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Definition of have in English:

have

verbhas, having, had hav
[with object]
  • 1Possess, own, or hold.

    拥有,持有

    he had a new car and a boat

    他拥有新车和游艇。

    have you got a job yet?

    你现在有工作了吗?

    I don't have that much money on me

    我身上没有那么多钱。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Somehow this usually results in us having more possessions than we started out with.
    • Lucas was adamant about having a nice, reliable car for us to drive the baby around in.
    • He was advised to get an agent to help promote the salon, but he had little money.
    • But if you don't keep an eye on the way things are going, then pretty soon you may not have a job to go to.
    • If you have enough clothes, a fine piece of art makes a beautiful Christmas gift.
    • Sometimes it's as simple as earning more money, or having a better job.
    • My uncle works in a children's bookshop in London, and has a fantastic flat full of books of all types.
    • No point having the dirtiest car in Lincolnshire if you go doing daft things like cleaning it.
    • A friend of mine has a young dog that bit into a cable running to the passenger seatbelt.
    • I know people who work in television but boast about not having a set at home.
    • Football, even at youth level, should be about rewarding best practice and not just who has the most money.
    • McLaren have the best package at the moment, but in Formula 1, it is not just about having the fastest car.
    • Perhaps it could be the place where I finally realise my dream of having an island of my own.
    • If I was offered the chance to have this as my company car I would be very happy indeed.
    • They gave me a job for two years where I held the unique and enviable position of having the desk closest to the nearest pub.
    • Almost every household today has a computer.
    • We have a one bedroom flat and on our current budget will not be able to move for another 2 years.
    • He has the most money, but the people behind him do not understand how to use this power.
    • In addition we must ensure that we retain our advantages of having a highly skilled and adaptable workforce.
    • I was about seventeen and a half now and I had my own flat, which was ok, but it was just a place to sleep for me.
    Synonyms
    possess, own, be in possession of, be the owner of, be the (proud) possessor of, have in one's possession, have to one's name, count among one's possessions, be blessed with, boast, enjoy
    keep, maintain, retain, hold, use, utilize, occupy
    1. 1.1 Possess (a quality, characteristic, or feature)
      具有(品质、特点或特色)
      the ham had a sweet, smoky flavour

      这火腿有一种香甜的烟熏味。

      she's got blue eyes

      她有一双蓝眼睛。

      the house has gas-fired central heating

      这房子有燃气中央供暖系统。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • How they managed to walk up and down the street in shoes that had six inch soles was beyond us.
      • The atmosphere is made up of a mechanical mixture of gases, which all have mass.
      • This is a car that has much more to offer than its diminutive looking size belies.
      • He's got black hair and is tall with a lean body.
      • The music has a cinematic quality which conjures up images of film noir classics.
      • I have known him as a player for a long time and have always rated him and believed he had leadership quality.
      • In addition, he has both the star quality we were looking for and is an inspired lyricist.
      • It also boasts of having the world's highest rate of beautiful people per square inch!
      • He's a complete player, but he doesn't have the supreme quality of the very greatest.
      • We have showed we have the quality in the past and I'm sure we will get it right.
      • Yet credit is due to Kilmarnock for remaining resolute throughout and having the capacity to respond.
      • A new version of the model having such features is near completion and will be presented shortly.
      • Maradona described him as having unparalleled speed and a keen sense of how to defend.
      • Aesthetically it is a dump and, but for the area around the harbour, has no redeeming features.
      • A record collection can be displayed, and the display itself has an aesthetic quality.
      • The new house had a back garden, 100 foot long and desperately overgrown.
      • I thought he had a bit more sense, but no.
      • Beyond that, having breadth and depth in the management team is the key to success.
      • He explained to me that every good villain has some outstanding feature that stood out about them.
      • Naive art has a quality of its own that is easy to recognize but hard to define.
    2. 1.2have oneselfNorth American informal Provide or indulge oneself with (something)
      自己享用;放纵自己做
      he had himself two highballs

      他独自享用了两高杯加冰酒。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • So it looks like our boy Bill has himself a brand new policy.
      • A few weeks ago he was having himself a high old time at a fancy-dress party.
      • Kyra, have yourself a fantastic evening and I will talk to you tomorrow.
      • If I had read that over the Internet back in the States, I would have assumed some Pentagon-friendly hack was having himself a little fun.
      • Anyway, now I'm starving, and I think I shall have myself a little snacky-snack.
      • Of course, SSRI withdrawal is just as dangerous as depression itself and if you take a depressed person and add a dash of withdrawal, you might have yourself a psychiatric emergency.
      • But I really don't want to get into this other than to say, right now, we have ourselves a messy problem.
      • This somewhat self-satisfied consensus that we're having ourselves a serious argument about the proper role of government gives the candidates - and the voters - too much credit, I think.
      • You can't have yourself any coleslaw without slicing that head of cabbage into ribbons.
      • Every year everyone would drive to the State Capitol, and we'd have ourselves a good ol'fashioned Donatin’ Day.
      • I made a short post last night, at the time I was having myself a drink and feeling quite good.
      • Karolina says one way to deal with the jitters before she steps out onto the red carpet is to have herself a gut laugh and get it out of her system.
      • The good doctor also has himself a solo career, and his latest song is called democracy, whisky, sexy, a phrase which many of you will recognize.
      • America's retail sector is having itself a not so merry little Christmas.
      • Whoever wins today's presidential runoff has themselves an enormous job, restoring hope and opportunity to a generation that has known only war.
      • While you're having yourself a merry little Christmas, one of the songs you might often hear is a recent classic, a song whose author waited 20 years for the right student to put his music to words.
    3. 1.3 Be made up of; comprise.
      由…构成,组成
      in 1989 the party had 10,000 members

      1989年该党有10,000名党员。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • For example, we are accustomed to saying that the English language has many dialects.
      • My job has two parts: teaching an instrument privately and teaching classroom music theory.
      • This book, which has 17 chapters on many aspects of diabetes care, is mainly well written.
      • Their year is divided into 13 months, 12 of which have 30 days each; the 13th month has five days, or six if it is a leap year.
      • The co-op currently has 1,000 members representing 635 households.
      Synonyms
      comprise, consist of, contain, include, incorporate, be composed of, be made up of, be formed of
      embrace, embody, encompass, take in
      formal comprehend
    4. 1.4 Used to indicate a particular relationship.
      用于表示某种关系
      he's got three children

      他有三个孩子。

      do you have a client named Peters?

      你有一个叫彼得斯的客户吗?

      Example sentencesExamples
      • John has got friends all over the world.
      • Penny now had playmates near at hand and there was always someone for me to talk to.
      • My mum and Glenda are about the same age and my mum, who never had a sister, was always close to Glenda.
      • Although Sue thrives on all the noise and hustle and bustle of having such a large family she still enjoys a break.
      • We returned to find that a cousin of mine has a new son and there is a naming conference in progress.
      • He said that he always envisioned himself having a family, and now it might be too late.
      • He had no wife, no children, to enrich and complicate the simplicity of his daily life.
      • Parents Ray and Betty have nine children, three of whom farm with them.
      • He has two brothers, Joe and Lawrence.
    5. 1.5 Be able to make use of (something available or at one's disposal)
      可以有,可利用
      how much time have I got for the presentation?

      我可以用多少时间作陈述?

      Example sentencesExamples
      • You have to work for yourself in order to have the freedom to do what is required to make the money.
      • It is a busy area and we don't want houses and ribbon developments, it is better to have a bit of open space.
      • This double booking does lead to many schools having a few places available but this takes time to be sorted out.
      • Perhaps she also had fewer funds available due to the deflated stock market.
      • Bove notes that when parents walk in the door at the end of the day, having a few minutes to regroup can be crucial.
      • We all pay for their upkeep through the various tax regimes and we all have a right to use and enjoy them.
      • He gave a lengthy explanation about why he had no other choice but to veto the bill.
      • Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.
      • The immense talent we have at our disposal is impressive to say the least.
      • Adoption is a personal choice, but in this case the parents have had no choice.
      • He knows the game so well and he had an almost free choice of which players he wanted to buy.
      • He had a good exercise facility available for free to work out at.
      • He's now done it twice at Ascot, but normally in Hong Kong he would have six weeks between races.
      • We had a really good choice of men who were willing to take part in the show.
      • Tenants will have six weeks to respond and the council can amend its plan before the vote in April.
      • He had his own family money to spend and he knew his modern purchases were infuriating his father.
      • The Council has six weeks to clean up its act or lose its licence to operate refuse wagons.
      • I only have four yuan a day to spend, three yuan for the bed space and one yuan for a bun.
      • One of the beauties of an adult gap year is the range of choices you have available.
      • Does having a large disposable income guarantee good kitchen design?
    6. 1.6 Have gained (a qualification)
      获得(资格)
      he's got a BA in English

      他获得了英语学士学位。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • She married Adam, who has a degree in criminal justice, in 1994.
      • His human resources officer told him that some of his employees were functionally illiterate, despite having high school diplomas.
      • Milner, who has ten GCSEs, was capped at England under-17 level, scoring in a tournament which included Brazil and Italy.
    7. 1.7 Possess as an intellectual attainment; know (a language or subject)
      掌握(知识、语言或学科)
      he knew Latin and Greek; I had only a little French

      他懂拉丁语和希腊语,我只会一点法语。

  • 2Experience; undergo.

    经历,体验

    I went to a few parties and had a good time

    我去参加了几个派对,玩得很开心。

    I was having difficulty in keeping awake

    我那时睏得不得了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Despite the fall he has been having one of the best seasons of his career.
    • I had a short and successfully anonymous encounter with a podgy woman in spectacles.
    • He's not been having such a good season but he always talks the talk so you never know what he's actually feeling.
    • He had a disappointing World Cup by his own high standards but has done well in Super League.
    • Are the people who experience ecstatic religious states just having a really good trip?
    • This will lead to loss of trade to the shopkeepers who are all having a hard enough time to make ends meet as it is.
    • We lost her but she didn't suffer, she had a happy life and a family who adored her.
    • Paul, the publicist tells me, is having a far more difficult and epic journey.
    • If it wasn't for them having such an unbelievable season, I think we'd be in first place.
    • We were having a very difficult time hearing you earlier, so you can redo that report.
    • Zabel has had a less successful season than usual by his own exalted standards.
    • When I was very young, I had an accident and was in bed for many months.
    • Tom O'Sullivan is having a very good season and his club mate Aidan O'Mahony had a very good final.
    • We experienced problems with cars using our car park and also had problems with litter.
    • I've had the opportunity to play guys who are having a more difficult time living in society than others.
    • We've all had problems and experienced a lot of terrible things, and our choice is to be happy.
    • I also had many other difficulties which I do not wish to discuss at present.
    • Every team has a bad patch during a season and hopefully we had ours at the start.
    • It's hard to imagine the Hull forwards having a harder time in the season ahead.
    • I don't know why they are all having such a difficult time getting good grades.
    Synonyms
    experience, encounter, undergo, face, meet, find, go through, run into, come across, be subjected to, have experience of, be faced with
    experience, enjoy, taste
    1. 2.1 Suffer from (an illness, ailment, or disability)
      患有(疾病,不适,残疾)
      I've got a headache

      我头痛。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I had to give up work early, because of having an illness, so I was unable to save towards a private pension.
      • I'd love to finish it but I've had a cold these past few days and haven't been feeling up to it.
      • I went to a car boot sale in the morning with my dogs and had a small epileptic fit.
      • If you have an ongoing chronic illness you might be at higher risk of complications.
      • Many young people cope well with the emotional aspects of having a chronic illness.
      • It affects people differently, with many having the illness without knowing it.
      • Many people are unaware they have had the illness so do not know if they are immune.
      • The bug is capable of killing if it infects someone who has recently had flu.
      • The good thing about having this illness is that it allows me to be a little bit crazy.
      • She described having a breakdown soon after she killed her first daughter and showed intense grief.
      • He had a great sense of life and, although he had a disability of his own, he did not let that affect him.
      • It increases the likelihood of a person having asthma, eczema or hay fever.
      • This season he's had one or two injuries and not played as many games as he, or we, would have liked.
      • Dad has had a terrible cold this week, and I have a feeling that it's starting to hit me.
      • Rob has also been forced to adapt to a life in which he now has a disability.
      • The student insisted that a patient who had a terminal illness should on no account be told.
      • It may be necessary to track down a donor if it is determined that he or she has an infectious disease.
      • Lisa and her husband have three children, each of whom has a disability of some kind.
      • We have in our extended family more than one member who has a psychotic illness.
      • She suffered from cancer and also has Crohn's disease which is affected by stress.
      Synonyms
      be suffering from, be afflicted by, be affected by, be troubled with, be a sufferer from
      informal be a martyr to
    2. 2.2 Let (a feeling or thought) come into one's mind; hold in the mind.
      有(感觉,想法)
      he had the strong impression that someone was watching him

      他强烈感到有人在监视他。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He certainly had no thoughts of continuing his long and winding career path north of the Border.
      • Lewis was ringside in Las Vegas and admitted he was having real thoughts of ending his reign on a high.
      • I have a feeling this site is going to get a boost in popularity thanks to Mr. Crowe.
      • Did you have this concept in mind from the start, or did it take shape as you wrote the album?
      • Madonna has given me so much good advice through the years: she has such strong opinions.
      • Obviously the gentleman who first coined the phrase was having similar thoughts.
      • She, it seems, has thoughts and ideas about what she wants to do in the weeks and months after the baby is born.
      • I look at the woman next to me, and she is clearly having similar thoughts.
      • I think the council is being very mean about this and I do hope it has second thoughts.
      • He had a strong suspicion about who was behind most of these killings, he said.
      • I remember going for a run and cutting the grass and having nasty thoughts about the selectors.
      • Although we had seen nothing from where we were, I had a feeling of complete and utter terror.
      • Do you have any uneasy feelings about what you can or cannot do or of your past failures?
      • I had a strong idea of the opening and the closure, with no real angle or drive to the middle.
      • I said I would do anything they asked me to, though I already had a bad feeling about it.
      • I think that every case should be dealt with individually rather that having a strong opinion about it.
      • I've been calling the editor a lot, explaining that I'm having second thoughts.
      • We walked down the corridor in silence, each having our own thoughts.
      • When they beat Portugal in the opening match I had a feeling that they would do something.
      • Like an awful lot of people, I really don't have any strong feelings one way or the other.
      Synonyms
      harbour, feel, entertain, foster, nurse, cherish, nurture, bear, sustain, maintain, keep in one's mind
    3. 2.3with past participle Experience or suffer the specified action happening or being done to (something)
      遭遇(某物)被
      she had her bag stolen

      她的包被偷了。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • They suffered the indignity of having their pictures splashed all over the papers.
      • We have had previous experience of having cars damaged and stolen.
      • The man staying next to me at the hotel had his travel bag stolen from the room yesterday.
      • Three years ago a friend of ours had his mini stolen, and this is the email he sent me.
    4. 2.4with object and complement Cause to be in a particular state or condition.
      使处于
      I want to have everything ready in good time

      我希望及时做好一切准备。

      I had the TV on with the sound turned down

      我让电视机开着,但音量调低了。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Now her article has me thinking.
      • We cannot chastise her for what she does, because, ultimately, he had us fooled as well.
      • His unashamedly feel-good tunes look set to have us smiling for a few more years to come.
      • At one point, they even thought about removing her or having her removed from the jury.
      • I haven't even had the radio on, so the current news just passed me by.
      • It's a treat and guaranteed to have you curling up in laughter at some of the yarns and stories from times past.
      • We'll have a room ready as soon as possible.
      • The fire brigade soon had the blaze under control and were able to extinguish it swiftly.
      • We see little wildlife during the dive, but the experience has my adrenalin pumping.
    5. 2.5with past participle Cause (something) to be done for one by someone else.
      让(某事物)被
      it is advisable to have your carpet laid by a professional

      你最好让专业人员来给你铺地毯。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Whoever that someone was, he had had water and electricity laid on to a medieval castle.
      • A good idea would have been to have an old coat dyed or cleaned, and lined with the fur.
      • Soon he will have his right leg amputated at the knee and replaced with a prosthetic limb.
      • Well most of the morning was taken up by having the new carpet laid in the dining room.
      • They are so determined to stay they are having French doors fitted and will soon be having their garden paved.
      • Other staff will be coming in with bad hair and one teacher is having her hair dyed by the pupils.
      • Patrick, as a novelist, how was the experience of having your work adapted to film?
      • Meanwhile actress Lucy McLellan has just had her hair dyed with shocks of scarlet.
      • Surely in order to have one's lung cancer treated, one has to, er, go to a hospital and ask to be seen?
      • Fineline Productions will then take their film on to the festival circuit with a view to having it shown on terrestrial television.
      • The tribunal heard that Sir Ian found the panel's decision ‘extraordinary’ and sought legal advice about having it overturned.
      • His fate changes when he loses a bet and pays his forfeit by having his hair dyed platinum blonde.
      • One Scottish filmmaker who is having his feature screened is Richard Jobson.
      • It will look at the experience of writers having their work translated into other languages.
      • By the end of the match, we had cars laid on, but it took a while to sort out.
      • The insurance company decided to pay out for a write-off but the owner had had it repaired.
      • We make it easier for the students because they like to have things laid out for them.
      • We're having a small, flat roof added as part of our loft extension.
      • He said he was determined to have this work on track by the summer with a view to having it completed by the end of this year.
      • I sat with her while she was having her make up put on and just stared in awestruck wonderment that someone could be so ladylike.
      • A nursery appeared on television after it suffered problems having its swimming pool installed.
      • He noted that it is possible the woman lived on the streets despite having her hair dyed shortly before her death.
      Synonyms
      cause to, make, ask to, request to, get to, tell to, require to, persuade to, induce to, prevail upon someone to
      order to, command to, direct to, enjoin to, oblige to, force to, compel to, coerce to
    6. 2.6 Tell or arrange for (someone) to do something for one.
      吩咐(某人)做;安排(某人)做
      with object and infinitive he had his bodyguards throw Chris out

      他吩咐保镖把克里斯撵走。

      she's always having the builders in to do something or other

      她老是把建筑工人叫来做这做那的。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Owning a finished product like a record is like having a book instead of just having someone read it to you.
      • Now don't get me wrong, I don't like having people thrown out, but she was truly out of control.
      • I will have her give you a call tonight.
      • He had my lover thrown out of his house.
      • He did not sound optimistic about having Burdisso available to face Mexico after what looked like a knee injury.
      • If you are worried that you will be reduced to fits of giggles by having someone touch your feet, there's really no need to worry.
      • I am also a little unsure as to the relevance to safety of not always having a member of staff there to make sure that everyone has a ticket!
      • Isn't that better than having someone tell you what to think all the damn time?
      • Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt.
      • Some forces have responded by having high profile armed patrols walking the streets within those areas.
      • You don't always have the Panther crew on the side of the highway to change your wheels.
      • She suffered much, and often would have one of us sit with her to help calm her.
    7. 2.7informal Have put (someone) at a disadvantage in an argument.
      you've got me there; I've never given the matter much thought

      在这个问题上你把我难倒了,我从来没有怎么考虑过这事。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • What is a unit trust? OK, you've got me there.
      • She replied ‘Besides, you're the soldier, you should have noticed it before me.’ Damn. She had him there.
    8. 2.8informal Cheat or deceive (someone)
      〈非正式〉欺骗(某人)
      I realized I'd been had

      我意识到我上当了。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I was had, the advertisers did their bit and got me, they well and truly got me!
      • Then he realized he'd been had - and a big grin spread over his face.
      Synonyms
      trick, fool, deceive, cheat, dupe, take in, outwit, double-cross, hoodwink, swindle
      informal do, con, diddle, bilk, rip off, shaft, pull a fast one on, put one over on, take to the cleaners
      North American informal sucker, snooker, stiff
    9. 2.9vulgar slang Engage in sexual intercourse with.
      〈粗俚〉与…性交
      Synonyms
      have sexual intercourse, have sexual intercourse with, make love, make love to, sleep together, sleep with, go to bed together, go to bed with
  • 3have to" or "have got to do somethingBe obliged or find it necessary to do the specified thing.

    不得不,必须做

    you don't have to accept this situation

    你不一定非得容忍这种情况不可。

    sorry, we've got to dash

    对不起,我们必须立刻就走。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If the price of staying out of the EU will be having to queue for a visa to travel, then fine, I'll queue.
    • Of course I try to block it out but I have to accept I am playing in a difficult position.
    • The court does not have to rule whether the explanation should be accepted or rejected.
    • It is quick and simple and allows us to make arrests without having to resort to weapons or excessive physical force.
    • Death and taxes are said to be the only certainties in life, but more Scots than ever are having to endure both at the same time.
    • In the case of North Sea fisheries we are having to accept the consequence of those commitments ourselves.
    • Many of those people are now having to eat humble pie and accept their new status as list MPs also.
    • He is having to move out today after only two weeks because of flooding - not from the river but from the windows.
    • We have got to be ready for anything and, if necessary, to act alone, obviously.
    • Sprout growers are having to take on extra labour because recent poor weather had made it harder to harvest the crop.
    • Indeed, most drivers still resent strongly the notion of having to pay for a place to park.
    • Your own figures show they will more than repay their education costs without having to repay tuition fees on top.
    • This may have been acceptable in the past, but we now have to look to the future.
    • She is still having to attend classes to improve her balance, which was seriously affected by the illness.
    • He said haulage firms were already being badly hit by increases, which were having to be passed on to customers.
    • Paton confirmed he was in the unusual position of having to reapply for his post as chief executive soon if he wanted to keep it.
    • Just imagine the extra mileage that will occur in this area with every single household having to go to the tip every week!
    • They have to accept unless they come up with the cash they are not going to get on to the housing ladder.
    • But I feel very strongly that we have got to become proactive in our own lives and our own health situation.
    • Until it opens, drivers are having to use the York Outer Ring Road flyover to cross the dual carriageway.
    Synonyms
    must, have got to, be obliged to, be required to, be compelled to, be forced to, be bound to, be duty-bound to, be under an obligation to
    1. 3.1 Be strongly recommended to do something.
      用于表示强烈建议无论如何应该,真应该
      if you think that place is great, you have to try our summer house

      如果你认为那地方了不起,那么你真该来住住我们的夏季别墅。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The film is really something one has to see.
      • This is the best spaghetti I've ever had! You've just got to try it!
      • But you've got to visit the City once in your life!
    2. 3.2 Be certain or inevitable to happen or be the case.
      肯定(或必然)会发生;肯定(或必然)如此
      there has to be a catch

      这里肯定有蹊跷。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • There are bound to be some disappointed lads who have missed out because the competition for places is so strong but that has got to be good for the team.
      • Since I can't be as big or strong as my brothers, my small build has got to be good for something; and that something is agility.
      • Inevitably, both parties are in dispute and there has got to be a certain amount of compromise.
      • Why is it that it always has to rain when I take the kids to and from school and then clear up straight afterwards.
      • Somewhere in all this the heart of a free nation has got to be still beating strongly, even if the heartbeat sounds faint to my ears.
      • Seeing so many physically strong women on-screen has got to be a good thing.
  • 4Perform the action indicated by the noun specified (used especially in spoken English as an alternative to a more specific verb)

    后接表示动作的名词,尤用于口语中代替动词做(某一动作)

    he had a look round

    他四下看了看。

    the colour green has a restful effect

    绿色有宁静的效果。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A drunken couple at the far end of the bar were having a rather noisy argument, and his friends were taking his side.
    • I really enjoy having a good old blether with my pals and socialise with them when I get the chance.
    • For the bride to eat with the groom and to show her face for the first time must have had a powerful symbolic impact.
    • Each of the children had a look through the camera, played with the zoom, tried on the headphones.
    • After he has a few drinks it's time to move on before he starts to tell you his problems.
    • I have been having a lovely girly chat with my good friend Bryony who called me out of the blue.
    • It wasn't long before the three of us were sitting in the hotel bar having a very stiff drink.
    • We ended up having a nice long chat after I admitted flicking through her diary.
    • I might be having the odd little drink or two as the evening progresses.
    • There is information that having one or two drinks per day can reduce the risk of heart attack.
    • The American election is having a particularly topsy-turvy effect on British politics.
    • We were both having a full blown argument but no one could hear us over the music.
    • He and his wife would drop in unexpectedly, often after having a few drinks elsewhere.
    • My mum called today and we had a good long chat about what's happening in both our lives.
    • Anyway, we ended up going for a curry and a few pints, and having a good old chat about events back home in NZ.
    • However, when we did next meet up, we had a really nasty row and said a lot of hurtful things about each other.
    • We are having a further meeting with the Minister involved next week.
    • The commuting public in Melbourne often enjoy having a good old whinge about the service.
    • We had a very intellectual little discussion with our extended family last weekend.
    • We will be having a meeting soon to examine our options, to see what is possible.
    • I was lying on the couch having a nap with him sleeping in my arms and the CD we were listening to had ended.
    • If there is time, I may have a swim too.
    Synonyms
    perform, execute, effect, discharge, carry out, accomplish, fulfil, complete, conduct, implement, do, make
    1. 4.1 Organize and bring about.
      组织,举行,进行
      are you going to have a party?

      你要举行宴会吗?

      Example sentencesExamples
      • We head for town in little groups, and end up having our own little post-party parties.
      • I very quickly discovered through that experience the value of having an annual audit.
      • They're having a big opening party in Hamilton.
      • One night, we got back to our rooms after a couple of drinks at Manor Bar and decided to have a Chicago party.
      • I told her a friend of mine was having an open house at the artist co-op where she lived.
      • We shall have a public banquet in your honor!
      • This was no exception and we had a brilliant follow up party on Saturday night.
      Synonyms
      organize, arrange, hold, give, host, throw, provide, put on, lay on, set up, fix up, make arrangements for, make preparations for, pencil in, prepare for, plan for
    2. 4.2 Eat or drink.
      吃;喝
      they had beans on toast

      他们吃吐司加青豆。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Do you recommend that I can still take my daily vitamins whilst having a high performance drink?
      • They have been in a few nights this week, having a few pints and a few fags.
      • We lose our temper and, as soon as we've had a cup of tea and a biscuit, we feel better.
      • It's 9:15 am here, and I have already had my hearty breakfast.
      • To add to the meal that night we had a freshly baked apple pie and cinnamon buns.
      Synonyms
      eat, consume, devour, partake of
      drink, empty, drain, quaff
      informal demolish, dispose of, put away, get outside of, scoff (down), pack away, tuck away
      imbibe, sink, knock back
      British informal shift, bevvy
      North American informal scarf (down/up), snarf (down/up), inhale
      rare ingurgitate, bib
    3. 4.3 Give birth to or be due to give birth to.
      分娩,生产
      she's going to have a baby

      她就要生孩子了。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • My mother knows a couple, newly married and who have just gone through the happy experience of having a set of twins.
      • She was sterilised at Virginia Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded in 1957 after having twin boys out of wedlock.
      • The prospect of having children was always at the back of her mind but she did not let it trouble her too much.
      • I wondered why she decided to bring up her son by herself, as in l967 it was considered something of a scandal having a child out of wedlock and coming from a middle-class Army family?
      • It was her own experiences of having her two sons and two daughters that led her to wanting to become a midwife.
      • By having a baby a teenager won't be able to do these things, due to not being able to afford a babysitter.
      • In fact, most of them are perhaps of marrying age now and they are themselves having kids.
      • Both ladies are 31, so the pressures on them to start having children will soon mount.
      Synonyms
      give birth to, bear, produce, be delivered of, bring into the world
      informal drop
      archaic be brought to bed of, bring forth, beget
  • 5also have gotShow (a personal attribute or quality) by one's actions or attitude.

    显示出(个人特性,品质);具有

    he had little patience with technological gadgetry

    他对科技新玩意儿什么的很不喜欢。

    with object and infinitive you never even phoned, and now you've got the cheek to come back

    你就连电话都没打来过一次,现在倒还有脸回来。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's just a question of whether he's got the nerve to win.
    • "She has what it takes to pull it off, " he says.
    • The volunteer might not have the patience or training for the task.
    • Winning on clay is a mind game and he has the anticipation and knowledge when he plays the ball.
    • To be honest, I had no confidence in the techniques I applied.
    • Which of the candidates has got the capacity to convince people that life is precious?
    Synonyms
    manifest, show, display, exhibit, demonstrate, express, evince
    1. 5.1often in imperative Exercise or show (mercy, pity, etc.) towards another person.
      向某人表示(仁慈、怜悯等)
      God have mercy on me!

      上帝怜悯我吧!

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He has little mercy on flawed arguments, wherever they originate.
      • Have pity on us, O Lord.
    2. 5.2with negative Accept or tolerate.
      不接受,拒绝容忍
      I can't have you insulting Tom like that

      我不能容忍你这样侮辱汤姆。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I'm not having you talk to Emma like that in front of us.
      • I don't like drama in my house. I won't have it.
      • Said Retailer is having none of this and tries to carry on his tirade.
      • We will take 12,000 refugees a year, but we will not have people arriving here illegally and we will act to deter that occurring.
      • We can't have you being late for something like this, now, can we?
      Synonyms
      tolerate, endure, bear, support, accept, put up with, go along with, take, countenance, brook
      permit to, allow to
      informal stand, abide, stick, stomach, hold with
      British informal be doing with
  • 6 Place or keep (something) in a particular position.

    使处于

    Mary had her back to me

    玛丽背对着我。

    I soon had the trout in a net

    我很快把鲑鱼抓到网里。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He had his arms around me and I felt safe.
    • He had his feet up on the coffee table while Jasmine got together some breakfast.
    • She had her head down and was busily writing out the words that I had asked her to write.
    • Sue had the cat in her lap.
    1. 6.1 Hold or grasp in a particular way.
      以某种方式抓住
      he had me by the throat

      他卡住我的脖子。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • In a matter of seconds, Jacob had me by the collar of my shirt.
      • The two tumbled for a minute before Ryan had him in a headlock.
      • He had me by the arm and lifted me, forcibly, to my feet.
  • 7Be the recipient of (something sent, given, or done)

    收到

    she had a letter from Mark

    她收到马克的一封信。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He had lessons in theory and composition from Rimsky-Korsakov.
    • If you haven't had a bill for six months, ask for six months to pay off your arrears.
    • I have received a number of e-mails from persons asking me why I am doing this.
    • Armstead is one of many players who plan to have surgery or already have had it to repair nagging injuries.
    • Carl admitted to having a few pampering treatments before the wedding day.
    • Next, we sent an e-mail inquiry and within a day or so we had a reply.
    Synonyms
    receive, get, be given, be sent, obtain, acquire, procure, come by, take receipt of
    1. 7.1 Take or invite into one's home so as to provide care or entertainment.
      (尤指短期)在家里照顾(或招待)
      we're having the children for the weekend

      我们的孩子来过周末。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • There is another arrival ceremony with short speeches thanking the hotel for having us.
      • Quick note to say it was fabulous having you, you're a great houseguest, come again any time.
      • How about I have you up for the weekend after choir gets out for Winter Break?
      • We are always thrilled to have him and it gives people who come up this way and visit a chance to call in.
      • I was going to have Peter and Chris over to plan our trip to Aspen the next day.
      • We always seemed to have visitors and rushed to shut the windows to keep out the smell.
      Synonyms
      entertain, be host to, cater for, receive
      invite round, invite over, ask round, ask over, show hospitality to, invite to a meal, invite to a party, wine and dine
      accommodate, put up, take in, give a bed to
auxiliary verbhas, having, had hav
  • Used with a past participle to form the perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect tenses, and the conditional mood.

    与过去分词一起构成现在完成时态、过去完成时态、将来完成时态及条件式

    I have finished

    我完成了。

    he had asked her

    他问过她了。

    she will have left by now

    她现在应该已经离开了。

    I could have helped, had I known

    当时我要是知道的话,我可能就帮忙了。

    ‘Have you seen him?’ ‘Yes, I have.’

    “你见到他了吗?”“见到了”。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He didn't complain or spout off a resume of what he had accomplished.
    • He has promised to finish the job but I said, don't worry about that and just get better.
    • However, critics have by no means agreed on his virtues.
    • They are finally transformed into the opposite of the perfect family they had once aspired to be.
    • Police have sent letters to persistent criminals warning them to give up crime or else.
    • I would never destroy the perfect trust that had built up between us.
    • Many people who knew her as a young girl might have thought that she would make a mark as a singer.
    • Tracy added she had always dreamed of being spotted and becoming a famous star.
    • We all sat down to a cooked breakfast together after the programme had finished.
    • He realised Jacklin had probably been forewarned and had thought out his position.
    • The applicant has consistently denied each and every allegation of misconduct.
    • The evening has put me in a reflective mood and has set me rereading my old blogs.
    • He had been out wandering and came back to announce he had found the perfect restaurant for dinner.
    • Ms Kelly says a field next to the estate would have been perfect but it was sold to a golf course.
    • He was amazed to see that it was not a perfect sphere as he had been taught, but rough and mountainous.
    • Nobody has ever seen anything like this.
    • This mood has not been lost on the hotel industry, which is all set to cash in on the season.
    • She was still in a bad mood about having lost the contest and been wrong at the same time.
    • Whoever would have thought that plain bricks and mortar could get so complicated?
    • That I have had to get up at the crack of dawn the past two mornings has not helped my mood.
noun hav
informal
  • 1the havesPeople with plenty of money and possessions.

    〈非正式〉有钱人

    an increasing gap between the haves and have-nots

    富人和穷人之间越来越大的差距。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • John Edwards talked about two Americas divided by class, the haves and the have-nots.
    • It also encourages the haves to donate 2.5 percent of their income to the poor.
    • Unlike Britain and other advanced countries, Indonesia is troubled by a wide gap between the haves and the poor, so school uniforms are necessary to avoid social envy in schools.
    • It seems to me that mass consumerism creates the haves and have nots and in order to be ‘a have’ one must very consciously make a choice.
    • It can lead to bitter divisions and increase the psychological and social distance between the haves and the have nots.
    • Though clearly a struggle of the have-nots versus the haves, characterizing these events as class conflict would not be entirely accurate, nor was that the basis on which authorities responded.
    • But what came out of those years was an ever-wider gap between the incomes and experiences of the haves and the have-nots.
    • When the haves remake a culture, the people who pay the price are the have-nots.
    • They believe that the state's rulers serve the interests of the powerful against the weak and the haves against the have-nots.
    • And the haves are the ones who give money and frequently have things they'd like to get done, and they do get done frequently.
    • The obstacles to the large-scale reform of the United Nations may reside above all in the split between the rich North and the poor South, the haves and the have-nots.
    • We need an international effort that recognises the growing inequities between the haves and the have-nots of this world and then seeks to redress these imbalances.
    • Like every other American city, Cincinnati in the 1990s has undergone a deepening class division between the haves and the have-nots.
    • The gap between the haves and have-nots has widened to almost Third World dimensions over the past 30 years.
    • As for the source of terrorism, there can be no doubt that it comes from the enormous gap between the haves and the have nots.
    • Society is in chaos, tainted with conflict and splits between the haves and have-nots, conservatives and progressives, and management and labor.
    • In Poland, ghettoization increases between the winners of the market economy and the unemployed, between the haves and the have-nots.
    • It is hardly surprising that strictly economic ideas often, but not always, favor the interests of the haves over the have-nots.
    • The floods affected Jakarta residents indiscriminately, both the haves and the have nots.
    • The gap between the haves and have nots - both between the United States and the developing world, and between the rich and the poor within the developing countries - was growing.
  • 2British dated in singular A swindle.

    〈英,非正式,旧〉诈骗

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I have to say, this whole tropical island thing is a bit of a have.
    Synonyms
    fraud, swindle, fraudulent scheme, confidence trick, mare's nest

Usage

Have and have got: there is a great deal of debate on the difference between these two forms; a traditional view is that have got is chiefly British, but not correct in formal writing, while have is chiefly American. Actual usage is more complicated: have got is in fact also widely used in US English. In both British and US usage have is more formal than have got and it is more appropriate in writing to use constructions such as don't have rather than haven't got. A common mistake is to write the word of instead of have or 've: I could of told you that instead of I could've told you that. The reason for the mistake is that the pronunciation of have in unstressed contexts is the same as that of of, and the two words are confused when it comes to writing them down. The error was recorded as early as 1837 and, though common, is unacceptable in standard English. Another controversial issue is the insertion of have where it is superfluous, as for example I might have missed it if you hadn't have pointed it out (rather than the standard … if you hadn't pointed it out). This construction has been around since at least the 15th and 16th centuries, but only where a hypothetical situation is presented (e.g. statements starting with if). More recently, there has been speculation among grammarians and linguists that this insertion of have may represent a kind of subjunctive and is actually making a useful distinction in the language. However, it is still regarded as an error in standard English. See also usage at gotten

Phrases

  • have got it bad (or badly)

    • 1informal Be very powerfully affected emotionally, especially by love.

      〈非正式〉因感情(尤指爱情)问题深受煎熬

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The owner, Keenan Wynn, has got it bad for his waitress Kotty (Terry Moore), but she only has eyes for for a research professor (Frank Lovejoy).
      • You got hit by the love bug and you have got it bad.
      • It's very rare to read about a man so incredibly crazy about a woman, but this guy has got it bad.
      1. 1.1Be in a situation where one is treated badly or exploited.
        处于苦难中;深受折磨
        if you think you've got it bad now, how would you like to be paid to collect pebbles?
        Example sentencesExamples
        • If we as readers think we've got it bad, imagine for a moment how it must be for the bands the magazine plucks seemingly at random to make into its straw man du jour.
        • If the dealer has got it bad, no one can afford to buy a book from them and they eventually go bust and end up selling 'The Big Issue' on the streets.
        • If you think you've got it bad, what about the IT administrator who has got hundreds of passwords to memorize.
        • Boy have I got it bad this year.
        • If we've got it bad, why should anyone else have it good?
        • You see, just when you think your family has got it bad, you compare it to another person's family and you think you have a pretty sane bunch.
        • We think we've got it bad shoveling snow.
        • A lot of people think they've got it bad, well they should live in my shoes for awhile!
        • You think you've got it bad - check out what happened to this guy.
        • I tell ya, you think you guys have got it bad now?
  • have had it

    • 1informal Be in a very poor condition; be beyond repair or past its best.

      状态极差;无法修复;已过全盛期

      the car had had it

      这辆汽车没用了。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Ordinary cars had had it, their fat, sporty tyres utterly lost in the Arctic chill.
      • The roof's had it.
      • Yeah it's had it. I purchased a bulk lot of 5, with the seller saying he had not tried them and would not replace them if they did not work.
      1. 1.1Be extremely tired.
        筋疲力尽
        tomorrow she would motor on through Germany, but for today, she'd had it
        Example sentencesExamples
        • I've had it, I'm going home
      2. 1.2Have lost all chance of survival.
        失去了活命的可能;行将毙命
        when the lorry smashed into me, I thought I'd had it

        当货车撞上我时,我想我死定了。

        Example sentencesExamples
        • It's had it now as a business, because the power of the supermarkets is too great for what was a useful social service.
        • Once local residents move their car they have had it.
        • If any company fails in sales, then the company has had it.
        • There's still 16 days to go, but he says the government has had it.
        • As soon as you take away actors' control, live theatre has had it but I don't think we've reached that far.
        • It was like I was in slow motion, but I must admit I thought that I had had it.
        Synonyms
        be in trouble, be going to be punished, be going to suffer the consequences, be going to pay the price, be in for a scolding, be going to answer for something
        have no chance, have no hope, have failed, be finished, be out, be defeated, have lost, have no chance of success, have come to nothing
    • 2informal Be unable to tolerate someone or something any longer.

      忍无可忍

      I've had it with him—he's humiliated me once too often!

      我对他已忍无可忍——他羞辱我够多的了。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Well I have had it with social networks now. I do not actively use any of them so I am just deleting all my accounts.
      • I have had it with members of your party undermining our troops.
      • The mothers who have lost their children, and there are many, and the children who have lost their parents, have had it with the ‘be patient’ response.
      • I have had it up to here living in these conditions and I cannot take it anymore.
      • A film aficionado has had it up to here with blood, guts and gore.
      • He reached for Nat again, who by this time had had it and was sick and tired of the crazy loon.
      • I have had it up to here with your silly nonsense and gossip.
      • It comes with a small keyboard, correctly assuming that the public have had it with writing on screens.
      • By eighth grade the Special Ed class had had it with the teasing, and we got together during break times to back each other up.
      • The public has had it with this Government, and no lolly scramble in the forthcoming Budget will save it.
  • have had it up to here

    • informal Have no patience left to tolerate something or someone.

      they have had it up to here with being bossed around
      Example sentencesExamples
      • "I think a new cinematic realism is taking hold as the public has had it up to here of films that have nothing to do with everyday life," he said.
      • I've just had it up to here with her bragging and boasting.
      • I've about had it up to here with hate mail.
      • I've had it up to here with the overly crowded gyms.
      • The federal government has had it up to here with mortgage scammers.
      • I dare say she's had it up to here with politicians and sleaze.
      • The important thing is nothing to do with where the call center is located; the important thing is that customers have had it up to here, and the reasons are the same everywhere.
      • I have had it up to here with people refusing to behave like decent human beings.
      • I don't know where it's coming from but it is reverberating quite thoroughly through my living room walls and I have had it up to here.
      • I've just about had it up to here but there's nothing I can do to stop him.
  • have it

    • 1with clauseClaim; express the view that.

      rumour had it that although he lived in a derelict house, he was really very wealthy

      传言说虽然他住在破败的房子里,他其实很有钱。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • And rumours have it that Scully was keen on the move to the South East too.
      • Joan knows about jokes because, rumor has it, she used to do comedy.
      • A prevailing view has it that military authorities are gaining clout in the country.
      • All ages joined in on Saturday although rumour has it that some of the younger ones couldn't stand the pace.
      • As the Nietzschean view has it, history is merely a set of stories; that what really happened is barely verifiable.
      • Extreme versions of the view have it that all knowledge is, or ideally ought to be, based on reason.
      • Legend has it that you could see the answers to all your problems in her eyes.
      • The medieval view had it that comets were signs of a ruined world that has fallen into sin.
      • The orthodox view has it that the police brought universal benefits, but especially to the weaker sections of society.
      • Rumour has it he was brought up by elderly grandparents.
    • 2Win a decision, especially after a vote.

      (尤指投票之后)获胜

      the ayes have it

      对决议投赞成票者占多数。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I started in the No camp but putting myself on both sides of the fence, I now think that the ayes have it.
      • The paper is worried that ‘as things stand, the noes have it, because the anti-war camp is getting the better of the argument.’
    • 3Have found the answer to something.

      获得答案

      ‘I have it!’ Rosa exclaimed

      “我有办法啦!”罗莎大声说。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • ‘Ah,’ he said when the performance was over, ‘I have it. They are holding the horses.’
  • have it away (on one's toes)

    • informal Leave quickly.

      〈英,非正式〉开溜

      the dog scratched itself, then had it away for home
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Life away from the home was to me no life so I had it away on my toes again.
      • Legged it in this country means to have it away on your toes.
      • So I have it away on my toes with this woman and my horse in hot pursuit.
      • One of my mates showed me how to hot-wire the ignition so I could have it away on my toes with the car as well as the sounds.
      • I had it away on my toes in 1984 whilst awaiting trial for wounding.
      • Once I know it's a free gift I'll have it away on my toes with it, but the invoice bugs me.
      Synonyms
      flee, run away, make a run for it, run for it, take flight, make off, take off, take to one's heels, make a break for it, bolt, beat a retreat, beat a hasty retreat, make a quick exit, make one's getaway, escape, head for the hills, make oneself scarce, decamp, abscond, do a disappearing act
  • have it away (or off)

    • vulgar slang Have sexual intercourse.

      〈粗俚〉与…性交

      Synonyms
      have sexual intercourse, have sexual intercourse with, have sex, have sex with, make love, make love to, sleep together, sleep with, go to bed together, go to bed with
  • have (got) it in for

    • informal Feel a particular dislike of (someone) and behave in a hostile manner towards them.

      〈非正式〉特别厌恶敌视(某人)

      she's had it in for me ever since our quarrel
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I explained that Susan had it in for me since grade school and she was just making up stories to get everyone to hate me.
      • But don't think everybody has it in for you - some experts totally disagree.
      • Well, I certainly must admit that Daina seems to have it in for you guys.
      • The press have it in for him and I think it is pretty clear why - he represents one of the most despised figures of all for the London elite.
      • But she disagreed with people who claimed the judge had it in for Nik.
      • I don't know personally if the legal system does indeed have it in for dads.
      • I am not by nature paranoid, at least no more than anyone else, however they really have got it in for me.
      • A big reason I have it in for her, if you want to call it that, is the misinformation effect when she does health readings, which I consider to be potentially very dangerous.
      • ‘At the moment it seems like they have got it in for small businesses,’ he said.
      • I stand by the fact that I failed that class not through any fault of my own, but because the professor had it in for me.
      Synonyms
      be hostile to, feel ill will towards, show ill will towards, show antagonism to, bear a grudge towards, be against, be set against, be prejudiced against, disapprove of
  • have (got) it in one (to do something)

    • informal Have the capacity or potential (to do something)

      〈非正式〉有能力做成某事

      everyone thinks he has it in him to produce a literary classic

      大家都认为他有创作文学经典作品的潜力。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Keep up the good work, Jonesy, we know you have it in you.
      • This is a young squad with a great future and the Edinburgh game showed we have it in us.
      • Taylor said: ‘Everyone has it in them to become an entrepreneur.’
      • I'll bet you have it in you to be not just gifted and talented academically, but gifted and talented with people too.
      • We are a group of social entrepreneurs and believe that we have it in us to fulfil our dreams.
      • We all have it in us to be more creative, original and individual than we think we are.
      • I fear that there are people who have it in them to be compulsive gamblers but do not know it, and could become addicted if there was a casino on their doorstep.
      • We don't know if we still have it in us to surf the big waves.
      • Because I hadn't written a song for 12 years, I believed I didn't have it in me.
      • Not everyone has it in them - or has the inclination - to emulate Livingstone or Scott or Ellen MacArthur.
  • have it out

    • informal Attempt to resolve a contentious matter by confronting someone.

      〈非正式〉(与…面对面)说理;(当面)把事情说个明白

      give her the chance of a night's rest before you have it out with her

      让她休息一晚上你再当面向她说个明白。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The bride finally snapped, had it out with her mother, and their relationship got ugly for months.
      • I had it out with the dealer, and they still refused to modify the spring.
  • have a nice day

    • Used to express good wishes when parting.

      〈主美〉 道别时用于表示良好的祝愿祝你愉快

      I hope you enjoyed your meal. Thank you and have a nice day!
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I truly hope that you have a nice day and that you do take some time to appreciate the day.
      • I hope you enjoyed the flight and thanks for flying with American Airlines, have a nice day.
      • There was no please, thank you or have a nice day.
      • ‘So have a nice day, then,’ I said sarcastically to break off the awkwardness.
      • If they turn you down or make an excuse, thank them anyway and tell them to have a nice day.
      • Thank you for traveling with us, and I hope you have a nice day!
      • I'm outta here for the first Auburn game in a few minutes, so y'all have a nice day, and may your team do well.
      • Thank you all for coming, and have a nice day,’ he announced.
      • … Thank you for your time, ma'm, have a nice day.
      • And he went upstairs and looked in my room and my kids' room and came back downstairs and told me to have a nice day.
  • have (got) nothing on

    • 1informal Be not nearly as good as.

      bright though his three sons were, they had nothing on Sally
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It's decent, but doesn't really have anything on the original (which doesn't have much room for improvement).
      • Magic the Gathering has got nothing on the new role-playing card game, Wacky Tobacco Torture.
      • All those wrote-a-story-about-murder-and-got-expelled-from-school anecdotes have got nothing on seven-year-old Paul.
      • We knew Manchester United against Manchester City, Arsenal against Tottenham and later Manchester United against Liverpool didn't have anything on the Old Firm derby.
      • We are all agents with the same password. 007 has got nothing on us!
      • Barry Norman has got nothing on me, as I have watched every DVD on the market - I really have watched every new release there is.
      • As Rich said on the drive last night: ‘Citizen Kane has got nothing on this one’.
      • Fergie and me acted as firemen just as it set fire to the table cloth, the rest of the room oblivious to our tactics… Batman and Robin have got nothing on Fergie and Sven.
      • Rip Van Winkle has nothing on the U.S. electric-transmission industry, which has slept for nearly two decades while market restructuring changed the world around it.
      • Well, if you think today's Hollywood leading men love them and leave them, they have got nothing on Howard Hughes, baby.
    • 2informal Know nothing (or something) discreditable or incriminating about.

      没有(或有)(某人)的把柄;不知道(或知道)某人做过不名誉的事(或违法的事)

      I am not worried—they've got nothing on me

      我不担心,他们抓不住我的把柄。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • And just like then, those Enforcers don't have anything on me.
      • She'd love to have something on me, I know it.
      • If the Justice Department tells the press we don't have anything on him, why do they keep telling the press that he's a person of interest?
      • I don't know what he's so afraid of; he must think I've got something on him.
      • So you think you are as free as a bird - free to roam the globe in anonymity, safe in the knowledge that no one has anything on you.
      • Those guys don't have anything on me.
      • If somebody tells me that they're on the verge of arresting me, my response would be, I haven't done anything to be arrested for, not, they don't have anything on me.
      • I mean, if they had anything on me and they had proceeded lawfully, like a court order or an affidavit, they didn't have to come to me.
      • They had this guy whom they knew was holding a little girl who would die unless they got hold of her, but they didn't have anything on him.
      • But I would get over it and most importantly; at least you wouldn't have anything on me.
      Synonyms
      have no evidence against, know nothing bad about, know nothing damning about, have no incriminating information about
  • have (got) something to oneself

    • Be able to use, occupy, or enjoy something without having to share it with anyone else.

      独享

      now she had the kitchen to herself, Belle got busy peeling potatoes
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I stretched, enjoying the feeling of having the bed to myself.
      • She sat in the center of the sofa, as if to show that she enjoyed having the space to herself, but in her eyes I could see that she wasn't happy with the present arrangement.
      • He was lucky that he was not sharing with anyone yet and had the whole room to himself.
      • I enjoyed having this historic house to myself, complete with creaky floorboards, winding stairs, several portraits and all the original door handles.
      • Pupils are only a corridor away from resources such as Tonge Moor Library and are able to have it to themselves when it is closed.
      • If you revisit ports, you may prefer to stay onboard and revel in having the ship to yourself, a luxury many passengers never enjoy.
      • And in the highly competitive auto market, it's rare for anyone to have a niche to themselves for very long.
      • Its nice though, I am enjoying having the house to myself for once this evening, and yep, the vodka is working its magic…
      • They have rooms to themselves but share bathrooms.
      • I only thought it would be so much better if you were able to have the evening to yourself.

Phrasal Verbs

  • have at

    • Tackle or attack forcefully or aggressively.

      攻击,打击

      somehow we thought we had to have at each other
      Example sentencesExamples
      • There are so many things to hit and detonate in this game and it's never been so much fun having at it with weapons.
      • One of his tips involves printing the manuscript out in full and having at it with one's favourite colour pen.
      • Have at you, you English rogue!
  • have someone on

    • Try to make someone believe something that is untrue, especially as a joke.

      〈英,非正式〉(尤指开玩笑时)骗人(相信不实之事)

      that's just too neat—you're having me on

      说得太好了-你是在骗我吧。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He then said he could actually see two, but I thought he was having us on.
      • And then, after they started to give each other worried looks, we smile, and say, oh, just having you on!
      • I didn't believe him - I thought he was having me on.
      • When it came to the short clay pipe, sure I was having you on.
      • We've been having you on for two and a bit millennia.
      • Even so, the book almost works, because Victor is one of the most unreliable narrators I've met, and he may or may not be having us on.
      • She just announced that she was getting married and we thought she was having us on.
      • My first reaction was that the writers were having us on, but sadly I think they're serious.
      • It was the fact that the story would obviously have caused such distress to his family that made us suspend the journalistic imperative to tell you that this guy was having us on.
      • His approach is to stigmatise everyone on benefit and give the idea that they are having us on.
      Synonyms
      play a trick on, play a joke on, joke with, trick, tease, rag, pull someone's leg, fool about, fool around
  • have (got) something on

    • 1Be wearing something.

      穿着

      she had a blue dress on

      她穿着蓝色裙子。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I have my party dress on.
      • Kathryn sighed, wishing she had jeans on instead of the capris.
      • My hair is down, I have high-heels on, and am wearing a black sleeveless dress that hugs my curves all the way down to my knees.
      • He was wearing the dark blue uniform, though he didn't have his shoes on.
      • Now she had a tank top on, blue jeans and sunglasses.
      • At 7: 30, we were done with all my makeup and my hair, and I had my dress on.
      • She has red trackpants on.
      • He was dressed casually in blue jeans and had a jacket on over his t-shirt.
      • The two robbers were dressed in large white frocks, and one had a mask on and the other a black silk handkerchief over part of his face.
      • Mary is dressed in a full-length gown and she has sandals on her feet.
      Synonyms
      be wearing, be dressed in, be clothed in, be garbed in, be attired in, be turned out in, be decked out in, be tricked out in, be robed in
    • 2Be committed to an arrangement.

      〈英〉致力于,忙于

      I've got a lot on at the moment

      我现在正忙着呢。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I can't make the game. I've got something else on that day.
      • Actually, I’ve got something on then, but I’m not doing anything Sunday.
      Synonyms
      be committed to, have arranged, have planned, have organized, have fixed up, have on the agenda, have made arrangements for
  • have something out

    • Undergo an operation to extract a part of one's body.

      做手术切除

      that was the year we had our tonsils out
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Thinking back, I suppose I was lucky in a way, because I was never really ill, apart from having my tonsils out - I think that was the only time I was in hospital.
      • On top of everything, my daughter Leigh is having her tonsils out tomorrow and we're moving house on Thursday!
      • So it appears that amputation of the soul isn't just a simple surgical job like having your appendix out.
      • Going for a job interview is more traumatic than having a wisdom tooth out.
      • One dentist's visit cost 7/6 and having a tooth out cost 3 / 6.
      • Who among us doesn't know someone who had their tonsils out as a kid?
      • I also looked after a teenage boy who was having his tonsils out and signed his consent form forbidding us to give him blood in an emergency.
      • The weekend started off on a bad note when our captain Chris Conway was forced to withdraw from the team after having his appendix out on Friday.
      • I'm having a wisdom tooth out today, at 14: 25 GMT.
      • She'll be having her tonsils out two days before Christmas.
  • have someone up

    • Bring someone before a court of justice to answer for an alleged offence.

      使出庭受审

      you can be had up for blackmail

      你可以因勒索罪被起诉。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • If you don't put your guns away this instant I'll have you up on weapons violations as well.
      • And as a result, they examined who I was, and the immigration department had me up for trial.
      • It sounds like it happens every day of the week but if that was the case I'm sure the police would have had me up in front of the licensing committee.
      • I swear, if it weren't for the fact that she's your wife and extremely good at her job I'd have her up before a court martial.
      • If he puts one foot on my property I'll have him up for trespass.
      • I'm warning you Mr. Goonsburg, if I have one more intervention like that from you again I'll have you up for contempt of court.
      • Your parents could have me up for statutory rape.

Origin

Old English habban, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hebben and German haben, also probably to heave.

Rhymes

lav

Definition of have in US English:

have

verb
[with object]
  • 1Possess, own, or hold.

    拥有,持有

    he had a new car and a boat

    他拥有新车和游艇。

    have you got a job yet?

    你现在有工作了吗?

    I don't have that much money on me

    我身上没有那么多钱。

    he's got the equipment with him
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Lucas was adamant about having a nice, reliable car for us to drive the baby around in.
    • If you have enough clothes, a fine piece of art makes a beautiful Christmas gift.
    • He was advised to get an agent to help promote the salon, but he had little money.
    • A friend of mine has a young dog that bit into a cable running to the passenger seatbelt.
    • My uncle works in a children's bookshop in London, and has a fantastic flat full of books of all types.
    • If I was offered the chance to have this as my company car I would be very happy indeed.
    • McLaren have the best package at the moment, but in Formula 1, it is not just about having the fastest car.
    • Sometimes it's as simple as earning more money, or having a better job.
    • In addition we must ensure that we retain our advantages of having a highly skilled and adaptable workforce.
    • Football, even at youth level, should be about rewarding best practice and not just who has the most money.
    • But if you don't keep an eye on the way things are going, then pretty soon you may not have a job to go to.
    • Perhaps it could be the place where I finally realise my dream of having an island of my own.
    • He has the most money, but the people behind him do not understand how to use this power.
    • I was about seventeen and a half now and I had my own flat, which was ok, but it was just a place to sleep for me.
    • I know people who work in television but boast about not having a set at home.
    • Almost every household today has a computer.
    • We have a one bedroom flat and on our current budget will not be able to move for another 2 years.
    • No point having the dirtiest car in Lincolnshire if you go doing daft things like cleaning it.
    • Somehow this usually results in us having more possessions than we started out with.
    • They gave me a job for two years where I held the unique and enviable position of having the desk closest to the nearest pub.
    Synonyms
    possess, own, be in possession of, be the owner of, be the possessor of, be the proud possessor of, have in one's possession, have to one's name, count among one's possessions, be blessed with, boast, enjoy
    1. 1.1 Possess or be provided with (a quality, characteristic, or feature)
      具有(品质、特点或特色)
      the ham had a sweet, smoky flavor

      这火腿有一种香甜的烟熏味。

      she's got blue eyes

      她有一双蓝眼睛。

      the house has gas heat
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Naive art has a quality of its own that is easy to recognize but hard to define.
      • The new house had a back garden, 100 foot long and desperately overgrown.
      • The atmosphere is made up of a mechanical mixture of gases, which all have mass.
      • A new version of the model having such features is near completion and will be presented shortly.
      • I thought he had a bit more sense, but no.
      • I have known him as a player for a long time and have always rated him and believed he had leadership quality.
      • We have showed we have the quality in the past and I'm sure we will get it right.
      • It also boasts of having the world's highest rate of beautiful people per square inch!
      • He explained to me that every good villain has some outstanding feature that stood out about them.
      • In addition, he has both the star quality we were looking for and is an inspired lyricist.
      • Beyond that, having breadth and depth in the management team is the key to success.
      • He's a complete player, but he doesn't have the supreme quality of the very greatest.
      • Yet credit is due to Kilmarnock for remaining resolute throughout and having the capacity to respond.
      • Maradona described him as having unparalleled speed and a keen sense of how to defend.
      • The music has a cinematic quality which conjures up images of film noir classics.
      • He's got black hair and is tall with a lean body.
      • How they managed to walk up and down the street in shoes that had six inch soles was beyond us.
      • A record collection can be displayed, and the display itself has an aesthetic quality.
      • This is a car that has much more to offer than its diminutive looking size belies.
      • Aesthetically it is a dump and, but for the area around the harbour, has no redeeming features.
    2. 1.2have oneselfNorth American informal Provide or indulge oneself with (something)
      自己享用;放纵自己做
      he had himself two highballs

      他独自享用了两高杯加冰酒。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • While you're having yourself a merry little Christmas, one of the songs you might often hear is a recent classic, a song whose author waited 20 years for the right student to put his music to words.
      • Of course, SSRI withdrawal is just as dangerous as depression itself and if you take a depressed person and add a dash of withdrawal, you might have yourself a psychiatric emergency.
      • Every year everyone would drive to the State Capitol, and we'd have ourselves a good ol'fashioned Donatin’ Day.
      • The good doctor also has himself a solo career, and his latest song is called democracy, whisky, sexy, a phrase which many of you will recognize.
      • Karolina says one way to deal with the jitters before she steps out onto the red carpet is to have herself a gut laugh and get it out of her system.
      • Anyway, now I'm starving, and I think I shall have myself a little snacky-snack.
      • America's retail sector is having itself a not so merry little Christmas.
      • A few weeks ago he was having himself a high old time at a fancy-dress party.
      • So it looks like our boy Bill has himself a brand new policy.
      • You can't have yourself any coleslaw without slicing that head of cabbage into ribbons.
      • I made a short post last night, at the time I was having myself a drink and feeling quite good.
      • But I really don't want to get into this other than to say, right now, we have ourselves a messy problem.
      • Kyra, have yourself a fantastic evening and I will talk to you tomorrow.
      • If I had read that over the Internet back in the States, I would have assumed some Pentagon-friendly hack was having himself a little fun.
      • Whoever wins today's presidential runoff has themselves an enormous job, restoring hope and opportunity to a generation that has known only war.
      • This somewhat self-satisfied consensus that we're having ourselves a serious argument about the proper role of government gives the candidates - and the voters - too much credit, I think.
    3. 1.3 Be made up of; comprise.
      由…构成,组成
      in 1989 the party had 10,000 members

      1989年该党有10,000名党员。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Their year is divided into 13 months, 12 of which have 30 days each; the 13th month has five days, or six if it is a leap year.
      • For example, we are accustomed to saying that the English language has many dialects.
      • This book, which has 17 chapters on many aspects of diabetes care, is mainly well written.
      • The co-op currently has 1,000 members representing 635 households.
      • My job has two parts: teaching an instrument privately and teaching classroom music theory.
      Synonyms
      comprise, consist of, contain, include, incorporate, be composed of, be made up of, be formed of
    4. 1.4 Used to indicate a particular relationship.
      用于表示某种关系
      he's got three children

      他有三个孩子。

      do you have a client named Pedersen?

      你有一个叫彼得斯的客户吗?

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He said that he always envisioned himself having a family, and now it might be too late.
      • My mum and Glenda are about the same age and my mum, who never had a sister, was always close to Glenda.
      • Although Sue thrives on all the noise and hustle and bustle of having such a large family she still enjoys a break.
      • John has got friends all over the world.
      • We returned to find that a cousin of mine has a new son and there is a naming conference in progress.
      • He had no wife, no children, to enrich and complicate the simplicity of his daily life.
      • He has two brothers, Joe and Lawrence.
      • Parents Ray and Betty have nine children, three of whom farm with them.
      • Penny now had playmates near at hand and there was always someone for me to talk to.
    5. 1.5 Be able to make use of (something available or at one's disposal)
      可以有,可利用
      how much time have I got for the presentation?

      我可以用多少时间作陈述?

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Bove notes that when parents walk in the door at the end of the day, having a few minutes to regroup can be crucial.
      • One of the beauties of an adult gap year is the range of choices you have available.
      • He gave a lengthy explanation about why he had no other choice but to veto the bill.
      • Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.
      • We all pay for their upkeep through the various tax regimes and we all have a right to use and enjoy them.
      • He had his own family money to spend and he knew his modern purchases were infuriating his father.
      • Does having a large disposable income guarantee good kitchen design?
      • This double booking does lead to many schools having a few places available but this takes time to be sorted out.
      • It is a busy area and we don't want houses and ribbon developments, it is better to have a bit of open space.
      • Perhaps she also had fewer funds available due to the deflated stock market.
      • I only have four yuan a day to spend, three yuan for the bed space and one yuan for a bun.
      • We had a really good choice of men who were willing to take part in the show.
      • He knows the game so well and he had an almost free choice of which players he wanted to buy.
      • Adoption is a personal choice, but in this case the parents have had no choice.
      • You have to work for yourself in order to have the freedom to do what is required to make the money.
      • He's now done it twice at Ascot, but normally in Hong Kong he would have six weeks between races.
      • Tenants will have six weeks to respond and the council can amend its plan before the vote in April.
      • The immense talent we have at our disposal is impressive to say the least.
      • He had a good exercise facility available for free to work out at.
      • The Council has six weeks to clean up its act or lose its licence to operate refuse wagons.
    6. 1.6 Have gained (a qualification)
      获得(资格)
      he's got a BA in English

      他获得了英语学士学位。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • His human resources officer told him that some of his employees were functionally illiterate, despite having high school diplomas.
      • Milner, who has ten GCSEs, was capped at England under-17 level, scoring in a tournament which included Brazil and Italy.
      • She married Adam, who has a degree in criminal justice, in 1994.
    7. 1.7 Possess as an intellectual attainment; know (a language or subject)
      掌握(知识、语言或学科)
      he knew Latin and Greek; I had only a little French

      他懂拉丁语和希腊语,我只会一点法语。

  • 2Experience; undergo.

    经历,体验

    I went to a few parties and had a good time

    我去参加了几个派对,玩得很开心。

    I was having difficulty in keeping awake

    我那时睏得不得了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Tom O'Sullivan is having a very good season and his club mate Aidan O'Mahony had a very good final.
    • Zabel has had a less successful season than usual by his own exalted standards.
    • We experienced problems with cars using our car park and also had problems with litter.
    • We've all had problems and experienced a lot of terrible things, and our choice is to be happy.
    • I had a short and successfully anonymous encounter with a podgy woman in spectacles.
    • If it wasn't for them having such an unbelievable season, I think we'd be in first place.
    • I don't know why they are all having such a difficult time getting good grades.
    • We were having a very difficult time hearing you earlier, so you can redo that report.
    • I've had the opportunity to play guys who are having a more difficult time living in society than others.
    • It's hard to imagine the Hull forwards having a harder time in the season ahead.
    • Every team has a bad patch during a season and hopefully we had ours at the start.
    • Despite the fall he has been having one of the best seasons of his career.
    • I also had many other difficulties which I do not wish to discuss at present.
    • He's not been having such a good season but he always talks the talk so you never know what he's actually feeling.
    • He had a disappointing World Cup by his own high standards but has done well in Super League.
    • We lost her but she didn't suffer, she had a happy life and a family who adored her.
    • Paul, the publicist tells me, is having a far more difficult and epic journey.
    • When I was very young, I had an accident and was in bed for many months.
    • Are the people who experience ecstatic religious states just having a really good trip?
    • This will lead to loss of trade to the shopkeepers who are all having a hard enough time to make ends meet as it is.
    Synonyms
    experience, encounter, undergo, face, meet, find, go through, run into, come across, be subjected to, have experience of, be faced with
    experience, enjoy, taste
    1. 2.1 Suffer from (an illness, ailment, or disability)
      患有(疾病,不适,残疾)
      I've got a headache

      我头痛。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • We have in our extended family more than one member who has a psychotic illness.
      • I'd love to finish it but I've had a cold these past few days and haven't been feeling up to it.
      • The bug is capable of killing if it infects someone who has recently had flu.
      • This season he's had one or two injuries and not played as many games as he, or we, would have liked.
      • I went to a car boot sale in the morning with my dogs and had a small epileptic fit.
      • Rob has also been forced to adapt to a life in which he now has a disability.
      • Many people are unaware they have had the illness so do not know if they are immune.
      • Many young people cope well with the emotional aspects of having a chronic illness.
      • I had to give up work early, because of having an illness, so I was unable to save towards a private pension.
      • It affects people differently, with many having the illness without knowing it.
      • It increases the likelihood of a person having asthma, eczema or hay fever.
      • The good thing about having this illness is that it allows me to be a little bit crazy.
      • It may be necessary to track down a donor if it is determined that he or she has an infectious disease.
      • She suffered from cancer and also has Crohn's disease which is affected by stress.
      • She described having a breakdown soon after she killed her first daughter and showed intense grief.
      • The student insisted that a patient who had a terminal illness should on no account be told.
      • Dad has had a terrible cold this week, and I have a feeling that it's starting to hit me.
      • He had a great sense of life and, although he had a disability of his own, he did not let that affect him.
      • If you have an ongoing chronic illness you might be at higher risk of complications.
      • Lisa and her husband have three children, each of whom has a disability of some kind.
      Synonyms
      be suffering from, be afflicted by, be affected by, be troubled with, be a sufferer from
    2. 2.2 Let (a feeling or thought) come into one's mind; hold in the mind.
      有(感觉,想法)
      he had the strong impression that someone was watching him

      他强烈感到有人在监视他。

      we've got a few ideas we're kicking around

      我们正在讨论几个想法。

      I've no doubt he's as busy as I am
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I look at the woman next to me, and she is clearly having similar thoughts.
      • I've been calling the editor a lot, explaining that I'm having second thoughts.
      • He had a strong suspicion about who was behind most of these killings, he said.
      • Madonna has given me so much good advice through the years: she has such strong opinions.
      • Obviously the gentleman who first coined the phrase was having similar thoughts.
      • When they beat Portugal in the opening match I had a feeling that they would do something.
      • We walked down the corridor in silence, each having our own thoughts.
      • I remember going for a run and cutting the grass and having nasty thoughts about the selectors.
      • Although we had seen nothing from where we were, I had a feeling of complete and utter terror.
      • I have a feeling this site is going to get a boost in popularity thanks to Mr. Crowe.
      • Did you have this concept in mind from the start, or did it take shape as you wrote the album?
      • I think the council is being very mean about this and I do hope it has second thoughts.
      • I said I would do anything they asked me to, though I already had a bad feeling about it.
      • Like an awful lot of people, I really don't have any strong feelings one way or the other.
      • She, it seems, has thoughts and ideas about what she wants to do in the weeks and months after the baby is born.
      • I had a strong idea of the opening and the closure, with no real angle or drive to the middle.
      • Lewis was ringside in Las Vegas and admitted he was having real thoughts of ending his reign on a high.
      • Do you have any uneasy feelings about what you can or cannot do or of your past failures?
      • He certainly had no thoughts of continuing his long and winding career path north of the Border.
      • I think that every case should be dealt with individually rather that having a strong opinion about it.
      Synonyms
      harbour, feel, entertain, foster, nurse, cherish, nurture, bear, sustain, maintain, keep in one's mind
    3. 2.3with past participle Experience or suffer the specified action happening or being done to (something)
      遭遇(某物)被
      she had her bag stolen

      她的包被偷了。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • We have had previous experience of having cars damaged and stolen.
      • They suffered the indignity of having their pictures splashed all over the papers.
      • The man staying next to me at the hotel had his travel bag stolen from the room yesterday.
      • Three years ago a friend of ours had his mini stolen, and this is the email he sent me.
    4. 2.4 Cause (someone or something) to be in a particular state or condition.
      使处于
      I want to have everything ready in good time

      我希望及时做好一切准备。

      I had the TV on with the sound turned down

      我让电视机开着,但音量调低了。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • We cannot chastise her for what she does, because, ultimately, he had us fooled as well.
      • It's a treat and guaranteed to have you curling up in laughter at some of the yarns and stories from times past.
      • At one point, they even thought about removing her or having her removed from the jury.
      • I haven't even had the radio on, so the current news just passed me by.
      • We'll have a room ready as soon as possible.
      • We see little wildlife during the dive, but the experience has my adrenalin pumping.
      • Now her article has me thinking.
      • The fire brigade soon had the blaze under control and were able to extinguish it swiftly.
      • His unashamedly feel-good tunes look set to have us smiling for a few more years to come.
    5. 2.5with past participle Cause (something) to be done for one by someone else.
      让(某事物)被
      it is advisable to have your carpet laid by a professional

      你最好让专业人员来给你铺地毯。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Fineline Productions will then take their film on to the festival circuit with a view to having it shown on terrestrial television.
      • I sat with her while she was having her make up put on and just stared in awestruck wonderment that someone could be so ladylike.
      • It will look at the experience of writers having their work translated into other languages.
      • Meanwhile actress Lucy McLellan has just had her hair dyed with shocks of scarlet.
      • He said he was determined to have this work on track by the summer with a view to having it completed by the end of this year.
      • A good idea would have been to have an old coat dyed or cleaned, and lined with the fur.
      • He noted that it is possible the woman lived on the streets despite having her hair dyed shortly before her death.
      • The insurance company decided to pay out for a write-off but the owner had had it repaired.
      • Whoever that someone was, he had had water and electricity laid on to a medieval castle.
      • Other staff will be coming in with bad hair and one teacher is having her hair dyed by the pupils.
      • Surely in order to have one's lung cancer treated, one has to, er, go to a hospital and ask to be seen?
      • A nursery appeared on television after it suffered problems having its swimming pool installed.
      • We're having a small, flat roof added as part of our loft extension.
      • Patrick, as a novelist, how was the experience of having your work adapted to film?
      • We make it easier for the students because they like to have things laid out for them.
      • His fate changes when he loses a bet and pays his forfeit by having his hair dyed platinum blonde.
      • Well most of the morning was taken up by having the new carpet laid in the dining room.
      • By the end of the match, we had cars laid on, but it took a while to sort out.
      • One Scottish filmmaker who is having his feature screened is Richard Jobson.
      • They are so determined to stay they are having French doors fitted and will soon be having their garden paved.
      • The tribunal heard that Sir Ian found the panel's decision ‘extraordinary’ and sought legal advice about having it overturned.
      • Soon he will have his right leg amputated at the knee and replaced with a prosthetic limb.
      Synonyms
      cause to, make, ask to, request to, get to, tell to, require to, persuade to, induce to, prevail upon someone to
    6. 2.6 Tell or arrange for something to be done.
      吩咐(某人)做;安排(某人)做
      always having the builders in to do something

      她老是把建筑工人叫来做这做那的。

      she had her long hair cut
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I will have her give you a call tonight.
      • If you are worried that you will be reduced to fits of giggles by having someone touch your feet, there's really no need to worry.
      • Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt.
      • He did not sound optimistic about having Burdisso available to face Mexico after what looked like a knee injury.
      • I am also a little unsure as to the relevance to safety of not always having a member of staff there to make sure that everyone has a ticket!
      • She suffered much, and often would have one of us sit with her to help calm her.
      • Isn't that better than having someone tell you what to think all the damn time?
      • You don't always have the Panther crew on the side of the highway to change your wheels.
      • Now don't get me wrong, I don't like having people thrown out, but she was truly out of control.
      • Some forces have responded by having high profile armed patrols walking the streets within those areas.
      • He had my lover thrown out of his house.
      • Owning a finished product like a record is like having a book instead of just having someone read it to you.
    7. 2.7informal Have put (someone) at a disadvantage in an argument (said either to acknowledge that one has no answer to a point or to show that one knows one's opponent has no answer)
      〈非正式〉 用于承认自己对某一问题无法作出解释或表示自己知道谈话对方无法就某一问题作出解释难倒(某人)
      you've got me there; I've never given the matter much thought

      在这个问题上你把我难倒了,我从来没有怎么考虑过这事。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • She replied ‘Besides, you're the soldier, you should have noticed it before me.’ Damn. She had him there.
      • What is a unit trust? OK, you've got me there.
    8. 2.8usually be hadinformal Cheat or deceive (someone)
      〈非正式〉欺骗(某人)
      I realized I'd been had

      我意识到我上当了。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I was had, the advertisers did their bit and got me, they well and truly got me!
      • Then he realized he'd been had - and a big grin spread over his face.
      Synonyms
      trick, fool, deceive, cheat, dupe, take in, outwit, double-cross, hoodwink, swindle
    9. 2.9vulgar slang Engage in sexual intercourse with (someone).
      〈粗俚〉与…性交
      Synonyms
      have sexual intercourse, have sexual intercourse with, make love, make love to, sleep together, sleep with, go to bed together, go to bed with
  • 3have to do something" or "have got to do somethingBe obliged or find it necessary to do the specified thing.

    不得不,必须做

    you don't have to accept this situation

    你不一定非得容忍这种情况不可。

    we've got to plan for the future
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Until it opens, drivers are having to use the York Outer Ring Road flyover to cross the dual carriageway.
    • We have got to be ready for anything and, if necessary, to act alone, obviously.
    • Paton confirmed he was in the unusual position of having to reapply for his post as chief executive soon if he wanted to keep it.
    • Just imagine the extra mileage that will occur in this area with every single household having to go to the tip every week!
    • If the price of staying out of the EU will be having to queue for a visa to travel, then fine, I'll queue.
    • The court does not have to rule whether the explanation should be accepted or rejected.
    • Your own figures show they will more than repay their education costs without having to repay tuition fees on top.
    • Death and taxes are said to be the only certainties in life, but more Scots than ever are having to endure both at the same time.
    • Sprout growers are having to take on extra labour because recent poor weather had made it harder to harvest the crop.
    • It is quick and simple and allows us to make arrests without having to resort to weapons or excessive physical force.
    • In the case of North Sea fisheries we are having to accept the consequence of those commitments ourselves.
    • They have to accept unless they come up with the cash they are not going to get on to the housing ladder.
    • Many of those people are now having to eat humble pie and accept their new status as list MPs also.
    • This may have been acceptable in the past, but we now have to look to the future.
    • Of course I try to block it out but I have to accept I am playing in a difficult position.
    • Indeed, most drivers still resent strongly the notion of having to pay for a place to park.
    • He is having to move out today after only two weeks because of flooding - not from the river but from the windows.
    • But I feel very strongly that we have got to become proactive in our own lives and our own health situation.
    • He said haulage firms were already being badly hit by increases, which were having to be passed on to customers.
    • She is still having to attend classes to improve her balance, which was seriously affected by the illness.
    Synonyms
    must, have got to, be obliged to, be required to, be compelled to, be forced to, be bound to, be duty-bound to, be under an obligation to
    1. 3.1 Need or be obliged to do (something)
      必须做,需要做
      he's got a lot to do

      他有很多事要做。

    2. 3.2 Be strongly recommended to do something.
      用于表示强烈建议无论如何应该,真应该
      if you think that place is great, you have to try our summer house

      如果你认为那地方了不起,那么你真该来住住我们的夏季别墅。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The film is really something one has to see.
      • But you've got to visit the City once in your life!
      • This is the best spaghetti I've ever had! You've just got to try it!
    3. 3.3 Be certain or inevitable to happen or be the case.
      肯定(或必然)会发生;肯定(或必然)如此
      there has to be a catch

      这里肯定有蹊跷。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Seeing so many physically strong women on-screen has got to be a good thing.
      • Somewhere in all this the heart of a free nation has got to be still beating strongly, even if the heartbeat sounds faint to my ears.
      • There are bound to be some disappointed lads who have missed out because the competition for places is so strong but that has got to be good for the team.
      • Inevitably, both parties are in dispute and there has got to be a certain amount of compromise.
      • Since I can't be as big or strong as my brothers, my small build has got to be good for something; and that something is agility.
      • Why is it that it always has to rain when I take the kids to and from school and then clear up straight afterwards.
  • 4Perform the action indicated by the noun specified (used especially in spoken English as an alternative to a more specific verb)

    后接表示动作的名词,尤用于口语中代替动词做(某一动作)

    he had a look around

    他四下看了看。

    the color green has a restful effect

    绿色有宁静的效果。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • However, when we did next meet up, we had a really nasty row and said a lot of hurtful things about each other.
    • Anyway, we ended up going for a curry and a few pints, and having a good old chat about events back home in NZ.
    • The commuting public in Melbourne often enjoy having a good old whinge about the service.
    • After he has a few drinks it's time to move on before he starts to tell you his problems.
    • It wasn't long before the three of us were sitting in the hotel bar having a very stiff drink.
    • I have been having a lovely girly chat with my good friend Bryony who called me out of the blue.
    • A drunken couple at the far end of the bar were having a rather noisy argument, and his friends were taking his side.
    • I really enjoy having a good old blether with my pals and socialise with them when I get the chance.
    • If there is time, I may have a swim too.
    • My mum called today and we had a good long chat about what's happening in both our lives.
    • I was lying on the couch having a nap with him sleeping in my arms and the CD we were listening to had ended.
    • Each of the children had a look through the camera, played with the zoom, tried on the headphones.
    • We will be having a meeting soon to examine our options, to see what is possible.
    • For the bride to eat with the groom and to show her face for the first time must have had a powerful symbolic impact.
    • I might be having the odd little drink or two as the evening progresses.
    • He and his wife would drop in unexpectedly, often after having a few drinks elsewhere.
    • There is information that having one or two drinks per day can reduce the risk of heart attack.
    • We are having a further meeting with the Minister involved next week.
    • We were both having a full blown argument but no one could hear us over the music.
    • We ended up having a nice long chat after I admitted flicking through her diary.
    • We had a very intellectual little discussion with our extended family last weekend.
    • The American election is having a particularly topsy-turvy effect on British politics.
    Synonyms
    perform, execute, effect, discharge, carry out, accomplish, fulfil, complete, conduct, implement, do, make
    1. 4.1 Organize and bring about.
      组织,举行,进行
      are you going to have a party?

      你要举行宴会吗?

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I told her a friend of mine was having an open house at the artist co-op where she lived.
      • We head for town in little groups, and end up having our own little post-party parties.
      • They're having a big opening party in Hamilton.
      • We shall have a public banquet in your honor!
      • This was no exception and we had a brilliant follow up party on Saturday night.
      • One night, we got back to our rooms after a couple of drinks at Manor Bar and decided to have a Chicago party.
      • I very quickly discovered through that experience the value of having an annual audit.
      Synonyms
      organize, arrange, hold, give, host, throw, provide, put on, lay on, set up, fix up, make arrangements for, make preparations for, pencil in, prepare for, plan for
    2. 4.2 Eat or drink.
      吃;喝
      I'll have the vegetable plate
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It's 9:15 am here, and I have already had my hearty breakfast.
      • To add to the meal that night we had a freshly baked apple pie and cinnamon buns.
      • Do you recommend that I can still take my daily vitamins whilst having a high performance drink?
      • They have been in a few nights this week, having a few pints and a few fags.
      • We lose our temper and, as soon as we've had a cup of tea and a biscuit, we feel better.
      Synonyms
      eat, consume, devour, partake of
    3. 4.3 Give birth to or be due to give birth to.
      分娩,生产
      she's going to have a baby

      她就要生孩子了。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • She was sterilised at Virginia Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded in 1957 after having twin boys out of wedlock.
      • Both ladies are 31, so the pressures on them to start having children will soon mount.
      • The prospect of having children was always at the back of her mind but she did not let it trouble her too much.
      • By having a baby a teenager won't be able to do these things, due to not being able to afford a babysitter.
      • My mother knows a couple, newly married and who have just gone through the happy experience of having a set of twins.
      • I wondered why she decided to bring up her son by herself, as in l967 it was considered something of a scandal having a child out of wedlock and coming from a middle-class Army family?
      • In fact, most of them are perhaps of marrying age now and they are themselves having kids.
      • It was her own experiences of having her two sons and two daughters that led her to wanting to become a midwife.
      Synonyms
      give birth to, bear, produce, be delivered of, bring into the world
  • 5also have gotShow (a personal attribute or quality) by one's actions or attitude.

    显示出(个人特性,品质);具有

    he had little patience with technological gadgetry

    他对科技新玩意儿什么的很不喜欢。

    if you've got the drive to finish your degree
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The volunteer might not have the patience or training for the task.
    • "She has what it takes to pull it off, " he says.
    • It's just a question of whether he's got the nerve to win.
    • To be honest, I had no confidence in the techniques I applied.
    • Which of the candidates has got the capacity to convince people that life is precious?
    • Winning on clay is a mind game and he has the anticipation and knowledge when he plays the ball.
    Synonyms
    manifest, show, display, exhibit, demonstrate, express, evince
    1. 5.1often in imperative Exercise or show (mercy, pity, etc.) toward another person.
      向某人表示(仁慈、怜悯等)
      God have mercy on me!

      上帝怜悯我吧!

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He has little mercy on flawed arguments, wherever they originate.
      • Have pity on us, O Lord.
    2. 5.2with negative Not accept; refuse to tolerate.
      不接受,拒绝容忍
      I can't have you insulting Tom like that

      我不能容忍你这样侮辱汤姆。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I don't like drama in my house. I won't have it.
      • We will take 12,000 refugees a year, but we will not have people arriving here illegally and we will act to deter that occurring.
      • Said Retailer is having none of this and tries to carry on his tirade.
      • I'm not having you talk to Emma like that in front of us.
      • We can't have you being late for something like this, now, can we?
      Synonyms
      tolerate, endure, bear, support, accept, put up with, go along with, take, countenance, brook
  • 6Place or keep (something) in a particular position.

    使处于

    Mary had her back to me

    玛丽背对着我。

    I soon had the trout in a net

    我很快把鲑鱼抓到网里。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He had his arms around me and I felt safe.
    • He had his feet up on the coffee table while Jasmine got together some breakfast.
    • Sue had the cat in her lap.
    • She had her head down and was busily writing out the words that I had asked her to write.
    1. 6.1 Hold or grasp (someone or something) in a particular way.
      使处于
      he had me by the throat

      他卡住我的脖子。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He had me by the arm and lifted me, forcibly, to my feet.
      • The two tumbled for a minute before Ryan had him in a headlock.
      • In a matter of seconds, Jacob had me by the collar of my shirt.
  • 7Be the recipient of (something sent, given, or done)

    收到

    she had a letter from Mark

    她收到马克的一封信。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Carl admitted to having a few pampering treatments before the wedding day.
    • Next, we sent an e-mail inquiry and within a day or so we had a reply.
    • I have received a number of e-mails from persons asking me why I am doing this.
    • Armstead is one of many players who plan to have surgery or already have had it to repair nagging injuries.
    • If you haven't had a bill for six months, ask for six months to pay off your arrears.
    • He had lessons in theory and composition from Rimsky-Korsakov.
    Synonyms
    receive, get, be given, be sent, obtain, acquire, procure, come by, take receipt of
    1. 7.1 Take or invite into one's home so as to provide care or entertainment, especially for a limited period.
      (尤指短期)在家里照顾(或招待)
      we're having the children for the weekend

      我们的孩子来过周末。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • We are always thrilled to have him and it gives people who come up this way and visit a chance to call in.
      • Quick note to say it was fabulous having you, you're a great houseguest, come again any time.
      • How about I have you up for the weekend after choir gets out for Winter Break?
      • We always seemed to have visitors and rushed to shut the windows to keep out the smell.
      • There is another arrival ceremony with short speeches thanking the hotel for having us.
      • I was going to have Peter and Chris over to plan our trip to Aspen the next day.
      Synonyms
      entertain, be host to, cater for, receive
auxiliary verb
  • Used with a past participle to form the perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect tenses, and the conditional mood.

    与过去分词一起构成现在完成时态、过去完成时态、将来完成时态及条件式

    I have finished

    我完成了。

    he had asked her

    他问过她了。

    she will have left by now

    她现在应该已经离开了。

    I could have helped, had I known

    当时我要是知道的话,我可能就帮忙了。

    “Have you seen him?” “Yes, I have.”

    “你见到他了吗?”“见到了”。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The evening has put me in a reflective mood and has set me rereading my old blogs.
    • Nobody has ever seen anything like this.
    • This mood has not been lost on the hotel industry, which is all set to cash in on the season.
    • I would never destroy the perfect trust that had built up between us.
    • Ms Kelly says a field next to the estate would have been perfect but it was sold to a golf course.
    • Tracy added she had always dreamed of being spotted and becoming a famous star.
    • They are finally transformed into the opposite of the perfect family they had once aspired to be.
    • The applicant has consistently denied each and every allegation of misconduct.
    • He realised Jacklin had probably been forewarned and had thought out his position.
    • He has promised to finish the job but I said, don't worry about that and just get better.
    • He had been out wandering and came back to announce he had found the perfect restaurant for dinner.
    • We all sat down to a cooked breakfast together after the programme had finished.
    • He was amazed to see that it was not a perfect sphere as he had been taught, but rough and mountainous.
    • However, critics have by no means agreed on his virtues.
    • Police have sent letters to persistent criminals warning them to give up crime or else.
    • She was still in a bad mood about having lost the contest and been wrong at the same time.
    • Whoever would have thought that plain bricks and mortar could get so complicated?
    • Many people who knew her as a young girl might have thought that she would make a mark as a singer.
    • He didn't complain or spout off a resume of what he had accomplished.
    • That I have had to get up at the crack of dawn the past two mornings has not helped my mood.
noun
the havesinformal
  • People with plenty of money and possessions.

    〈非正式〉有钱人

    an increasing gap between the haves and have-nots

    富人和穷人之间越来越大的差距。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But what came out of those years was an ever-wider gap between the incomes and experiences of the haves and the have-nots.
    • The floods affected Jakarta residents indiscriminately, both the haves and the have nots.
    • John Edwards talked about two Americas divided by class, the haves and the have-nots.
    • It also encourages the haves to donate 2.5 percent of their income to the poor.
    • It seems to me that mass consumerism creates the haves and have nots and in order to be ‘a have’ one must very consciously make a choice.
    • When the haves remake a culture, the people who pay the price are the have-nots.
    • Unlike Britain and other advanced countries, Indonesia is troubled by a wide gap between the haves and the poor, so school uniforms are necessary to avoid social envy in schools.
    • And the haves are the ones who give money and frequently have things they'd like to get done, and they do get done frequently.
    • They believe that the state's rulers serve the interests of the powerful against the weak and the haves against the have-nots.
    • Society is in chaos, tainted with conflict and splits between the haves and have-nots, conservatives and progressives, and management and labor.
    • We need an international effort that recognises the growing inequities between the haves and the have-nots of this world and then seeks to redress these imbalances.
    • The gap between the haves and have nots - both between the United States and the developing world, and between the rich and the poor within the developing countries - was growing.
    • It is hardly surprising that strictly economic ideas often, but not always, favor the interests of the haves over the have-nots.
    • In Poland, ghettoization increases between the winners of the market economy and the unemployed, between the haves and the have-nots.
    • Though clearly a struggle of the have-nots versus the haves, characterizing these events as class conflict would not be entirely accurate, nor was that the basis on which authorities responded.
    • The obstacles to the large-scale reform of the United Nations may reside above all in the split between the rich North and the poor South, the haves and the have-nots.
    • As for the source of terrorism, there can be no doubt that it comes from the enormous gap between the haves and the have nots.
    • Like every other American city, Cincinnati in the 1990s has undergone a deepening class division between the haves and the have-nots.
    • The gap between the haves and have-nots has widened to almost Third World dimensions over the past 30 years.
    • It can lead to bitter divisions and increase the psychological and social distance between the haves and the have nots.

Usage

Have and have got: there is a great deal of debate on the difference between these two forms; a traditional view is that have got is chiefly British, but not correct in formal writing, while have is chiefly American. Actual usage is more complicated: have got is in fact also widely used in US English. In both British and US usage have is more formal than have got and it is more appropriate in writing to use constructions such as don't have rather than haven't got. A common mistake is to write the word of instead of have or 've: I could of told you that instead of I could've told you that. The reason for the mistake is that the pronunciation of have in unstressed contexts is the same as that of of, and the two words are confused when it comes to writing them down. The error was recorded as early as 1837 and, though common, is unacceptable in standard English. Another controversial issue is the insertion of have where it is superfluous, as for example I might have missed it if you hadn't have pointed it out (rather than the standard … if you hadn't pointed it out). This construction has been around since at least the 15th and 16th centuries, but only where a hypothetical situation is presented (e.g. statements starting with if). More recently, there has been speculation among grammarians and linguists that this insertion of have may represent a kind of subjunctive and is actually making a useful distinction in the language. However, it is still regarded as an error in standard English. See also usage at gotten

Phrases

  • have got it bad (or badly)

    • 1informal Be very powerfully affected emotionally, especially by love.

      〈非正式〉因感情(尤指爱情)问题深受煎熬

      Example sentencesExamples
      • You got hit by the love bug and you have got it bad.
      • The owner, Keenan Wynn, has got it bad for his waitress Kotty (Terry Moore), but she only has eyes for for a research professor (Frank Lovejoy).
      • It's very rare to read about a man so incredibly crazy about a woman, but this guy has got it bad.
      1. 1.1Be in a situation where one is treated badly or exploited.
        处于苦难中;深受折磨
        if you think you've got it bad now, how would you like to be paid to collect pebbles?
        Example sentencesExamples
        • A lot of people think they've got it bad, well they should live in my shoes for awhile!
        • You think you've got it bad - check out what happened to this guy.
        • If we as readers think we've got it bad, imagine for a moment how it must be for the bands the magazine plucks seemingly at random to make into its straw man du jour.
        • If the dealer has got it bad, no one can afford to buy a book from them and they eventually go bust and end up selling 'The Big Issue' on the streets.
        • Boy have I got it bad this year.
        • You see, just when you think your family has got it bad, you compare it to another person's family and you think you have a pretty sane bunch.
        • I tell ya, you think you guys have got it bad now?
        • We think we've got it bad shoveling snow.
        • If you think you've got it bad, what about the IT administrator who has got hundreds of passwords to memorize.
        • If we've got it bad, why should anyone else have it good?
  • have had it

    • 1informal Be in a very poor condition; be beyond repair or past its best.

      状态极差;无法修复;已过全盛期

      the car had had it

      这辆汽车没用了。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The roof's had it.
      • Ordinary cars had had it, their fat, sporty tyres utterly lost in the Arctic chill.
      • Yeah it's had it. I purchased a bulk lot of 5, with the seller saying he had not tried them and would not replace them if they did not work.
      1. 1.1Be extremely tired.
        筋疲力尽
        tomorrow she would drive on through Germany, but for today, she'd had it
        Example sentencesExamples
        • I've had it, I'm going home
      2. 1.2Have lost all chance of survival.
        失去了活命的可能;行将毙命
        looks like your plant’s had it
        Example sentencesExamples
        • It's had it now as a business, because the power of the supermarkets is too great for what was a useful social service.
        • Once local residents move their car they have had it.
        • It was like I was in slow motion, but I must admit I thought that I had had it.
        • There's still 16 days to go, but he says the government has had it.
        • If any company fails in sales, then the company has had it.
        • As soon as you take away actors' control, live theatre has had it but I don't think we've reached that far.
        Synonyms
        be in trouble, be going to be punished, be going to suffer the consequences, be going to pay the price, be in for a scolding, be going to answer for something
        have no chance, have no hope, have failed, be finished, be out, be defeated, have lost, have no chance of success, have come to nothing
    • 2informal Be unable to tolerate someone or something any longer.

      忍无可忍

      I've had it with him—he's humiliated me once too often!

      我对他已忍无可忍——他羞辱我够多的了。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I have had it with members of your party undermining our troops.
      • By eighth grade the Special Ed class had had it with the teasing, and we got together during break times to back each other up.
      • I have had it up to here living in these conditions and I cannot take it anymore.
      • The mothers who have lost their children, and there are many, and the children who have lost their parents, have had it with the ‘be patient’ response.
      • The public has had it with this Government, and no lolly scramble in the forthcoming Budget will save it.
      • He reached for Nat again, who by this time had had it and was sick and tired of the crazy loon.
      • A film aficionado has had it up to here with blood, guts and gore.
      • It comes with a small keyboard, correctly assuming that the public have had it with writing on screens.
      • Well I have had it with social networks now. I do not actively use any of them so I am just deleting all my accounts.
      • I have had it up to here with your silly nonsense and gossip.
  • have it

    • 1with clauseExpress the view that (used to indicate that the speaker is reporting something that they do not necessarily believe to be fact)

      据说

      rumor had it that although he lived in a derelict house, he was really very wealthy

      传言说虽然他住在破败的房子里,他其实很有钱。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Rumour has it he was brought up by elderly grandparents.
      • And rumours have it that Scully was keen on the move to the South East too.
      • All ages joined in on Saturday although rumour has it that some of the younger ones couldn't stand the pace.
      • Extreme versions of the view have it that all knowledge is, or ideally ought to be, based on reason.
      • The orthodox view has it that the police brought universal benefits, but especially to the weaker sections of society.
      • As the Nietzschean view has it, history is merely a set of stories; that what really happened is barely verifiable.
      • Legend has it that you could see the answers to all your problems in her eyes.
      • Joan knows about jokes because, rumor has it, she used to do comedy.
      • A prevailing view has it that military authorities are gaining clout in the country.
      • The medieval view had it that comets were signs of a ruined world that has fallen into sin.
    • 2Win a decision, especially after a vote.

      (尤指投票之后)获胜

      the ayes have it

      对决议投赞成票者占多数。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The paper is worried that ‘as things stand, the noes have it, because the anti-war camp is getting the better of the argument.’
      • I started in the No camp but putting myself on both sides of the fence, I now think that the ayes have it.
    • 3Have found the answer to something.

      获得答案

      “I have it!” Rosa exclaimed

      “我有办法啦!”罗莎大声说。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • ‘Ah,’ he said when the performance was over, ‘I have it. They are holding the horses.’
  • have it away (or off)

    • vulgar slang Have sexual intercourse.

      〈粗俚〉与…性交

      Synonyms
      have sexual intercourse, have sexual intercourse with, have sex, have sex with, make love, make love to, sleep together, sleep with, go to bed together, go to bed with
  • have (got) it in for

    • informal Feel a particular dislike of (someone) and behave in a hostile manner toward them.

      〈非正式〉特别厌恶敌视(某人)

      Example sentencesExamples
      • A big reason I have it in for her, if you want to call it that, is the misinformation effect when she does health readings, which I consider to be potentially very dangerous.
      • I don't know personally if the legal system does indeed have it in for dads.
      • The press have it in for him and I think it is pretty clear why - he represents one of the most despised figures of all for the London elite.
      • ‘At the moment it seems like they have got it in for small businesses,’ he said.
      • But don't think everybody has it in for you - some experts totally disagree.
      • I stand by the fact that I failed that class not through any fault of my own, but because the professor had it in for me.
      • Well, I certainly must admit that Daina seems to have it in for you guys.
      • But she disagreed with people who claimed the judge had it in for Nik.
      • I am not by nature paranoid, at least no more than anyone else, however they really have got it in for me.
      • I explained that Susan had it in for me since grade school and she was just making up stories to get everyone to hate me.
      Synonyms
      be hostile to, feel ill will towards, show ill will towards, show antagonism to, bear a grudge towards, be against, be set against, be prejudiced against, disapprove of
  • have (got) it in one (to do something)

    获得答案

    • informal Have the capacity or potential (to do something)

      〈非正式〉有能力做成某事

      everyone thinks he has it in him to produce a literary classic

      大家都认为他有创作文学经典作品的潜力。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I'll bet you have it in you to be not just gifted and talented academically, but gifted and talented with people too.
      • We don't know if we still have it in us to surf the big waves.
      • I fear that there are people who have it in them to be compulsive gamblers but do not know it, and could become addicted if there was a casino on their doorstep.
      • Keep up the good work, Jonesy, we know you have it in you.
      • Taylor said: ‘Everyone has it in them to become an entrepreneur.’
      • We are a group of social entrepreneurs and believe that we have it in us to fulfil our dreams.
      • Not everyone has it in them - or has the inclination - to emulate Livingstone or Scott or Ellen MacArthur.
      • This is a young squad with a great future and the Edinburgh game showed we have it in us.
      • We all have it in us to be more creative, original and individual than we think we are.
      • Because I hadn't written a song for 12 years, I believed I didn't have it in me.
  • have it out

    • informal Attempt to resolve a contentious matter by confronting someone and engaging in a frank discussion or argument.

      〈非正式〉(与…面对面)说理;(当面)把事情说个明白

      give her the chance of a night's rest before you have it out with her

      让她休息一晚上你再当面向她说个明白。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The bride finally snapped, had it out with her mother, and their relationship got ugly for months.
      • I had it out with the dealer, and they still refused to modify the spring.
  • have a nice day

    • Used to express good wishes when parting.

      〈主美〉 道别时用于表示良好的祝愿祝你愉快

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I truly hope that you have a nice day and that you do take some time to appreciate the day.
      • … Thank you for your time, ma'm, have a nice day.
      • I'm outta here for the first Auburn game in a few minutes, so y'all have a nice day, and may your team do well.
      • And he went upstairs and looked in my room and my kids' room and came back downstairs and told me to have a nice day.
      • If they turn you down or make an excuse, thank them anyway and tell them to have a nice day.
      • ‘So have a nice day, then,’ I said sarcastically to break off the awkwardness.
      • Thank you all for coming, and have a nice day,’ he announced.
      • There was no please, thank you or have a nice day.
      • I hope you enjoyed the flight and thanks for flying with American Airlines, have a nice day.
      • Thank you for traveling with us, and I hope you have a nice day!
  • have (got) nothing on

    • 1informal Be not nearly as good as (someone or something), especially in a particular respect.

      (尤指在某一方面)远不如(某人或某事物)好

      bright though his three sons were, they had nothing on Sally
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We knew Manchester United against Manchester City, Arsenal against Tottenham and later Manchester United against Liverpool didn't have anything on the Old Firm derby.
      • Fergie and me acted as firemen just as it set fire to the table cloth, the rest of the room oblivious to our tactics… Batman and Robin have got nothing on Fergie and Sven.
      • All those wrote-a-story-about-murder-and-got-expelled-from-school anecdotes have got nothing on seven-year-old Paul.
      • As Rich said on the drive last night: ‘Citizen Kane has got nothing on this one’.
      • Well, if you think today's Hollywood leading men love them and leave them, they have got nothing on Howard Hughes, baby.
      • We are all agents with the same password. 007 has got nothing on us!
      • Barry Norman has got nothing on me, as I have watched every DVD on the market - I really have watched every new release there is.
      • Rip Van Winkle has nothing on the U.S. electric-transmission industry, which has slept for nearly two decades while market restructuring changed the world around it.
      • It's decent, but doesn't really have anything on the original (which doesn't have much room for improvement).
      • Magic the Gathering has got nothing on the new role-playing card game, Wacky Tobacco Torture.
    • 2informal Know nothing (or something) discreditable or incriminating about (someone)

      没有(或有)(某人)的把柄;不知道(或知道)某人做过不名誉的事(或违法的事)

      I am not worried—they've got nothing on me

      我不担心,他们抓不住我的把柄。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I mean, if they had anything on me and they had proceeded lawfully, like a court order or an affidavit, they didn't have to come to me.
      • So you think you are as free as a bird - free to roam the globe in anonymity, safe in the knowledge that no one has anything on you.
      • If somebody tells me that they're on the verge of arresting me, my response would be, I haven't done anything to be arrested for, not, they don't have anything on me.
      • I don't know what he's so afraid of; he must think I've got something on him.
      • Those guys don't have anything on me.
      • And just like then, those Enforcers don't have anything on me.
      • They had this guy whom they knew was holding a little girl who would die unless they got hold of her, but they didn't have anything on him.
      • She'd love to have something on me, I know it.
      • If the Justice Department tells the press we don't have anything on him, why do they keep telling the press that he's a person of interest?
      • But I would get over it and most importantly; at least you wouldn't have anything on me.
      Synonyms
      have no evidence against, know nothing bad about, know nothing damning about, have no incriminating information about
  • have (got) something to oneself

    • Be able to use, occupy, or enjoy something without having to share it with anyone else.

      独享

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Its nice though, I am enjoying having the house to myself for once this evening, and yep, the vodka is working its magic…
      • I only thought it would be so much better if you were able to have the evening to yourself.
      • If you revisit ports, you may prefer to stay onboard and revel in having the ship to yourself, a luxury many passengers never enjoy.
      • Pupils are only a corridor away from resources such as Tonge Moor Library and are able to have it to themselves when it is closed.
      • And in the highly competitive auto market, it's rare for anyone to have a niche to themselves for very long.
      • She sat in the center of the sofa, as if to show that she enjoyed having the space to herself, but in her eyes I could see that she wasn't happy with the present arrangement.
      • I enjoyed having this historic house to myself, complete with creaky floorboards, winding stairs, several portraits and all the original door handles.
      • They have rooms to themselves but share bathrooms.
      • He was lucky that he was not sharing with anyone yet and had the whole room to himself.
      • I stretched, enjoying the feeling of having the bed to myself.
  • have it coming

    • Deserve punishment or downfall.

      Example sentencesExamples
      • My parents told him that he had it coming and therefore he deserved to clean it.
      • Did he cross the line or did the kids have it coming?
      • You certainly had it coming by deciding to name-call the side that happened to win this election by a clear margin.
      • The poet seems to invite these attacks: a writer who declares, after all, that he does not owe ‘any more as a social obligation than he owes as a moral obligation’ would appear to have it coming.
      • I could see how someone a bit more hotheaded than me would lose their temper with him - he probably had it coming to him when he got that scar on his cheek.
      • Intervening will only make it worse; perhaps she had it coming, even deserved it.
      • Sarah says that they all deserved it and they had it coming.
      • After all, to be accused is just one step away from guilt, so they have it coming.
      • Really, the subliminal message here is that this woman had it coming to her.
      • And anyway, if you really did it, I'm quite sure they had it coming to them.

Phrasal Verbs

  • have at

    • Attempt or attack forcefully or aggressively.

      攻击,打击

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Have at you, you English rogue!
      • One of his tips involves printing the manuscript out in full and having at it with one's favourite colour pen.
      • There are so many things to hit and detonate in this game and it's never been so much fun having at it with weapons.
  • have someone on

    • Try to make someone believe something that is untrue, especially as a joke.

      〈英,非正式〉(尤指开玩笑时)骗人(相信不实之事)

      that's just too neat—you're having me on

      说得太好了-你是在骗我吧。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He then said he could actually see two, but I thought he was having us on.
      • When it came to the short clay pipe, sure I was having you on.
      • I didn't believe him - I thought he was having me on.
      • It was the fact that the story would obviously have caused such distress to his family that made us suspend the journalistic imperative to tell you that this guy was having us on.
      • His approach is to stigmatise everyone on benefit and give the idea that they are having us on.
      • Even so, the book almost works, because Victor is one of the most unreliable narrators I've met, and he may or may not be having us on.
      • She just announced that she was getting married and we thought she was having us on.
      • My first reaction was that the writers were having us on, but sadly I think they're serious.
      • And then, after they started to give each other worried looks, we smile, and say, oh, just having you on!
      • We've been having you on for two and a bit millennia.
      Synonyms
      play a trick on, play a joke on, joke with, trick, tease, rag, pull someone's leg, fool about, fool around
  • have (got) something on

    • 1Be wearing something.

      穿着

      she had a blue dress on

      她穿着蓝色裙子。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Now she had a tank top on, blue jeans and sunglasses.
      • Kathryn sighed, wishing she had jeans on instead of the capris.
      • The two robbers were dressed in large white frocks, and one had a mask on and the other a black silk handkerchief over part of his face.
      • He was dressed casually in blue jeans and had a jacket on over his t-shirt.
      • She has red trackpants on.
      • At 7: 30, we were done with all my makeup and my hair, and I had my dress on.
      • I have my party dress on.
      • My hair is down, I have high-heels on, and am wearing a black sleeveless dress that hugs my curves all the way down to my knees.
      • He was wearing the dark blue uniform, though he didn't have his shoes on.
      • Mary is dressed in a full-length gown and she has sandals on her feet.
      Synonyms
      be wearing, be dressed in, be clothed in, be garbed in, be attired in, be turned out in, be decked out in, be tricked out in, be robed in
    • 2Be committed to an arrangement.

      〈英〉致力于,忙于

      I've got a lot on at the moment

      我现在正忙着呢。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I can't make the game. I've got something else on that day.
      • Actually, I’ve got something on then, but I’m not doing anything Sunday.
      Synonyms
      be committed to, have arranged, have planned, have organized, have fixed up, have on the agenda, have made arrangements for
  • have something out

    • Undergo an operation to extract the part of the body specified.

      做手术切除

      she had her wisdom teeth out
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I also looked after a teenage boy who was having his tonsils out and signed his consent form forbidding us to give him blood in an emergency.
      • One dentist's visit cost 7/6 and having a tooth out cost 3 / 6.
      • Going for a job interview is more traumatic than having a wisdom tooth out.
      • Thinking back, I suppose I was lucky in a way, because I was never really ill, apart from having my tonsils out - I think that was the only time I was in hospital.
      • The weekend started off on a bad note when our captain Chris Conway was forced to withdraw from the team after having his appendix out on Friday.
      • So it appears that amputation of the soul isn't just a simple surgical job like having your appendix out.
      • Who among us doesn't know someone who had their tonsils out as a kid?
      • On top of everything, my daughter Leigh is having her tonsils out tomorrow and we're moving house on Thursday!
      • She'll be having her tonsils out two days before Christmas.
      • I'm having a wisdom tooth out today, at 14: 25 GMT.

Origin

Old English habban, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hebben and German haben, also probably to heave.

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