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place/pleis/ n. & v.●n. 1a a particular portion of space 地方；场所 b a portion of space occupied by a person or thing 位置；地点 it has changed its place 它已经改变了位置 c a proper or natural position (恰当、自然的)位置 he is out of his place 他出格了; take your places 你们各就各位 2 a city, town, village, etc. 城；镇(或乡村等) was born in this place 出生在该地 3 a residence; a dwelling 住所；寓所 has a place in the country 在乡下有一处住所; come round to my place 到我家来 4a a group of houses in a town etc., esp. a square (尤指城镇等中四面有街道围着的)房屋区 b a country house with its surroundings 乡下住宅 5 a person's rank or status 等级；地位 know their place 知道他们的身份; a place in history 历史上的地位 6 a space, esp. a seat, for a person 空位(尤指空座位) two places in the coach 长途公共汽车上有两个空座位 7 a building or area for a specific purpose (有具体用途的)建筑物；场所 place of worship 做礼拜的场所; bathing place 浴室 8a a point reached in a book etc. (书等)正读到的某处 lost my place 我找不到上次读到的地方 b a passage in a book (书中的)段落 9 a particular spot on a surface, esp. of the skin (尤指皮肤表面的)特定位置 a sore place on his wrist 他手腕上的一个痛处 10a employment or office, esp. government employment (尤指政府部门的)职位；职务 lost his place at the Ministry 失去了他在部里的职务 b the duties or entitlements of office etc. 职责；职权 is his place to hire staff 雇用员工是他的职责 11 a position as a member of a team, a student in a college, etc. (队员、大学生等的)身份，资格 12a Brit. any of the first three or sometimes four positions in a race, esp. other than the winner [英] (赛马中尤指除优胜者外的)前三名，前四名 backed it for a place 对它的名次下了注 b US the second position, esp. in a horse race [美] (尤指赛马的)第二名 13 the position of a figure in a series indicated in decimal or similar notation (数字的)位 calculated to 50 decimal places 计算到小数点后第 50 位 ●v. tr. 1 put (a thing etc.) in a particular place or state; arrange 把(某物等)安置于某处(或某种状态)；安排 2 identify, classify, or remember correctly 辨认；分类；记起，记清 cannot place him 记不起他了 3 assign to a particular place; locate 选派到特定地方；确定…的位置 4a appoint (a person, esp. a member of the clergy) to a post 任命(某人尤指神职人员) b find a situation, living, etc. for 为…找工作(或谋生计等) c (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 with) consign to a person's care etc. 把…托付给某人(照顾等) placed her with her aunt 把她托付给她的姑姑 5 assign rank, importance, or worth to 给…定等级；评价…的重要性；给…估(价) place him among the best teachers 他被列入最佳教师中 6a dispose of (goods) to a customer 销售(商品) b make (an order for goods etc.) 发送(货物等的定单) 7 (often foll. by 常后跟 in, on, etc.) have (confidence etc.) 具有(信心等)；寄予(信任等) 8 invest (money) 投(资) 9 Brit. state the position of (any of the first three or sometimes four runners) in a race [英]定出(前三名或前四名的)名次 10 tr. (as 作 placed adj.)a esp. Brit. among the first three or sometimes four in a race [尤英] (赛马中)前三名的；前四名的 b US second in a race [美] (赛马中)第二名的 11 Football get (a goal) by a place-kick 【足球】(定位球)得(分) □ all over the place in disorder; chaotic 凌乱；乱七八糟 □ give place to 1 make room for 给…腾出地方 2 yield precedence to 让位于… 3 be succeeded by 由…接替 □ go places colloq. be successful [口]取得成功 □ in place 1 in the right position; suitable 在合适的位置；恰当的 2 US not moving; on the spot [美]不动的；原地的 running in place 原地跑 □ in place of in exchange for; instead of 交换；代替 □ in places at some places or in some parts, but not others 在某些地方 □ keep a person in his (or her) place suppress a person's aspirations or pretensions 煞某人的气焰；使某人安分 □ out of place 1 in the wrong position 不在适当的位置上 2 unsuitable 不合适的 □ put oneself in another's place imagine oneself in another's position 设想自己处于他人的地位；设身处地 □ put a person in his (or her) place deflate or humiliate a person 挫(某人的)傲气；羞辱(某人) □ take place occur 发生 □ take one's place go to one's correct position, be seated, etc. 就位(或就座等) □ take the place of be substituted for; replace 取代；替代 □ placeless adj.□ placement n.[Middle English from Old French via Latin platea from Greek plateia (hodos) ‘broad (way)’] |