place

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place1 /pleɪs/ S1 W1 noun [countableC] → plaice

1 area/space/building etc 地区/空间/建筑物等 a space or area, for example a particular point on a surface or in a room, building, town, city etc 地方，地点，场所

Make sure you keep the key in a safe place.

一定要把钥匙放在安全的地方。

I’ve spent the day dashing about from place to place.

我这一天尽是在东奔西跑。

The place was full of screaming children.

那地方全是大叫大嚷的孩子们。

He was threatening to burn the place down.

他扬言要把那地方烧毁。

She had never been back to the place where the accident happened.

她再也没回过事故发生的地点。

The theatre bar was our usual meeting place.

这个剧院酒吧是我们见面的老地方。

We were living then in a place called Alberiga.

那时候我们住在一个叫阿尔伯里格的地方。

The wall was quite damp in places (=in some places).

墙上有几处很潮湿。

place for

This is a great place for a holiday.

这是个度假的好地方。

a place to do something

I couldn’t find a place to park.

我找不到一个停车的地方。

Did the accident happen at your place of work (=the place where you work)?

事故是在你的工作地点发生的吗？

The Great Mosque has been a place of worship for Muslims for centuries.

很多世纪以来大清真寺是穆斯林朝拜的地方。

2 home 家 informalHOME a house or apartment where someone lives 家，住处

They’ve got quite a big place on the outskirts of Leeds.

他们在利兹郊外有一座大房子。

somebody’s place

Do you want to come back to my place for coffee?

你想回我家喝咖啡吗？

It took us ages to find a place to live.

我们花了好长时间才找到一个住处。

He’s staying with us until he can find a place of his own.

他在找到自己的住处以前一直和我们同住。

► see thesaurus at home

3 take place HAPPENto happen, especially after being planned or arranged 〔尤指经过计划或安排后〕发生，进行

The next meeting will take place on Thursday.

下次会议将在星期四举行。

Talks between the two sides are still taking place.

双方的会谈仍在进行。

Major changes are taking place in society.

社会正发生着重大变革。

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take place• The ball took place in the Great Room at Grosvenor House.• The film takes place during foggy days in London and in the gloom of darkened rooms and candlelit corridors.• Police are trying to prevent the demonstration from taking place.• Since the early 1960s, considerable debate has taken place in educational circles about the nature of history as a discipline.• Furthermore, the transference from Worcester to Lincoln of the concept of a ten-bayed concentric chapter house took place about 1225.• The incident took place outside any warning area.• When did the robbery take place?• Eud provides only the barest information; the separation took place.• My first little skirmish took place over a film, one about rape.• Whether versions of destruction are to take place within or without the industrial enterprise, the political implications are obvious.• The next Olympics will take place in Australia.• The wedding will take place at St Andrew's church.

4 space to sit or put STH 坐或放置物品的地方 a space where someone can sit, or a space where you can put something 座位；位置

I might arrive a bit late, so could you save me a place?

我可能会晚来一会儿，你能给我留个位置吗？

There are still a few places left on the coach.

长途公共汽车上还有几个空位。

Make sure you put everything back in its proper place.

务必把每样东西都放回原位。

place for

Can you find a good place for this vase?

你能找个好位置放这个花瓶吗？

5 point in book/speech 书本/讲话中的一处 a point that you have reached in a book or a speech 〔书本或讲话中的〕地方，点

This would be a good place to stop and answer any questions that people have.

讲到这里可以稍停一下，回答听众的提问。

I used a bookmark so that I wouldn’t lose my place (=forget the point that I had reached).

我用了书签，这样就不会忘记看到哪里了。

6 opportunity to do STH 做某事的机会 if someone has a place somewhere, they have the opportunity to go there or join in an activity 机会

place in

If you don’t come to training you might lose your place in the team.

如果你不来参加训练，就有可能失去球队中的位置。

We’ve been trying to find her a place in a residential home.

我们一直在努力让她进养老院。

place on

He was offered a place on the management committee.

有人给他提供了一个在管理委员会工作的机会。

There are still a couple of places left on the course.

这门课程还有一些剩余的名额。

place at

I’ve been offered a place at York University.

我已被约克大学录取。

7 role/position 作用/位置 the role or important position that someone or something has in a situation or in society 身份；地位

somebody’s place

the old idea that a woman’s place is in the home

妇女就该在家待着的老观念

place in

He finally reached the summit of Everest and secured his place in history.

他终于登上了珠穆朗玛峰，因而青史留名。

Working has a very important place in all our lives.

工作在我们的生命中占据重要位置。

8 in place PLACE

a) in the correct position 在正确位置

The chairs for the concert were nearly all in place.

音乐会要用的椅子差不多都摆好了。

The glass was held in place by a few pieces of sellotape.

玻璃用几段透明胶带固定住了。

b) existing and ready to be used 准备就绪

Funding arrangements are already in place.

资金安排已经到位。

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in place• The decorations are in place for the party.

9 in place of somebody/something (also in somebody’s/something’s place)INSTEAD instead of someone or something else 代替某人/某物

In place of our advertised programme, we will have live coverage of the special memorial service.

我们将对这次特别纪念仪式进行现场报道，原本预告要播出的节目则被取消。

The company flag had been taken down and in its place hung the Union Jack.

公司旗帜已被撤下，取而代之的是英国国旗。

If I refused to go, they would send someone else in my place.

如果我不去，他们会派其他人代替。

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in place of somebody/something• In 1982, there were around 3,200 places available for children and 15,800 for adults in places of residential care.• What if we place Professor Summerlee upon the table, within the vacuum flask, in place of the cat?• I have used my own translation here in place of Kaufmann's uncharacteristically awkward rendering.• Hugh had heroes in place of friends.• Skyscrapers are sprouting, shiny car showrooms are opening in place of old state shops.• Develop performance-based admissions standards in addition to, or in place of, more traditional entrance requirements.• Or make a sweet salsa using mangoes, plums or peaches in place of the tomato, Crivello suggests.• Also, solid-surface Corian counters are used in place of tile.• Rolled oats can be used in place of wheat flour in making the bread.

10 take the place of somebody/something (also take somebody’s/something’s place)INSTEAD to exist or be used instead of someone or something else 代替[取代]某人/某物 SYN replace

Natural methods of pest control are now taking the place of chemicals.

正以自然方法取代化学品来控制虫害。

I had to find someone to take Jenny’s place.

我必须找个人来替珍妮。

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take the place of somebody/something• I don't think anyone could take her place.• Sending e-mail has almost taken the place of writing letters.• Other hopes have centred on ethanol taking the place of petroleum - but fuel crops must not displace food.• Explain that the marbles have taken the place of the water that has spilled out.• On home-baked brown bread it takes the place of butter.• Rigid rules and patterns take the place of more flexible thinking about feelings.• Hops have also been stuffed into pillows, taking the place of down to help induce sleep.• They found out other marvellous arts to take the place of tricks and old stories.• It connoted a rational, efficient method of organization-something to take the place of the arbitrary exercise of power by authoritarian regimes.• Finally, teachers are prohibited from making a copy of works to take the place of an anthology.

11 in somebody’s place used to talk about what you would do if you were in someone else’s situation 处于某人的境地

What would you do in my place?

你要是处于我的境地会怎么做？

Try to put yourself in my place and think how you would feel.

试试站在我的位置上，想想你会有什么感觉。

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in somebody’s place• What would you do in my place?• With Leiter injured, Hernandez will pitch in his place.

12 be no place for somebody WRONG/UNSUITABLEto be a completely unsuitable place for someone 不是适合某人的地方

This is no place for a child.

这可不是小孩该来的地方。

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be no place for somebody• Clarisa was living in a hotel, she said, and it was no place for a child.• In the psychoanalytic model there is no place for basic positive motives.• Uncle Gabriel was made rabbi, so there was no place for Father.• There is no place for domination or exploitation of creation rescues in the plan of creation.• There was no place for skill.• This was no place for me to linger.• But there appears to be no place for women in this hobby.

13 first/second/third etc place FIRSTfirst, second etc position in a race or competition 第一/第二/第三名等

He took second place in the long jump.

他在跳远比赛中获得了第二名。

in first/second etc place

I finished in third place.

我得了第三名。

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first/second/third etc place• In the opening 250 race Robert Dunlop stayed well clear of a hectic battle for second place behind him.• Why had they come to this country in the first place?• But I think I got into drama professionally in the first place by accident.• There is almost a tinge of predestination in footballers' reflections on how they came to sport in the first place.• We never enjoyed them in the first place.• The firm which supplied the scaffold blames the boy's parents for letting him play there in the first place.• But it's even more of a comfort for baby if he doesn't get wind in the first place.• In the second place, it involves some intention to maintain that control on the part of the possessor.

14 in the first place

a) FIRSTused to introduce a series of points in an argument, discussion etc 首先，第一

In the first place, I’m too busy, and in the second I don’t really want to go.

首先，我太忙；其次，我也不太想去。

b) BEGINNINGused to talk about what someone did or should have done at the start of a situation 一开始，起初

I wish I’d never got involved in the first place!

真希望我从一开始就没卷进去！

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in the first place• But he came in the first place, to something he knew would be far beyond him.• The better approach, in my opinion, is to eat the right foods in the first place.• He didn't remember being given that form; they had probably not even given it to him in the first place.• And there is the question of the relevance of the trading of information in the first place.• We robbed them of their land in the first place to reward the Annamese who collaborated with us.• This assumes that banks have surplus liquidity in the first place.• That's how the Richardson's got the Parrot in the first place.• These women should never have been sent to prison in the first place.

15 take second place (to somebody/something) IMPORTANTto be less important than someone or something else 处于（次于某人/某事物的）次要地位

She wasn’t prepared to take second place in his life.

她不愿意在他的生活中扮演次要角色。

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take second place (to somebody/something)• There was criticism that books took second place, even when it came to the design of the building.• However, religious identity had taken second place to secular nationalism for a whole generation.• Spider then is able to confront his fear and on the big night, he takes second place in the spelling bee.• Since she was utterly devoted to my father, her children inevitably took second place.• It's not unusual for man to be put in this position of taking second place.• Nina was telling Joe that she was here to help but not to take second place to his wife.• However, toilet training took second place to skill with weapons or natural aggression.• Words take second place to nonverbal cues, personal mannerisms, gestures, expressions, and overall appearance.

16 take your places used to tell people to go to the correct place or position that they need to be in for an activity 就位

If you would like to take your places, the food will be served shortly.

请大家入席，菜很快就上。

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take your places• As the happy couple took their places there was a stir and a rising babble behind them.• Then two of our most experienced divers took their places in the bell, and it was lowered again.• Amidst shuffles and low-voiced murmurings the rest of the members took their places and eyed each other uneasily across the table.• There was a delay while people took their places in the vehicles parked along the road.• Many of the new sovereign states took their places in the United Nations.• Differences in wealth and the superiority of elder over younger sons are ignored as they take their places according to age.• They took their places at the table with an awkward, almost shy silence.

17 all over the place informal

a) EVERYWHEREeverywhere 到处

There was blood all over the place.

到处是血。

b) UNTIDYin a very untidy state 凌乱，杂乱

She came in with her hair all over the place.

她进来了，头发乱糟糟的。

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all over the place• Nobody knew where anyone was, and there were rumours flying about all over the place.• He leaves clues all over the place.• You can go all over the place.• Hold a knife blade over the housing and it goes all over the place, proving the point.• The fact is, there are heroes all over the place.• They're putting up new offices all over the place.• The egg in the mixture makes it stay put, instead of running all over the place as most cheese mixtures do.• People were sneezing all over the place as if it were the heart of allergy season.• Her hair was all over the place.• Dirty clothes were all over the place.

18 put somebody in their place REJECT/NOT ACCEPTto show someone that they are not as clever or important as they think they are 使某人明白自己的地位；杀某人的气焰

I soon put him in his place.

我很快就杀掉了他的气焰。

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put somebody in their place• Battered and beleaguered, Arsenal had been put firmly in their place.• Was Morrissey helped put them in their place.• I'd like to put her in her place - she thinks she's so special.• The Administration of Justice Act 1982 swept away the remaining ones without putting anything in their place.

19 out of place

a) WRONG/UNSUITABLEnot suitable for a particular situation or occasion 不适当；不相称

He never seemed to feel out of place at social functions.

社交聚会时他似乎从不觉得自己格格不入。

The paintings looked strangely out of place.

那些画看上去古里古怪的，显得很不协调。

b) PLACEnot in the correct or usual position 不在适当[通常]的位置上

The kitchen was spotlessly clean, with nothing out of place.

厨房一尘不染，井井有条。

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out of place• Still, his philosophy of government would not have been out of place in the Soviet Communist era.• She says that it looks a bit out of place in Charlton Kings.• He's a bit out of place here.• We would therefore have felt out of place wearing business suits.• Oseary later attended Beverly Hills High, where he felt out of place among the rich kids.• Look at that! You got all of my notes out of place!• Shakespeare in Love could seem out of place here-but it reinforces this process in other ways.• I felt totally out of place at Cindy's wedding.• A Yakut tribesman was out of place in Irkutsk.

20 it is not somebody’s place (to do something) if it is not your place to do something, you do not have the duty or right to do it 某人没有责任[无权]（做某事）

It’s not your place to criticize me!

轮不到你来教训我！

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it is not somebody’s place (to do something)• But it is not my place and, frankly, I am not in the mood for a party.

21 have no place formalREJECT/NOT ACCEPT to be completely unacceptable 完全不能接受

have no place in

5Racial discrimination has no place in a modern society.

现代社会不容有种族歧视。

n Capital punishment has no place in a modern society.

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have no place• Religious celebrations have no place in public schools, although teaching about religion is acceptable.• Therefore, the right of national self-determination could have no place in the party programme.• Some would argue that these enterprises have no place in a capitalist system, and should therefore be privatised as soon as possible.• Personal opinion or preferences and speculative imaginings have no place in science.• In a holy community Noyes thought that exclusiveness, jealousy, and quarreling should have no place.• Some believe that values can not be taught apart from religion and therefore have no place in public schools.• Exploitation and oppression will be concepts of history which have no place in the description of contemporary social reality.• Honesty, decency, good will have no place in this business of selling or murdering an image.

22 fall into place

a) REALIZEif things fall into place in your mind, you suddenly realize and understand what is really happening 〔情况〕突然变得清楚

Things were beginning to fall into place in my mind.

事情开始在我脑海中清晰起来。

Everything suddenly fell into place.

一切突然豁然开朗。

b) START TO HAPPEN, EXIST ETCif plans or events fall into place, they start to happen in the way that you hoped they would 〔计划或事件〕按所希望的方式发生，上轨道

Eventually I got a job, and my life began to fall into place.

最后我得到了一份工作，生活开始步入正轨。

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fall into place• Mechanisms to ensure gender balance in appointed government bodies were also falling into place.• I am like the painter of that mosaic, the small pieces are falling into place and I need your help.• That was our greatest moment together, I think, the moment when our whole future fell into place at last.• But just in time, it fell into place.• Another piece of the jigsaw had just fallen into place.• The route had by now fallen into place.• Yet it was not until researchers extended the same effort to the oceans that the bigger tectonic picture fell into place.

23 be going places informalSUCCESSFUL to start becoming successful in your life （人生）开始取得成功

William is a young man who is definitely going places.

威廉绝对是个前途无量的年轻人。

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be going places• At only twenty-four, Ailey was going places - he was in a Broadway show.• This woman, whose last performance was an extended run as a bartender, is going places.• Jonathon Morris, you will have gathered, is going places - and no one could be happier than the man himself.• Alvin was part of it all now. Only 24, and he was going places.• Only twenty-four, he was going places.• I was really excited, believing that I was going places.• I was going places, thinking and doing things I would never dream of in city civvies.• Their Maria was going places, so he might as well keep her company.• A test drive should convince you that Mazda are going places.• This company is clearly one that is going places.

24. be in a good/bad etc place American EnglishAmE informal to be in a good, bad etc situation 处境很好/很糟等

→ a/my/your etc happy place at happy(10), → have/take pride of place at pride1(7)

n USAGE: Place, space

You use place when talking about a particular position or location. Place is always countable.

You say:

We visited some beautiful places.

I found a place to put my boots.

✗Don't say: I found some place to put my boots.

You use space about the area that is available for doing something. In this meaning, space is uncountable.

You say:

We don't have enough space for a washing machine.

✗Don't say: We don't have enough place for a washing machine.

You say:

The children need more space to play.

✗Don't say: The children need more place to play.

You also use space about an area that you can use for doing something. In this meaning, space is countable:

There are very few parking spaces left.

I found a space at the back of the bus.

Someplace means ‘somewhere’ and is used especially in American English:

I can't find my keys - I must have left them someplace.

n COLLOCATIONS

phrases

a meeting place

The club was a meeting place for musicians.

a hiding place

He had watched the farm workers from his hiding place.

a resting place (=a place where someone or something stays or is buried)

This tomb is the last resting place of the Davison family.

somebody’s place of birth formal

I need to know his date of birth, and his place of birth.

somebody’s place of work/employment formal

Please give the address of your place of work.

somebody’s place of residence formal

By law, you must inform us if you change your place of residence.

somebody’s/something’s place of origin formal (=the place where someone or something first came from)

I believe my mother's place of origin was Sierra Leone.

a place of safety

His young son had been sent away to a place of safety.

a place of refuge (=somewhere safe to go or hide)

If ever you need a place of refuge, come to us.

a place of worship

The church is much more than a place of worship.

a place of pilgrimage (=one that people visit because it is special, usually for a religious reason)

Her grave became a place of pilgrimage.

THESAURUS

place a point or area, especially one that you visit or use for a particular purpose 地方,位置,场所

He’s been to lots of places.

他到过许多地方。

a good meeting place

碰头的好地方

position the exact place where someone or something is, in relation to other things 〔与周围事物相对的〕位置,方位

She showed me the position of the village on the map.

她指给我看地图上那座村庄的位置。

I changed the position of the mirror slightly.

我稍稍移动了镜子的位置。

nJessica moved to a position where she could see the stage better.

point a particular place on a line or surface 〔线或面上的〕地方,地点

At this point the path gets narrower.

小路在这里开始变窄了。

No cars are allowed beyond this point.

任何汽车不许越过这个位置。

spot a place, especially a particular kind of place, or a place where something happens. Spot sounds rather informal 〔特定类型或某事发生的〕地点,场所〔听起来相当不正式〕

She chose a sunny spot.

她选了个阳光充沛的地方。

The area is a favourite spot for windsurfers.

这地区是进行帆板运动的理想场所。

nThis is the exact spot where I asked her to marry me.

location a place where someone or something is, or where something happens. Location sounds more formal than place 〔某人、某物所在或某事发生的〕地方,地点,位置〔比place正式〕

your exact location

你的确切位置

The prisoners were taken to an undisclosed location.

俘虏被带到一处秘密地点。

nan ideal location for a winter break

site a place, especially one that will be used for a particular purpose, or where something important happened 〔尤指用于某一目的或重要事情发生的〕地点,位置

the site of a great battle

一场伟大战役的发生地

There are plans to develop the site for housing.

已有计划开发该地块建造住宅。

nThe area has become a dumping site for nuclear waste.

venue a place where something such as a meeting, concert, game etc takes place 〔会议、音乐会、比赛等的〕地点,场所

the venue for the next Olympic Games

下一届奥运会的赛场

The hotel is a popular wedding venue.

这家酒店是广受欢迎的婚礼场所。

scene the place where something bad such as an accident or crime happened 〔事故、罪案等不良事件发生的〕现场,地点

the scene of the crime

犯罪现场

Ambulance crews were at the scene within minutes.

几分钟之后救护人员便赶到了现场。

setting the place and the area around it, where something is or where something happens 环境,背景

The hotel is in a beautiful setting.

这家酒店环境很不错。

the setting for the film ‘A Room With a View’

电影《看得见风景的房间》的背景

nBeautiful gardens provide the perfect setting for outdoor dining.

nsomewhere used for talking about a place when you are not sure exactly which place

She came from somewhere in London.

whereabouts the place where someone or something is – used especially when you do not know this or do not want to tell people 所在地〔尤用于不知道该地方或不想告诉别人时〕

The whereabouts of the painting is unknown.

那幅画下落不明。

He refused to disclose his whereabouts.

他拒绝透露自己的行踪。

nI’m not sure about her whereabouts.

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place• I was looking for a place to park the car.• If I get a place at Manchester, I'll take it.• Jenny has a place to study law at Exeter this year.• She was born in a place called Black River Falls.• I always asked his permission before taking a place next to him on the divan.• Sign your name on the list, and find yourself a place to sit.• The best place to walk is in the middle of the pavement.• I don't think there are enough places for everyone.• I know a good place to get your car serviced.• Jennifer quietly took her place at the table.• Even where links were still in place, their future remained uncertain.• Let's go back to my place for dinner.• Stuart bought a nice place over on Oak Street.• Studies show that students from wealthier backgrounds are more likely to be offered places at high-achieving schools.• Britain is one of the most highly populated places in the world.• a quiet, private place to read in• Are you sure this is the right place? I don't see Emma.• Always keep your passport in a safe place.• Keep your passport in a safe place.• Our safe places were attacked by hooligans, and the authorities looked the other way.• Words take second place to nonverbal cues, personal mannerisms, gestures, expressions, and overall appearance.• a sore place on my knee• Plant the daisies in a sunny place.• Before they were finished, the first charges went off and the place became a hornets' nest.• In spite of that, when they arrived, the place took hold of her.• To this place the young Athenians were each time taken and left to the Minotaur.• Manchester United go up two places after their win at Liverpool.• Nothing had been stolen, and all the CDs and tapes were in their usual places.

in places• He regularly preached in the surrounding area in places such as Cleobury, Shifnal and Dudley.• Why can not money be spent on advertising the help available in places where the homeless gather?• One of the things they do in places like Bullens Creek is form dinner clubs.• Bluestem is what used to grow everywhere farther east, in places like Iowa.• When the thaw comes, pay attention to how your yard is draining, especially in places where water accumulates.• Rewarding success works even in places where most governments have given up.• But many of the layers of sediment are not at all uniform and may be relatively thin in places.• His hair was a little white in places and he found it difficult talking to people.

somebody’s place• Gerard was in his usual place by the fire when I reached the pub.• The children took their places, and the teacher began calling the roll.

place for• I never really marked off a place for myself within the family.• I think this was the most depressing place for learning that I have seen anywhere.• To give him his due, Sorley had picked a good place for his sneak preview of Patterson's mail.• Britain, with its growing traffic problems, seems an ideal place for the onset of this revolution.• The hospital becomes a very important place for them it is their babies home.• If not, come back to my place for a drink.• The Oval is hardly the place for such expressions, but Feeleyand the President had a good relationship.

lose ... place• They were worried about losing their place on the pedestal they erected and scaled themselves.• The Unitarians, stay-at-homes near Boston, saw the size of their movement crest early and lose relative place.• Leighton joined Dundee in February, helping them gain promotion to the Premier Division before losing his place early this season.• She was slowed down only momentarily and did not lose her place in the formation.• By the time Mayhew was ready to become a pastor, the ministry was beginning to lose its place of honor.• Suddenly, we've lost our place.• If their ruling is upheld, Penny will lose points and places.• But a 2-0 defeat would lose them their place in the Wembley final.

place in• Some people believe religion has no place in the schools.

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place2 S3 W2 verb

1 position 位置 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]PUT to put something somewhere, especially with care 〔尤指小心地〕放置 SYN put

She poured the doctor a cup of tea and placed it on the table.

她给医生倒了杯茶，放在桌上。

He carefully placed the folder back in his desk drawer.

他小心地把文件夹放回书桌抽屉里。

► see thesaurus at put

2 situation 处境 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]CAUSE to put someone or something in a particular situation 使处于〔某种境地〕 SYN put

The government is being placed under pressure to give financial help to farmers.

政府正面对为农民提供经济援助的压力。

Children must not be placed at risk.

绝对不能让孩子们处于危险之地。

Some areas of the city have been placed under curfew.

这座城市的一些区域已经实行宵禁。

This places me in a very difficult position.

这让我很为难。

3 in a job/home 在工作中/在家中 [transitiveT] formalBEJOB/WORK to find a suitable job or home for someone 为…安置工作[住所]

Some unemployed people can be very difficult to place.

有些失业人员很难安置。

He was later placed with a foster family.

后来他被安置在一户寄养家庭里。

4 arrange STH 安排某事 [transitiveT]DGG to arrange for something to be done 安排

He placed an advertisement in the local paper.

他在当地报纸上登了一则广告。

You can place orders by telephone.

您可以通过电话订购。

I had no idea which horse I should place a bet on.

我不知道该把赌注下在哪匹马上。

5 how good/important 多好/多重要 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] to say how good or important you think someone or something is 评价，判断〔好坏或重要性〕

I would place health quite high on my list of priorities.

我会非常重视健康。

place somebody/something above/before somebody/something

Some museums seem to place profit above education.

有些博物馆似乎置赢利目的于教育目的之上。

6 place value/importance/emphasis etc on something to decide that something is important 看重/重视/注重等某事物

Most people place too much value on money.

大多数人太看重金钱。

The company places a lot of emphasis on training.

这家公司很注重培训。

Examples from the Corpus

place value/importance/emphasis etc on something• Some place emphasis on biotic, others on environmental factors.• A government department may place emphasis on careful administration and attention to detail, to research and to political manoeuvring.• It places emphasis on external evaluation and it undervalues the individual young reader's assessment.• In fact, these words break the sentence rhythm, placing emphasis on the words that follow.

7 can’t place somebody REMEMBERto recognize someone, but be unable to remember where you have met them before 想不起来与某人在哪里见过

I’ve seen her somewhere before, but I can’t quite place her.

我以前在哪里见过她，不过我想不起来了。

8 be well/ideally etc placed CAN

a) to be in a good situation where you have the ability or opportunity to do something 有能力；有良好的机遇

be well/ideally placed to do something

The company is now well placed to compete in Europe.

公司目前完全有优势在欧洲参与竞争。

b) British EnglishBrE to be in a good place or position 位于合宜的地点

be well/ideally etc placed for

The hotel is well placed for most of London’s theatres.

这家宾馆地理位置优越，去伦敦大多数剧院都很便利。

Examples from the Corpus

be well/ideally etc placed• The clearing banks were ideally placed.• But the island that in the prohibition years after 1920 profitably ran the rum trade is well placed for bootlegging cocaine.• Professional associations would seem to be well placed in terms of expertise and disinterest to carry out this kind of selection.• He was well placed to comment.• These factors, he argues, created a situation where many clearing banks were well placed to expand.• In short, I knew a lot of management educators and developers and was well placed to include them in my study.• Development agencies are well placed to make this point with the authority of people trying to get a job done.• By the end of the 32/33 season, the club was well placed to progress from friendlies to Junior League soccer.

9 RACES 比赛be placed first/second etc to be first, second etc in a race or competition 〔在赛跑或竞赛中〕得第一/第二名等

Place is slightly formal in most of its meanings. In everyday English, people usually use put instead: 大多数情况下,place 的词义都较为正式。在日常英语中,人们一般用 put

She put the cup on the table.

她把杯子放到桌上。

Innocent people were put at risk.

无辜的民众被置于危险之中。

They put an ad in the paper.

他们在报上登了一则广告。

Examples from the Corpus

be placed first/second etc• But it is unwise to assume that parents will inevitably pose a problem when they are placed first.• Inside the bracket the symbol of the central atom is placed first.• Fiona Burgess was placed second with Jenny Dwyer improving on past form to gain third position.

Examples from the Corpus

place• For 100-to-200-page pieces, place a summary after each major section.• The value of the jewels has been placed at one million dollars.• In paper chromatography, the solid phase is paper on which the sample is placed directly.• When families place elderly relatives into residential care, a similar feeling of guilt is often apparent.• Every week someone comes and places fresh flowers on her grave.• Guivier's discoveries placed him at the cutting edge of medical research.• Pallan's latest win places him in the top ten players in Ohio.• Winters placed his hand on my arm, holding me back.• Food is placed in a large cage, and when the animal enters, the door drops down.• The temp agency was trying to place me with a law firm.• A secondary emphasis was to be placed on traffic between Berlin and Tokyo.• Place some lemon slices on the fish before serving it.• If they are not going to fit into school then they must be placed somewhere more suitable.• I complicate the test as follows: I place the coin in my hand, then my hand under the cushion.• He felt that Jordan's mistakes had placed the family in great danger.• Her big-boned body felt clumsy and she placed the tray on the coffee table with a loud clatter.• At the age of five, Matthew was placed with a foster family.

placed ... advertisement• Spooky ... Switching to a smaller scale, we placed advertisements in South London newsagents.• Neild placed advertisements in the newspapers appealing for donations.

From Longman Business Dictionary

placeplace1 /pleɪs/ verb [transitiveT]

1place an order (with somebody)COMMERCE to ask a shop or business to provide goods

The airline has placed a large order for jets with Boeing.

2place an order (with somebody)FINANCE to ask a BROKER to buy shares, bonds etc for you

A speculator placed a large order for stock but couldn’t afford to pay for it.

3FINANCE if a financial institution acting for a company places its shares, bonds etc, they manage to sell them to investors

It easily placed the 16 million shares in the bank.

place with

25% of the firm’s shares will be placed with institutional investors.

4place somebody in a jobHUMAN RESOURCES if an organization such as an EMPLOYMENT AGENCY places someone in a job, they find a job for them

The agency is not paid until the individual is placed in a job and holds it for a set amount of time.

5place an ad/advertisementMARKETING to arrange for an advertisement to appear in a newspaper

He wanted to sell his car, so he placed an ad in the ‘Auto Trader’.

6place a (telephone) call (to somebody) to give a telephone OPERATOR the number of a person you want to speak to, so that they can connect you

He went to the hotel to place two telephone calls, one local and one to London.

7place a business in/under receivership to ask a court of law to officially say that a company cannot continue to operate normally because of its financial difficulties

Creditor banks are considering cutting off assistance and forcing the company to be placed under receivership.

placeplace2 noun [countableC]

1place of work/employment formalHUMAN RESOURCES the office, factory etc where you work

Our place of work provides us with a base for social interaction.

2take place to happen, especially after being planned or arranged

The meeting took place on 5th May.

3in somebody’s place if you do something in someone’s place, you do it instead of them because they cannot do it

John Hudson is away that week, so I will be attending the course in his place.

4be going places informal to start becoming successful

The market had just started to look as if it was going places when the crash came along.

5in high places in positions of power or authority

corruption in high places

Origin place1

(900-1000) Old French “open space”, from Latin platea “broad street”, from Greek plateia (hodos), from platys “broad, flat”

→n USAGE1 →n COLLOCATIONS1 →THESAURUS1place2 verb →REGISTER1

单词	place
释义	place Word family noun place placement placing displacement replacement placerplace cardplaceholderplace kickplacemanplace matplace nameplace settingadjective displaced misplaced replaceable placedplacelessverb place displace misplace replace place1 /pleɪs/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countableC] → plaice 1 area/space/building etc 地区/空间/建筑物等 a space or area, for example a particular point on a surface or in a room, building, town, city etc 地方，地点，场所 Make sure you keep the key in a safe place. 一定要把钥匙放在安全的地方。 I’ve spent the day dashing about from place to place. 我这一天尽是在东奔西跑。 The place was full of screaming children. 那地方全是大叫大嚷的孩子们。 He was threatening to burn the place down. 他扬言要把那地方烧毁。 She had never been back to the place where the accident happened. 她再也没回过事故发生的地点。 The theatre bar was our usual meeting place. 这个剧院酒吧是我们见面的老地方。 We were living then in a place called Alberiga. 那时候我们住在一个叫阿尔伯里格的地方。 The wall was quite damp in places (=in some places). 墙上有几处很潮湿。 place for This is a great place for a holiday. 这是个度假的好地方。 a place to do something I couldn’t find a place to park. 我找不到一个停车的地方。 Did the accident happen at your place of work (=the place where you work)? 事故是在你的工作地点发生的吗？ The Great Mosque has been a place of worship for Muslims for centuries. 很多世纪以来大清真寺是穆斯林朝拜的地方。 2 home 家 informalHOME a house or apartment where someone lives 家，住处 They’ve got quite a big place on the outskirts of Leeds. 他们在利兹郊外有一座大房子。 somebody’s place Do you want to come back to my place for coffee? 你想回我家喝咖啡吗？ It took us ages to find a place to live. 我们花了好长时间才找到一个住处。 He’s staying with us until he can find a place of his own. 他在找到自己的住处以前一直和我们同住。 ► see thesaurus at home 3 take place HAPPENto happen, especially after being planned or arranged 〔尤指经过计划或安排后〕发生，进行 The next meeting will take place on Thursday. 下次会议将在星期四举行。 Talks between the two sides are still taking place. 双方的会谈仍在进行。 Major changes are taking place in society. 社会正发生着重大变革。 Examples from the Corpus take place• The ball took place in the Great Room at Grosvenor House.• The film takes place during foggy days in London and in the gloom of darkened rooms and candlelit corridors.• Police are trying to prevent the demonstration from taking place.• Since the early 1960s, considerable debate has taken place in educational circles about the nature of history as a discipline.• Furthermore, the transference from Worcester to Lincoln of the concept of a ten-bayed concentric chapter house took place about 1225.• The incident took place outside any warning area.• When did the robbery take place?• Eud provides only the barest information; the separation took place.• My first little skirmish took place over a film, one about rape.• Whether versions of destruction are to take place within or without the industrial enterprise, the political implications are obvious.• The next Olympics will take place in Australia.• The wedding will take place at St Andrew's church. 4 space to sit or put STH 坐或放置物品的地方 a space where someone can sit, or a space where you can put something 座位；位置 I might arrive a bit late, so could you save me a place? 我可能会晚来一会儿，你能给我留个位置吗？ There are still a few places left on the coach. 长途公共汽车上还有几个空位。 Make sure you put everything back in its proper place. 务必把每样东西都放回原位。 place for Can you find a good place for this vase? 你能找个好位置放这个花瓶吗？ 5 point in book/speech 书本/讲话中的一处 a point that you have reached in a book or a speech 〔书本或讲话中的〕地方，点 This would be a good place to stop and answer any questions that people have. 讲到这里可以稍停一下，回答听众的提问。 I used a bookmark so that I wouldn’t lose my place (=forget the point that I had reached). 我用了书签，这样就不会忘记看到哪里了。 6 opportunity to do STH 做某事的机会 if someone has a place somewhere, they have the opportunity to go there or join in an activity 机会 place in If you don’t come to training you might lose your place in the team. 如果你不来参加训练，就有可能失去球队中的位置。 We’ve been trying to find her a place in a residential home. 我们一直在努力让她进养老院。 place on He was offered a place on the management committee. 有人给他提供了一个在管理委员会工作的机会。 There are still a couple of places left on the course. 这门课程还有一些剩余的名额。 place at I’ve been offered a place at York University. 我已被约克大学录取。 7 role/position 作用/位置 the role or important position that someone or something has in a situation or in society 身份；地位 somebody’s place the old idea that a woman’s place is in the home 妇女就该在家待着的老观念 place in He finally reached the summit of Everest and secured his place in history. 他终于登上了珠穆朗玛峰，因而青史留名。 Working has a very important place in all our lives. 工作在我们的生命中占据重要位置。 8 in place PLACE a) in the correct position 在正确位置 The chairs for the concert were nearly all in place. 音乐会要用的椅子差不多都摆好了。 The glass was held in place by a few pieces of sellotape. 玻璃用几段透明胶带固定住了。 b) existing and ready to be used 准备就绪 Funding arrangements are already in place. 资金安排已经到位。 Examples from the Corpus in place• The decorations are in place for the party. 9 in place of somebody/something (also in somebody’s/something’s place)INSTEAD instead of someone or something else 代替某人/某物 In place of our advertised programme, we will have live coverage of the special memorial service. 我们将对这次特别纪念仪式进行现场报道，原本预告要播出的节目则被取消。 The company flag had been taken down and in its place hung the Union Jack. 公司旗帜已被撤下，取而代之的是英国国旗。 If I refused to go, they would send someone else in my place. 如果我不去，他们会派其他人代替。 Examples from the Corpus in place of somebody/something• In 1982, there were around 3,200 places available for children and 15,800 for adults in places of residential care.• What if we place Professor Summerlee upon the table, within the vacuum flask, in place of the cat?• I have used my own translation here in place of Kaufmann's uncharacteristically awkward rendering.• Hugh had heroes in place of friends.• Skyscrapers are sprouting, shiny car showrooms are opening in place of old state shops.• Develop performance-based admissions standards in addition to, or in place of, more traditional entrance requirements.• Or make a sweet salsa using mangoes, plums or peaches in place of the tomato, Crivello suggests.• Also, solid-surface Corian counters are used in place of tile.• Rolled oats can be used in place of wheat flour in making the bread. 10 take the place of somebody/something (also take somebody’s/something’s place)INSTEAD to exist or be used instead of someone or something else 代替[取代]某人/某物 SYN replace Natural methods of pest control are now taking the place of chemicals. 正以自然方法取代化学品来控制虫害。 I had to find someone to take Jenny’s place. 我必须找个人来替珍妮。 Examples from the Corpus take the place of somebody/something• I don't think anyone could take her place.• Sending e-mail has almost taken the place of writing letters.• Other hopes have centred on ethanol taking the place of petroleum - but fuel crops must not displace food.• Explain that the marbles have taken the place of the water that has spilled out.• On home-baked brown bread it takes the place of butter.• Rigid rules and patterns take the place of more flexible thinking about feelings.• Hops have also been stuffed into pillows, taking the place of down to help induce sleep.• They found out other marvellous arts to take the place of tricks and old stories.• It connoted a rational, efficient method of organization-something to take the place of the arbitrary exercise of power by authoritarian regimes.• Finally, teachers are prohibited from making a copy of works to take the place of an anthology. 11 in somebody’s place used to talk about what you would do if you were in someone else’s situation 处于某人的境地 What would you do in my place? 你要是处于我的境地会怎么做？ Try to put yourself in my place and think how you would feel. 试试站在我的位置上，想想你会有什么感觉。 Examples from the Corpus in somebody’s place• What would you do in my place?• With Leiter injured, Hernandez will pitch in his place. 12 be no place for somebody WRONG/UNSUITABLEto be a completely unsuitable place for someone 不是适合某人的地方 This is no place for a child. 这可不是小孩该来的地方。 Examples from the Corpus be no place for somebody• Clarisa was living in a hotel, she said, and it was no place for a child.• In the psychoanalytic model there is no place for basic positive motives.• Uncle Gabriel was made rabbi, so there was no place for Father.• There is no place for domination or exploitation of creation rescues in the plan of creation.• There was no place for skill.• This was no place for me to linger.• But there appears to be no place for women in this hobby. 13 first/second/third etc place FIRSTfirst, second etc position in a race or competition 第一/第二/第三名等 He took second place in the long jump. 他在跳远比赛中获得了第二名。 in first/second etc place I finished in third place. 我得了第三名。 Examples from the Corpus first/second/third etc place• In the opening 250 race Robert Dunlop stayed well clear of a hectic battle for second place behind him.• Why had they come to this country in the first place?• But I think I got into drama professionally in the first place by accident.• There is almost a tinge of predestination in footballers' reflections on how they came to sport in the first place.• We never enjoyed them in the first place.• The firm which supplied the scaffold blames the boy's parents for letting him play there in the first place.• But it's even more of a comfort for baby if he doesn't get wind in the first place.• In the second place, it involves some intention to maintain that control on the part of the possessor. 14 in the first place a) FIRSTused to introduce a series of points in an argument, discussion etc 首先，第一 In the first place, I’m too busy, and in the second I don’t really want to go. 首先，我太忙；其次，我也不太想去。 b) BEGINNINGused to talk about what someone did or should have done at the start of a situation 一开始，起初 I wish I’d never got involved in the first place! 真希望我从一开始就没卷进去！ Examples from the Corpus in the first place• But he came in the first place, to something he knew would be far beyond him.• The better approach, in my opinion, is to eat the right foods in the first place.• He didn't remember being given that form; they had probably not even given it to him in the first place.• And there is the question of the relevance of the trading of information in the first place.• We robbed them of their land in the first place to reward the Annamese who collaborated with us.• This assumes that banks have surplus liquidity in the first place.• That's how the Richardson's got the Parrot in the first place.• These women should never have been sent to prison in the first place. 15 take second place (to somebody/something) IMPORTANTto be less important than someone or something else 处于（次于某人/某事物的）次要地位 She wasn’t prepared to take second place in his life. 她不愿意在他的生活中扮演次要角色。 Examples from the Corpus take second place (to somebody/something)• There was criticism that books took second place, even when it came to the design of the building.• However, religious identity had taken second place to secular nationalism for a whole generation.• Spider then is able to confront his fear and on the big night, he takes second place in the spelling bee.• Since she was utterly devoted to my father, her children inevitably took second place.• It's not unusual for man to be put in this position of taking second place.• Nina was telling Joe that she was here to help but not to take second place to his wife.• However, toilet training took second place to skill with weapons or natural aggression.• Words take second place to nonverbal cues, personal mannerisms, gestures, expressions, and overall appearance. 16 take your places used to tell people to go to the correct place or position that they need to be in for an activity 就位 If you would like to take your places, the food will be served shortly. 请大家入席，菜很快就上。 Examples from the Corpus take your places• As the happy couple took their places there was a stir and a rising babble behind them.• Then two of our most experienced divers took their places in the bell, and it was lowered again.• Amidst shuffles and low-voiced murmurings the rest of the members took their places and eyed each other uneasily across the table.• There was a delay while people took their places in the vehicles parked along the road.• Many of the new sovereign states took their places in the United Nations.• Differences in wealth and the superiority of elder over younger sons are ignored as they take their places according to age.• They took their places at the table with an awkward, almost shy silence. 17 all over the place informal a) EVERYWHEREeverywhere 到处 There was blood all over the place. 到处是血。 b) UNTIDYin a very untidy state 凌乱，杂乱 She came in with her hair all over the place. 她进来了，头发乱糟糟的。 Examples from the Corpus all over the place• Nobody knew where anyone was, and there were rumours flying about all over the place.• He leaves clues all over the place.• You can go all over the place.• Hold a knife blade over the housing and it goes all over the place, proving the point.• The fact is, there are heroes all over the place.• They're putting up new offices all over the place.• The egg in the mixture makes it stay put, instead of running all over the place as most cheese mixtures do.• People were sneezing all over the place as if it were the heart of allergy season.• Her hair was all over the place.• Dirty clothes were all over the place. 18 put somebody in their place REJECT/NOT ACCEPTto show someone that they are not as clever or important as they think they are 使某人明白自己的地位；杀某人的气焰 I soon put him in his place. 我很快就杀掉了他的气焰。 Examples from the Corpus put somebody in their place• Battered and beleaguered, Arsenal had been put firmly in their place.• Was Morrissey helped put them in their place.• I'd like to put her in her place - she thinks she's so special.• The Administration of Justice Act 1982 swept away the remaining ones without putting anything in their place. 19 out of place a) WRONG/UNSUITABLEnot suitable for a particular situation or occasion 不适当；不相称 He never seemed to feel out of place at social functions. 社交聚会时他似乎从不觉得自己格格不入。 The paintings looked strangely out of place. 那些画看上去古里古怪的，显得很不协调。 b) PLACEnot in the correct or usual position 不在适当[通常]的位置上 The kitchen was spotlessly clean, with nothing out of place. 厨房一尘不染，井井有条。 Examples from the Corpus out of place• Still, his philosophy of government would not have been out of place in the Soviet Communist era.• She says that it looks a bit out of place in Charlton Kings.• He's a bit out of place here.• We would therefore have felt out of place wearing business suits.• Oseary later attended Beverly Hills High, where he felt out of place among the rich kids.• Look at that! You got all of my notes out of place!• Shakespeare in Love could seem out of place here-but it reinforces this process in other ways.• I felt totally out of place at Cindy's wedding.• A Yakut tribesman was out of place in Irkutsk. 20 it is not somebody’s place (to do something) if it is not your place to do something, you do not have the duty or right to do it 某人没有责任[无权]（做某事） It’s not your place to criticize me! 轮不到你来教训我！ Examples from the Corpus it is not somebody’s place (to do something)• But it is not my place and, frankly, I am not in the mood for a party. 21 have no place formalREJECT/NOT ACCEPT to be completely unacceptable 完全不能接受 have no place in 5Racial discrimination has no place in a modern society. 现代社会不容有种族歧视。 n Capital punishment has no place in a modern society. Examples from the Corpus have no place• Religious celebrations have no place in public schools, although teaching about religion is acceptable.• Therefore, the right of national self-determination could have no place in the party programme.• Some would argue that these enterprises have no place in a capitalist system, and should therefore be privatised as soon as possible.• Personal opinion or preferences and speculative imaginings have no place in science.• In a holy community Noyes thought that exclusiveness, jealousy, and quarreling should have no place.• Some believe that values can not be taught apart from religion and therefore have no place in public schools.• Exploitation and oppression will be concepts of history which have no place in the description of contemporary social reality.• Honesty, decency, good will have no place in this business of selling or murdering an image. 22 fall into place a) REALIZEif things fall into place in your mind, you suddenly realize and understand what is really happening 〔情况〕突然变得清楚 Things were beginning to fall into place in my mind. 事情开始在我脑海中清晰起来。 Everything suddenly fell into place. 一切突然豁然开朗。 b) START TO HAPPEN, EXIST ETCif plans or events fall into place, they start to happen in the way that you hoped they would 〔计划或事件〕按所希望的方式发生，上轨道 Eventually I got a job, and my life began to fall into place. 最后我得到了一份工作，生活开始步入正轨。 Examples from the Corpus fall into place• Mechanisms to ensure gender balance in appointed government bodies were also falling into place.• I am like the painter of that mosaic, the small pieces are falling into place and I need your help.• That was our greatest moment together, I think, the moment when our whole future fell into place at last.• But just in time, it fell into place.• Another piece of the jigsaw had just fallen into place.• The route had by now fallen into place.• Yet it was not until researchers extended the same effort to the oceans that the bigger tectonic picture fell into place. 23 be going places informalSUCCESSFUL to start becoming successful in your life （人生）开始取得成功 William is a young man who is definitely going places. 威廉绝对是个前途无量的年轻人。 Examples from the Corpus be going places• At only twenty-four, Ailey was going places - he was in a Broadway show.• This woman, whose last performance was an extended run as a bartender, is going places.• Jonathon Morris, you will have gathered, is going places - and no one could be happier than the man himself.• Alvin was part of it all now. Only 24, and he was going places.• Only twenty-four, he was going places.• I was really excited, believing that I was going places.• I was going places, thinking and doing things I would never dream of in city civvies.• Their Maria was going places, so he might as well keep her company.• A test drive should convince you that Mazda are going places.• This company is clearly one that is going places. 24. be in a good/bad etc place American EnglishAmE informal to be in a good, bad etc situation 处境很好/很糟等 → a/my/your etc happy place at happy(10), → have/take pride of place at pride1(7) n USAGE: Place, space You use place when talking about a particular position or location. Place is always countable. You say: We visited some beautiful places. I found a place to put my boots. ✗Don't say: I found some place to put my boots. You use space about the area that is available for doing something. In this meaning, space is uncountable. You say: We don't have enough space for a washing machine. ✗Don't say: We don't have enough place for a washing machine. You say: The children need more space to play. ✗Don't say: The children need more place to play. You also use space about an area that you can use for doing something. In this meaning, space is countable: There are very few parking spaces left. I found a space at the back of the bus. Someplace means ‘somewhere’ and is used especially in American English: I can't find my keys - I must have left them someplace. n COLLOCATIONS phrases a meeting place The club was a meeting place for musicians. a hiding place He had watched the farm workers from his hiding place. a resting place (=a place where someone or something stays or is buried) This tomb is the last resting place of the Davison family. somebody’s place of birth formal I need to know his date of birth, and his place of birth. somebody’s place of work/employment formal Please give the address of your place of work. somebody’s place of residence formal By law, you must inform us if you change your place of residence. somebody’s/something’s place of origin formal (=the place where someone or something first came from) I believe my mother's place of origin was Sierra Leone. a place of safety His young son had been sent away to a place of safety. a place of refuge (=somewhere safe to go or hide) If ever you need a place of refuge, come to us. a place of worship The church is much more than a place of worship. a place of pilgrimage (=one that people visit because it is special, usually for a religious reason) Her grave became a place of pilgrimage. THESAURUS place a point or area, especially one that you visit or use for a particular purpose 地方,位置,场所 He’s been to lots of places. 他到过许多地方。 a good meeting place 碰头的好地方 position the exact place where someone or something is, in relation to other things 〔与周围事物相对的〕位置,方位 She showed me the position of the village on the map. 她指给我看地图上那座村庄的位置。 I changed the position of the mirror slightly. 我稍稍移动了镜子的位置。 nJessica moved to a position where she could see the stage better. point a particular place on a line or surface 〔线或面上的〕地方,地点 At this point the path gets narrower. 小路在这里开始变窄了。 No cars are allowed beyond this point. 任何汽车不许越过这个位置。 spot a place, especially a particular kind of place, or a place where something happens. Spot sounds rather informal 〔特定类型或某事发生的〕地点,场所〔听起来相当不正式〕 She chose a sunny spot. 她选了个阳光充沛的地方。 The area is a favourite spot for windsurfers. 这地区是进行帆板运动的理想场所。 nThis is the exact spot where I asked her to marry me. location a place where someone or something is, or where something happens. Location sounds more formal than place 〔某人、某物所在或某事发生的〕地方,地点,位置〔比place正式〕 your exact location 你的确切位置 The prisoners were taken to an undisclosed location. 俘虏被带到一处秘密地点。 nan ideal location for a winter break site a place, especially one that will be used for a particular purpose, or where something important happened 〔尤指用于某一目的或重要事情发生的〕地点,位置 the site of a great battle 一场伟大战役的发生地 There are plans to develop the site for housing. 已有计划开发该地块建造住宅。 nThe area has become a dumping site for nuclear waste. venue a place where something such as a meeting, concert, game etc takes place 〔会议、音乐会、比赛等的〕地点,场所 the venue for the next Olympic Games 下一届奥运会的赛场 The hotel is a popular wedding venue. 这家酒店是广受欢迎的婚礼场所。 scene the place where something bad such as an accident or crime happened 〔事故、罪案等不良事件发生的〕现场,地点 the scene of the crime 犯罪现场 Ambulance crews were at the scene within minutes. 几分钟之后救护人员便赶到了现场。 setting the place and the area around it, where something is or where something happens 环境,背景 The hotel is in a beautiful setting. 这家酒店环境很不错。 the setting for the film ‘A Room With a View’ 电影《看得见风景的房间》的背景 nBeautiful gardens provide the perfect setting for outdoor dining. nsomewhere used for talking about a place when you are not sure exactly which place She came from somewhere in London. whereabouts the place where someone or something is – used especially when you do not know this or do not want to tell people 所在地〔尤用于不知道该地方或不想告诉别人时〕 The whereabouts of the painting is unknown. 那幅画下落不明。 He refused to disclose his whereabouts. 他拒绝透露自己的行踪。 nI’m not sure about her whereabouts. Examples from the Corpus place• I was looking for a place to park the car.• If I get a place at Manchester, I'll take it.• Jenny has a place to study law at Exeter this year.• She was born in a place called Black River Falls.• I always asked his permission before taking a place next to him on the divan.• Sign your name on the list, and find yourself a place to sit.• The best place to walk is in the middle of the pavement.• I don't think there are enough places for everyone.• I know a good place to get your car serviced.• Jennifer quietly took her place at the table.• Even where links were still in place, their future remained uncertain.• Let's go back to my place for dinner.• Stuart bought a nice place over on Oak Street.• Studies show that students from wealthier backgrounds are more likely to be offered places at high-achieving schools.• Britain is one of the most highly populated places in the world.• a quiet, private place to read in• Are you sure this is the right place? I don't see Emma.• Always keep your passport in a safe place.• Keep your passport in a safe place.• Our safe places were attacked by hooligans, and the authorities looked the other way.• Words take second place to nonverbal cues, personal mannerisms, gestures, expressions, and overall appearance.• a sore place on my knee• Plant the daisies in a sunny place.• Before they were finished, the first charges went off and the place became a hornets' nest.• In spite of that, when they arrived, the place took hold of her.• To this place the young Athenians were each time taken and left to the Minotaur.• Manchester United go up two places after their win at Liverpool.• Nothing had been stolen, and all the CDs and tapes were in their usual places. in places• He regularly preached in the surrounding area in places such as Cleobury, Shifnal and Dudley.• Why can not money be spent on advertising the help available in places where the homeless gather?• One of the things they do in places like Bullens Creek is form dinner clubs.• Bluestem is what used to grow everywhere farther east, in places like Iowa.• When the thaw comes, pay attention to how your yard is draining, especially in places where water accumulates.• Rewarding success works even in places where most governments have given up.• But many of the layers of sediment are not at all uniform and may be relatively thin in places.• His hair was a little white in places and he found it difficult talking to people. somebody’s place• Gerard was in his usual place by the fire when I reached the pub.• The children took their places, and the teacher began calling the roll. place for• I never really marked off a place for myself within the family.• I think this was the most depressing place for learning that I have seen anywhere.• To give him his due, Sorley had picked a good place for his sneak preview of Patterson's mail.• Britain, with its growing traffic problems, seems an ideal place for the onset of this revolution.• The hospital becomes a very important place for them it is their babies home.• If not, come back to my place for a drink.• The Oval is hardly the place for such expressions, but Feeleyand the President had a good relationship. lose ... place• They were worried about losing their place on the pedestal they erected and scaled themselves.• The Unitarians, stay-at-homes near Boston, saw the size of their movement crest early and lose relative place.• Leighton joined Dundee in February, helping them gain promotion to the Premier Division before losing his place early this season.• She was slowed down only momentarily and did not lose her place in the formation.• By the time Mayhew was ready to become a pastor, the ministry was beginning to lose its place of honor.• Suddenly, we've lost our place.• If their ruling is upheld, Penny will lose points and places.• But a 2-0 defeat would lose them their place in the Wembley final. place in• Some people believe religion has no place in the schools. Related topics: Gambling place2 ●●○ S3 W2 verb 1 position 位置 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]PUT to put something somewhere, especially with care 〔尤指小心地〕放置 SYN put She poured the doctor a cup of tea and placed it on the table. 她给医生倒了杯茶，放在桌上。 He carefully placed the folder back in his desk drawer. 他小心地把文件夹放回书桌抽屉里。 ► see thesaurus at put 2 situation 处境 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]CAUSE to put someone or something in a particular situation 使处于〔某种境地〕 SYN put The government is being placed under pressure to give financial help to farmers. 政府正面对为农民提供经济援助的压力。 Children must not be placed at risk. 绝对不能让孩子们处于危险之地。 Some areas of the city have been placed under curfew. 这座城市的一些区域已经实行宵禁。 This places me in a very difficult position. 这让我很为难。 3 in a job/home 在工作中/在家中 [transitiveT] formalBEJOB/WORK to find a suitable job or home for someone 为…安置工作[住所] Some unemployed people can be very difficult to place. 有些失业人员很难安置。 He was later placed with a foster family. 后来他被安置在一户寄养家庭里。 4 arrange STH 安排某事 [transitiveT]DGG to arrange for something to be done 安排 He placed an advertisement in the local paper. 他在当地报纸上登了一则广告。 You can place orders by telephone. 您可以通过电话订购。 I had no idea which horse I should place a bet on. 我不知道该把赌注下在哪匹马上。 5 how good/important 多好/多重要 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] to say how good or important you think someone or something is 评价，判断〔好坏或重要性〕 I would place health quite high on my list of priorities. 我会非常重视健康。 place somebody/something above/before somebody/something Some museums seem to place profit above education. 有些博物馆似乎置赢利目的于教育目的之上。 6 place value/importance/emphasis etc on something to decide that something is important 看重/重视/注重等某事物 Most people place too much value on money. 大多数人太看重金钱。 The company places a lot of emphasis on training. 这家公司很注重培训。 Examples from the Corpus place value/importance/emphasis etc on something• Some place emphasis on biotic, others on environmental factors.• A government department may place emphasis on careful administration and attention to detail, to research and to political manoeuvring.• It places emphasis on external evaluation and it undervalues the individual young reader's assessment.• In fact, these words break the sentence rhythm, placing emphasis on the words that follow. 7 can’t place somebody REMEMBERto recognize someone, but be unable to remember where you have met them before 想不起来与某人在哪里见过 I’ve seen her somewhere before, but I can’t quite place her. 我以前在哪里见过她，不过我想不起来了。 8 be well/ideally etc placed CAN a) to be in a good situation where you have the ability or opportunity to do something 有能力；有良好的机遇 be well/ideally placed to do something The company is now well placed to compete in Europe. 公司目前完全有优势在欧洲参与竞争。 b) British EnglishBrE to be in a good place or position 位于合宜的地点 be well/ideally etc placed for The hotel is well placed for most of London’s theatres. 这家宾馆地理位置优越，去伦敦大多数剧院都很便利。 Examples from the Corpus be well/ideally etc placed• The clearing banks were ideally placed.• But the island that in the prohibition years after 1920 profitably ran the rum trade is well placed for bootlegging cocaine.• Professional associations would seem to be well placed in terms of expertise and disinterest to carry out this kind of selection.• He was well placed to comment.• These factors, he argues, created a situation where many clearing banks were well placed to expand.• In short, I knew a lot of management educators and developers and was well placed to include them in my study.• Development agencies are well placed to make this point with the authority of people trying to get a job done.• By the end of the 32/33 season, the club was well placed to progress from friendlies to Junior League soccer. 9 RACES 比赛be placed first/second etc to be first, second etc in a race or competition 〔在赛跑或竞赛中〕得第一/第二名等 Register Place is slightly formal in most of its meanings. In everyday English, people usually use put instead: 大多数情况下,place 的词义都较为正式。在日常英语中,人们一般用 put She put the cup on the table. 她把杯子放到桌上。 Innocent people were put at risk. 无辜的民众被置于危险之中。 They put an ad in the paper. 他们在报上登了一则广告。 Examples from the Corpus be placed first/second etc• But it is unwise to assume that parents will inevitably pose a problem when they are placed first.• Inside the bracket the symbol of the central atom is placed first.• Fiona Burgess was placed second with Jenny Dwyer improving on past form to gain third position. Examples from the Corpus place• For 100-to-200-page pieces, place a summary after each major section.• The value of the jewels has been placed at one million dollars.• In paper chromatography, the solid phase is paper on which the sample is placed directly.• When families place elderly relatives into residential care, a similar feeling of guilt is often apparent.• Every week someone comes and places fresh flowers on her grave.• Guivier's discoveries placed him at the cutting edge of medical research.• Pallan's latest win places him in the top ten players in Ohio.• Winters placed his hand on my arm, holding me back.• Food is placed in a large cage, and when the animal enters, the door drops down.• The temp agency was trying to place me with a law firm.• A secondary emphasis was to be placed on traffic between Berlin and Tokyo.• Place some lemon slices on the fish before serving it.• If they are not going to fit into school then they must be placed somewhere more suitable.• I complicate the test as follows: I place the coin in my hand, then my hand under the cushion.• He felt that Jordan's mistakes had placed the family in great danger.• Her big-boned body felt clumsy and she placed the tray on the coffee table with a loud clatter.• At the age of five, Matthew was placed with a foster family. placed ... advertisement• Spooky ... Switching to a smaller scale, we placed advertisements in South London newsagents.• Neild placed advertisements in the newspapers appealing for donations. From Longman Business Dictionary placeplace1 /pleɪs/ verb [transitiveT] 1place an order (with somebody)COMMERCE to ask a shop or business to provide goods The airline has placed a large order for jets with Boeing. 2place an order (with somebody)FINANCE to ask a BROKER to buy shares, bonds etc for you A speculator placed a large order for stock but couldn’t afford to pay for it. 3FINANCE if a financial institution acting for a company places its shares, bonds etc, they manage to sell them to investors It easily placed the 16 million shares in the bank. place with 25% of the firm’s shares will be placed with institutional investors. 4place somebody in a jobHUMAN RESOURCES if an organization such as an EMPLOYMENT AGENCY places someone in a job, they find a job for them The agency is not paid until the individual is placed in a job and holds it for a set amount of time. 5place an ad/advertisementMARKETING to arrange for an advertisement to appear in a newspaper He wanted to sell his car, so he placed an ad in the ‘Auto Trader’. 6place a (telephone) call (to somebody) to give a telephone OPERATOR the number of a person you want to speak to, so that they can connect you He went to the hotel to place two telephone calls, one local and one to London. 7place a business in/under receivership to ask a court of law to officially say that a company cannot continue to operate normally because of its financial difficulties Creditor banks are considering cutting off assistance and forcing the company to be placed under receivership. placeplace2 noun [countableC] 1place of work/employment formalHUMAN RESOURCES the office, factory etc where you work Our place of work provides us with a base for social interaction. 2take place to happen, especially after being planned or arranged The meeting took place on 5th May. 3in somebody’s place if you do something in someone’s place, you do it instead of them because they cannot do it John Hudson is away that week, so I will be attending the course in his place. 4be going places informal to start becoming successful The market had just started to look as if it was going places when the crash came along. 5in high places in positions of power or authority corruption in high places Origin place1 (900-1000) Old French “open space”, from Latin platea “broad street”, from Greek plateia (hodos), from platys “broad, flat” →n USAGE1 →n COLLOCATIONS1 →THESAURUS1place2 verb →REGISTER1
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