' or 'lay' in certain expressions where the meaning is carried by the following noun. For example, if you place emphasis on something, you emphasize it, and if you place the blame on someone, you blame them.
We should teach the young by placing responsibility on them and by trusting them in real endeavors...
我们应该通过让年轻人承担责任、令他们进行真正的尝试来教育他们。
He placed great emphasis on the importance of family life and ties...
他非常重视家庭生活和家人之间的关系。
If you place someone or something in a particular class or group, you label or judge them in that way.
The authorities have placed the drug in Class A, the same category as heroin and cocaine...
当局把这种毒品列为A类,与海洛因和可卡因一样。
Dr. Boris Sidis was a Russian-born psychiatrist who enjoyed considerable prestige; some placed him on a par with Pierre Janet and Morton Prince.
鲍里斯·西季斯医生是一位出生于俄国、素负盛名的精神病学家,有些人认为他堪与皮埃尔·雅内和莫顿·普林斯比肩。
If a competitor is placed first, second, or last, for example, that is their position at the end of a race or competition. In American English, be placed often means 'finish in second position'.
I had been placed 2nd and 3rd a few times but had never won...
我好几次名列第二、第三,但从未得过冠军。
Second-placed Auxerre suffered a surprising 2-0 home defeat to Nantes.
排名第二的欧塞尔队出人意料地在主场以0比2败给了南特队。
If you place an order for a product or for a meal, you ask for it to be sent or brought to you.
It is a good idea to place your order well in advance...
早早就提前下单是个好主意。
Before placing your order for a meal, study the menu.
点菜前先仔细看一下菜单。
If you place an advertisement in a newspaper, you arrange for the advertisement to appear in the newspaper.
They placed an advertisement in the local paper for a secretary.
他们在当地报纸上登了一则招聘秘书的广告。
If you place a telephone call to a particular place, you give the telephone operator the number of the person you want to speak to and ask them to connect you.
I'd like to place an overseas call.
我想打一个国际长途。
If you place a bet, you bet money on something.
For this race, though, he had already placed a bet on one of the horses.
但这场比赛他已经在其中一匹马身上下了赌注。
If an agency or organization places someone, it finds them a job or somewhere to live.
In 1861, they managed to place fourteen women in paid positions in the colonies...
他们在1861年设法把14名女性安排到殖民地有报酬的职位上。
In cases where it proves difficult to place a child, the reception centre provides long-term care.
遇到难以安置的孩子,收容中心会提供长期的照顾。
If you say that you cannot place someone, you mean that you recognize them but cannot remember exactly who they are or where you have met them before.
Something about the man was familiar, although Hillsden could not immediately place him...
这个男子让人感到有些熟悉,但是希尔斯滕一时认不出他是谁。
It was a voice he recognized, though he could not immediately place it.
尽管声音听上去耳熟,但他不能马上想起是谁。
If something is happening all over the place, it is happening in many different places.
Businesses are closing down all over the place...
各处都有企业商家倒闭。
There are picket lines all over the place.
到处都有罢工纠察线。
If things are all over the place, they are spread over a very large area, usually in a disorganized way.
Our fingerprints are probably all over the place...
我们的指纹可能到处都是。
There was ammunition lying all over the place.
军火堆了遍地。
If you say that someone is all over the place, you mean that they are confused or disorganized, and unable to think clearly or act properly.
He was careful and diligent. I was all over the place.
他细心且勤奋,我则稀里糊涂。
If you change places with another person, you start being in their situation or role, and they start being in yours.
When he has tried to identify all the items, you can change places, and he can test you...
等他试过识别所有的物品后,你们可以互换角色,让他来测试你。
With his door key in his hand, knowing Millie and the kids awaited him, he wouldn't change places with anyone.
手里拿着房门钥匙,知道米莉和孩子们在等他,这一刻千金不换。
If you have been trying to understand something puzzling and then everything falls into place or clicks into place, you suddenly understand how different pieces of information are connected and everything becomes clearer.
When the reasons behind the decision were explained, of course, it all fell into place...
当然,在这一决定背后的原因得到解释之后,一切就变得豁然开朗了。
But it wasn't until I saw the photograph in the paper that everything clicked into place.
但是直到我看见报纸上的照片后才明白了一切。
If things fall into place, events happen naturally to produce a situation you want.
Once the decision was made, things fell into place rapidly...
一旦作出决定,事情就立刻顺理成章地发展下去了。
Keep your options open and everything will fall into place.
给自己留出选择的余地,一切将会水到渠成。
If you say that someone is going places, you mean that they are showing a lot of talent or ability and are likely to become very successful.
You always knew Barbara was going places, she was different.
不用说,芭芭拉定会大有作为,因为她与众不同。
People in high places are people who have powerful and influential positions in a government, society, or organization.
He had friends in high places...
他有身居要职的朋友。
The discontent has been fuelled by allegations of corruption in high places.
关于身居高位者腐败行为的指控更激起了人们的不满。
If something is in place, it is in its correct or usual position. If it is out of place, it is not in its correct or usual position.
Geoff hastily pushed the drawer back into place...
杰夫匆忙把抽屉推回去。
Not a strand of her golden hair was out of place.
她的金发纹丝不乱。
If something such as a law, a policy, or an administrative structure is in place, it is working or able to be used.
Similar legislation is already in place in Wales...
类似的法规在威尔士已经就位。
They're offended by the elaborate security measures the police have put in place.
他们被警方部署的繁复安全措施惹怒了。
If one thing or person is used or does something in place of another, they replace the other thing or person.
Cooked kidney beans can be used in place of French beans...
煮熟的红芸豆可以代替四季豆。
Laurence Waters visited us in place of John Trethewy who was unfortunately ill...
劳伦斯·沃特斯代替不幸生病的约翰·特雷休伊来拜访我们。
If something has particular characteristics or features in places, it has them at several points within an area.
The snow along the roadside was six feet deep in places...
路边某些地方的积雪有六英尺深。
His face was scarred and oddly puffy in places.
他脸上有疤痕,还有几处奇怪的肿包。
If you say what you would have done in someone else's place, you say what you would have done if you had been in their situation and had been experiencing what they were experiencing.
In her place I wouldn't have been able to resist it...
如果我是她就可能抗拒不了。
What would you have done in my place, my dear?
亲爱的,你如果处在我的位置会怎么做?
You say in the first place when you are talking about the beginning of a situation or about the situation as it was before a series of events.
What brought you to Washington in the first place?...
最初是什么让你来到华盛顿的?
The emphasis is swinging away from simply finding cures for illness to ways of preventing illness in the first place...
重点正从简单地对症下药转移到先期预防的方法上来。
You say in the first place and in the second place to introduce the first and second in a series of points or reasons. In the first place can also be used to emphasize a very important point or reason.
In the first place you are not old and in the second place you are a very attractive man...
首先你不老,其次你是个富有魅力的男人。
She could not have taken these massive doses orally. In the first place, she did not have enough pills.
她不可能口服这么大的剂量,因为她根本没有足够的药丸了。
If you say that it is not your place to do something, you mean that it is not right or appropriate for you to do it, or that it is not your responsibility to do it.
He says that it is not his place to comment on government commitment to further funds...
他说他不适宜就政府进一步投入资金的承诺发表评论。
It's not my place to do their job.
他们的工作不该由我来做。
If someone or something seems out of place in a particular situation, they do not seem to belong there or to be suitable for that situation.
I felt out of place in my suit and tie...
我穿着西服、打着领带感觉十分别扭。
Her use of the word hate sounded strange and out of place.
她用憎恨一词听起来怪怪的,不合时宜。
If you say that someone has found their place in the sun, you mean that they are in a job or a situation where they will be happy and have everything that they want.
If you place one thing above ,before, or over another, you think that the first thing is more important than the second and you show this in your behaviour.
Many provincial governments have taken advantage of this to place local interests above those of the central government...
很多省级政府已利用了这一点,把地方利益置于中央政府利益之上。
He continued to place security above all other objectives.
他继续把安保问题置于所有目标之上。
If you put someone in their place, you show them that they are less important or clever than they think they are.
In a few words she had put him in his place.
她简单几句话就杀了他的威风。
If you say that someone should be shown their place or be kept in their place, you are saying, often in a humorous way, that they should be made aware of their low status.
...an uppity publican who needs to be shown his place.
需要让他知道自己几斤几两的傲慢的酒馆老板
...discrimination intended to keep women soldiers in their place.
旨在使女兵安分守己的歧视
If one thing takes second place to another, it is considered to be less important and is given less attention than the other thing.
My personal life has had to take second place to my career.
我的私人生活不得不让位于事业。
If one thing or person takes the place of another or takes another's place, they replace the other thing or person.
Optimism was gradually taking the place of pessimism...
乐观情绪逐渐取代了悲观主义。
He eventually took Charlie's place in a popular Latin band.
他最终在一个很受欢迎的拉丁乐队中取代了查利的位置。
1. a point located with respect to surface features of some region;
2. any area set aside for a particular purpose;
3. an abstract mental location;
4. a general vicinity;
5. the function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another;
6. a particular situation;
7. where you live at a particular time;
8. a job in an organization;
9. the particular portion of space occupied by a physical object;
10. proper or designated social situation;
11. a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane);
12. the passage that is being read;
13. proper or appropriate position or location;
14. a public square with room for pedestrians;
15. an item on a list or in a sequence;
16. a blank area;
1. put into a certain place or abstract location;
2. place somebody in a particular situation or location;
3. assign a rank or rating to;
4. assign a location to;
5. to arrange for;
6. take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal;
7. intend (something) to move towards a certain goal;
8. recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something;
9. assign to (a job or a home)
10. locate;
11. estimate;
12. identify the location or place of;
13. make an investment;
14. assign to a station
15. finish second or better in a horse or dog race;
16. sing a note with the correct pitch
lay, place, put, set
这些动词均有"放"之意。
place, position, post, situation
这些名词均有"职位"之意。
place, position, spot, situation, site, location, locality, setting, scene
这些名词均含"地点,位置,场所"之意。
give place to
让位于, 让…替代
go places
(非正式)旅行
keep someone in his (或 her) place
使知趣;使识相
out of place
不在合适的位置;放错地方
put oneself in someone's place
站在别人的立场上看待问题,从别人的角度看问题
put someone in his (或 her) place
使某人安分;煞某人的气焰
take place
发生
take one's place
取代
take the place of
代替
in place
就绪:在适合的或通常的位置或序列上
原地:同一地点;不向前也不向后移动
in place of
替代
keep (one's) place 或 know (one's) place
知趣,守本分:知道自己的社会身份,依传统行事
put (someone) in his or her place
降低某人的尊严;贬抑
place in the sun
处于占优势或有利的地位或位置
This is the place where the storm hit.
这就是暴风雨袭击的地方。
During his presidency many changes took place.
在他任职期间发生了许多变化.
What was doing at your place last night?
昨晚你的住处发生什么了?
In place of the great trees which had been growing there for centuries, patches of green had begun to appear in the blackened soil.
一片一片的绿色草地开始在那烧焦了的土地上出现了,取代了在那里生长数个世纪的树木.
The place has changed beyond recognition.
这地方变得认不出来了.
vt. 放置,安置;布置
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