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place POSITIONpleIsn [C]a position in relation to other things位置This plant needs a warm, sunny place.这株植物需要一个温暖，有阳光的地方。When you've finished, put the book back in its place on the shelf.你看完之后，把书放在书架原来的位置上。The newspaper seller was in his usual place outside the station.卖报人在车站外他的老地方。She spoke to me and I lost my place in the book (= I forgot where I had been reading).她和我说话，我忘了读到哪里了。Your place in the theatre, in a train, at a table, in a class or in some other organized arrangement is the seat you will sit in on a particular occasion or the seat you usually sit in.座位My ticket says 6G but there's someone sitting in my place.我的票上是6G，但已经有人坐在我座位上了。There are only enough places for ten more people on the bus.公共汽车上只有十个空座位。The waiter showed us to our places and gave us each a menu.侍者领我们到了座位上，又递给我们每人一个菜谱。The children collected their prizes and then went back to their places.孩子们领了奖品，回到座位上。Save me a place (= Keep a seat for me until I arrive) near the front.在靠前面的地方给我留个座位。A place at a table is also the space where one person will sit and eat. It usually has the plates and utensils you eat with arranged on it.位子He laid six places at the table.他在桌子上设了六个位子。A place is also a position in a group, organization, system or competition.席位They deserve a place among the country's leading exporters.他们应该在全国领先的出口商中占有一席之地。Will you keep my place (in the queue) (= allow me to come back to the same position)?你能帮我占着（排队的）位置吗?She has got a place at university她在大学里得到一个位置。She has got a place (Br and Aus) on/(Am and Aus) in a fine-arts course.她在美术艺术课上有了一个位置。The song went from tenth to second place in the charts.这首歌在排名表上从第十位上升到第二位。Our team finished in second place.我们队获得了第二名。He took third place/(Br also) got a third place (= was the third to finish) in the marathon last year.他在去年的马拉松比赛中获得第三名。(fig.) Their children always take first place (= are very important to their parents'decisions)/take second place (= are not very important). 他们的孩子总是占首要/次要位置。In a list of statements, you can use the place to separate and emphasize them.层次，步骤I don't want to go yet -- in the first place I'm not ready, and in the second place it's raining.我还不想走，首先，我没有准备好，其次，在下雨。(Am) Place can be used with words like 'any' and 'some' as a different way of saying 'anywhere, ' 'somewhere, ' etc.与any, some等构成词语，表示任何地方，某人地方I know I left that book some place -- now, where was it?我知道我把书放在某个地方了，但是在哪儿呢?That bar was like no place I'd ever been before.那酒吧和我以前见的任何地方都不同。If you make a calculation to a particular number of places of decimals or decimal places, you have that number of numbers after the decimal point.位Pi expressed to five places of decimals is 3.141 59.圆周率以小数点后五位数表示，为3.141 59 。If something is in place, it is in its usual or correct position.适当的If it is out of place, it is in the wrong place or looks wrong.不适当的The chairs are all in place.椅子都摆在合适的地方。He screwed the shelf in place.他把架子钉在合适的地方。(fig.) The arrangements are all in place (= have been made correctly) for the concert next Thursday.下星期四音乐会的安排都已就绪。The large desk was out of place in such a small room.在这样小的房间里，那张大桌子很不合适。The boy looked uncomfortable and out of place among the adults.在大人中间那个男孩显得既不舒服又格格不入。If something or someone is in place of something or someone else, or if they take the place of that person or thing, they are used instead.代替，取代I invited Jo in place of Les, who was ill.莱丝病了，我就邀请了吉友。You can use margarine in place of butter in some recipes.有些菜谱里，你可以用人造黄油代替黄油。A place in the sun is an advantageous position.优势地位He certainly earned his place in the sun.他肯定得到有利地位。If something takes place, it happens.发生The concert takes place next Thursday.音乐会在下星期四举行。When is the training session taking place?培训期什么时候开始?A place card is a card with someone's name on it, which is put in the space at a table where they will sit, esp. at a formal meal.座位卡There was a place card with my name on it on the table, so I knew where to sit.桌上有一个写着我名字的座位卡，所以我知道应该坐在哪里。A place mat is a decorative piece of card, cloth, wood, plastic etc. on which someone's plate and eating utensils are put on a table.餐位餐具垫I gave them a set of place mats as a wedding present.我送给他们一套餐位餐具垫作为结婚礼物。(saying) 'A place for everything and everything in its place' means that the best way to stay tidy and well organized is to keep things in their correct positions.“每个东西有恰当的位置，就能保持整洁。”
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