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stay¹ vi. | vt. | n. | phr. /steɪ/
I ❶ vi.
1. 继续是；保持
stay in office (in power) 继续任职(掌权)
stay awake until the whole house is sleeping 等全家睡了才睡
You got to be an editor, and I stayed a reporter. 你当上了编辑，我还是个记者。
The unemployment rate stayed below five percent. 失业率保持在5%以下。
The government called on the people to stay calm. 政府呼吁人民保持镇静。
The garden had to stay exactly as it was. 这花园必须完全保持原来的样子。
We've stayed within budget. 我们的支出未超出预算。
2. 留下，居留；逗留，暂住
This is your country. You must stay. 这是你的祖国，你必须留下。
stay at home 呆在家里
How long can you stay here? 你在这里能住多久?
He stayed in the army for ten years. 他在部队里呆了10年。
She was staying in the same hotel as I was. 她跟我住在同一家旅馆。
3. 站住，停下；中止；暂停，暂缓
get sb. stay for a minute 叫某人停一下
Time stays for no man. 时间不等人。
Stay! You forgot your umbrella. 等等，你忘了拿伞了。
We can just stay talking for half an hour. 我们只能在此谈半个小时。
4. 持续；坚持
stay to the end of the race 坚持跑完比赛
5. 〈口〉(赛跑中与对手)并驾齐驱，不落后
6. 【牌】(对敌方或友方所叫的牌)不改叫，不变动
7. 〈古〉停止做
8. 〈古〉保持坚定
9. 〈废〉等候；侍候
❷ vt.
1. 停止；阻止，制止；抑制(疾病等)
There is nothing to stay us in our flight. 任何情况都不能阻挡我们飞行。
She stayed her tears until her daughter was out of sight. 她忍住眼泪，一直忍到女儿不在眼前。
do something to stay bloodshed 采取某种措施制止流血
stay one's anger 制怒
stay the rise in prices 抑制物价上涨
2. 使暂时解除饥饿；暂时解除(饥饿)
He stayed me (或 my stomach, my hunger) with a piece of bread. 他给了我一片面包充饥。
3. 延迟，延缓(审判、决议等)
The court had his execution twice stayed. 法庭两次给他死缓。
stay the expulsion order 推迟执行驱逐出境的命令
4. 呆(一段时间)；持续到…结束；坚持到…结束
I asked her to stay the night. 我请她在这儿过夜。
The horse can't stay the distance. 这匹马跑不完这段距离。
5. 〈古〉等候，守候
II n.
1. 停止；阻止，制止；中止，暂停
press forward without stop or stay 不停地向前挺进
endure no stay 不容阻挡
2. 逗留，停留；逗留时间
We'll make no stay in London. 我们将不在伦敦作停留。
an overnight stay in hospital 在医院里住的一夜
3. (审判等的)延缓，推迟
receive a stay of execution 获得死刑缓期执行
deny a stay of sentence 拒绝推迟判决
4. 〈古〉持续能力；持久力，耐力
5. 〈废〉障碍；控制；抑制
[< AngFr estaier to stay < OFr ester to stay, stand < L stāre to stand] phr. be here (或 have come) to stay 〈口〉得到公众的承认；被普遍接受；成为习尚 Plastic kitchenware is here to stay. 塑料厨房器皿现已普遍使用。stay ahead 领先，占上风 The rivalry is often bitter, but he stays ahead. 竞争常常是剧烈的，但他总是领先。In order to stay ahead financially, truckers tend to violate speed and weight limits. 卡车司机为了在经济上多得好处常常超速和超载。 stay away 不在，外出；离开；不出席 This town is unsafe: stay away from here. 这座城镇不安全，还是离开这儿吧。If he announces that he will stay away, well and good. 如果他宣布他不来出席，那很好。stay away from classes (work) 不上学(不上班) stay behind 见 behind
stay for 〈口〉留下(吃饭、看演出等)
Can you stay for supper? 你能留下吃晚饭吗?
stay in 1. 在家，未外出
The doctor advised me to stay in for a few days. 医生嘱我在家休息几天。
2. 固定在适当位置
The tent pegs didn't stay in. 系帐篷的桩子没固定住。
3. 课后留下，留堂
The teacher made the boy stay in and do his exercises again. 教师叫那个男孩留下重做作业。
stay off1. 不吃(或不喝) (有损健康的东西)，忌，戒
I stay off the hard stuff.我不喝烈酒。
stay off the bottle 戒酒
2. 避开；离开
stay off the subject回避这个话题
stay off the worst of the inflation 避免物价飞涨的最糟情况
stay off one's job 不工作
stay on 继续停留；继续留下；保持
We shall stay on in the countryside till the harvest season is over. 我们将留在农村，等过了收获季节再走。
stay on the job 继续工作(或任职)
He stayed on a scholarship for seven years. 他连续7年一直领奖学金。
Stay on this road until you come to another crossroad. 沿这条路一直向前，直到另一条横马路为止。
stay one's (sb.'s) hand 见 hand
stay out 1. 不在家，外出
She stayed out all night. 她彻夜未归。
2. 呆在户外
The doctor encouraged her to stay out in the sunshine as much as she could. 医生鼓励她尽量到户外晒太阳。
3. 持续到…结束，坚持到…结束
I'll stay the week out. 我将呆过这星期。
stay out the whole long performance 看完整场长时间的演出
4. 在…走后继续逗留，比…逗留得久
She stayed her cousins out. 她比堂姊妹们呆得久。
5. 避开；不参与
stay out of trouble 不惹是非
stay out of fight 不参加打斗
Stay out of this; it's my problem, not yours. 别介入这件事；这是我的事，与你不相干。
6. 继续罢工
The miners stayed out for nearly a month. 矿工罢工将近1个月。
stay over 过夜
stay put 〈口〉留在原地；固定不动
“Stay put,” he said. “I'll be back soon.”“别走开，”他说。“我一会儿就回来。”
After all, he can't stay put in New York forever. 他毕竟不能永远呆在纽约不走。
Those kinds of people stay put in one job all their lives. 那种人一辈子就做一种工作，从不变动。
stay the course 见 course
stay to = stay for
stay up1. 不去睡
Tell him to stay up until I get home. 告诉他等我回来再睡。
2. 停留(或保持)在上面；不倒；不沉
stay with 1. 跟…(住)在一起
My wife's mother is staying with us this week. 我岳母这星期与我们住在一起。
How long do you intend to stay with the firm? 你在公司打算干多久?
Their eyes stayed with me. 他们的眼睛一直看着我。
His sense of unease stayed with him, all the way back home. 在回家的路上，他始终感到惴惴不安。
2. 继续采用；把…维持下去
How long have you stayed with this method? 这种办法你用多久了?
He stayed with the story. 他把小说继续往下写。
I'll stay with the driving. 继续由我来开车。
3. 跟上(比赛对手、竞争对手等)，与…并驾齐驱
No rival could stay with him. 没有对手能比得上他。
4. 继续注意
Stay with me for a few more minutes and you'll see the point of the story. 再听我讲几分钟，你就会明白事情的关键。 |