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| 1 | an area or position 地方；场所；位置 |
| I don’ t like crowded places. 我不喜欢拥挤的地方。 |
| Let’ s find a quiet place where we can talk. 我们找个安静的地方谈谈吧。 |
| Keep your credit cards in a safe place. 把信用卡放在安全的地方。 |
| Will had broken his jaw in three places. 威尔的下巴有3处都碰破了。 |
| | 1a | the position where someone or something is , or where it should be 位置；所在地 | | She put the book back in its place. 她把书放回了原处。 | | Cara walked back to her place and sat down. 卡拉走回到她的位置，坐了下来。 | | into place (=into the correct position) She shut the door and slid the bolt into place. 进入正确的位置 | | The mechanism locked into place. 机械装置已锁好。 | |
| | 1b | in some areas but not all areas 在局部；在一些地方 | | The wall was damaged in places. 墙上有些地方破损了。 | |
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| 2 | a particular town , country , building , shop etc 地方（指某个城镇、国家、建筑物、商店等） |
| They live in a small place called Clovelly. 他们住在一个叫做克洛韦利的小地方。 |
| With a bit of work this place could look lovely. 只要下点工夫，这地方看起来会很漂亮的。 |
| This is the only place that sells this type of bike. 这是唯一一个销售这款自行车的地方。 |
| The trip includes a visit to York and other places of interest. 旅程包括参观约克以及其他景点。 |
| | 2a | an area , building , or space that is used for or suitable for a particular purpose （有特定用途的）场所，地方，建筑物，空间 | | a popular eating place 受人欢迎的就餐场所 | | +for Cyprus is a great place for a holiday. 塞浦路斯是个度假的好去处。 | | place to do sth Is this a safe place to swim? 在这个地方游泳安全吗？ | | I always think Italy would be a great place to live. 我总觉得意大利是个居住生活的好地方。 | |
| | 2b | a house , flat etc for living in 房屋；套房；公寓 | | They’ ve bought a lovely little place in the countryside. 他们在乡下买了一所可爱的小房子。 | | your/my/her etc place Let’ s have the party at my place. 咱们在我家聚会吧。 | |
| | 2c | the area where you work/have your business/live 办公/营业/居住地点 | | He lives in a hostel attached to his place of work. 他住在和办公地建在一起的一个招待所里。 | |
| | 2d | a church or other building where people hold religious ceremonies 礼拜堂；教堂 | |
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| 3 | an opportunity to be a member of a sports team or to take part in a game or competition （运动队里或比赛的）席位，位置 |
| win/secure/earn/clinch a place Lewis has earned a place in the Olympic team. 刘易斯在奥林匹克参赛队中获得了一席之位。 |
| Arsenal clinched a place in the semi-finals with a 2–0 win at Liverpool. 阿森纳队2比0战胜利物浦队，从而取得了一个半决赛席位。 |
| | 3a | an opportunity to join a school , college , course etc （入学、参加课程等的）机会，名额 | | Nursery places for children are scarce in some parts of the country. 在该国的部分地区，儿童很少有机会上托儿所。 | | I must remember to book a place on the French course. 我必须记着去报名上法语课。 | | Course organizers are hoping that all the places will be filled. 课程组织者们希望所有的名额都能报满。 | | get/secure/win/gain a place Steven has secured a place at Manchester University. 史蒂文获得了上曼彻斯特大学的机会。 | |
| | 3b | an opportunity to be part of an organization or business 机会；位置；职位 | | +on She was offered a place on the committee. 她获得了一个在委员会任职机会。 | | They’ re looking for someone to fill Jackson’ s place on the management team. 他们正在找人取代杰克逊在管理队伍中的位置。 | |
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| 4 | a seat on a train , or bus , in a theatre etc, or a position in a queue 座位；位子；站位 |
| There’ s no place to sit. 没有位子坐了。 |
| lose your place I had to go to the toilet and lost my place in the queue. 我只好去上厕所，排队时站的位子也保不住了。 |
| save/keep sb’ s place Would you mind saving my place while I go and get an ice cream? 我出去买冰淇淋的时候你帮我把位子留住好吗？ |
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| 5 | the position you achieve in a race or competition （赛跑或竞赛中的）名次，排名 |
| After a good performance at Wimbledon, she jumped six places in the world rankings. 由于在温布尔登网球赛中的良好发挥，她的世界排名跃升了6位。 |
| first/second etc place Sevilla finished in fifth place in the Champions’ League. 塞维利亚队在冠军联赛中最终排名第5。 |
| Rafferty completed his round in 69, to take third place at the halfway stage. 拉弗蒂用时69秒赛完一圈，在前半程位居第3。 |
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| 6 | the right occasion or time for something 合适的场合（或时机） |
| Let’ s not talk about it now. It isn’ t the place. 我们现在不要谈论这个问题。这个场合不合适。 |
| neither the time nor the place This is neither the time nor the place to discuss our relationship. 这个时间和场合都不适合讨论我们之间的关系。 |
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| 7 | the point you have reached in a book , speech etc （阅读、演讲等到的）地方 |
| He marked his place with a piece of paper. 他用一张纸条在阅读中止的地方做了个记号。 |
| lose your place I lost my place when he interrupted me. 他打断了我，使我忘了自己讲到哪里了。 |
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| 8 | usually singular the importance that someone or something has in people’ s lives or in their minds （某人或某物在人们生活或心目中的）位置，地位 |
| The house has a special place in the royal family’ s affections. 那所房子在王室成员的心目中占有特殊的地位。 |
| a discussion on the place of soap operas in popular culture 关于肥皂剧在通俗文化中所占地位的讨论 |
| sb’ s place in history De Klerk secured his place in history by releasing Mandela and starting the process of change. 德克勒克释放了曼德拉，开启变革之路，从而名垂青史。 |
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| 9 | the set of dishes, knives , forks and spoons arranged on a table for one person to use 一套餐具 |
| a table set with three places 摆放了3套餐具的桌子 |
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| 1 | in or to many different places 到处；四处 | I travel all over the place in my job. 在工作过程中，我到过很多地方。 | |
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| 2 | in an untidy state 凌乱；七零八落 | You couldn’ t find anything because his papers were all over the place. 你找不到任何东西，因为他的文件放得到处都是。 | |
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| 3 | not well planned or organized 安排不周的；没有计划好的 | Their taxation plans, frankly, are all over the place. 他们的税收计划，坦白说，没有安排好。 | |
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| - | as if you own the place
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| if someone behaves as if they own the place , they behave in an annoying way that shows they think they are very important |
| 好像这个地方是你的一样 |
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| Richard was strutting around as if he owned the place. 理查德四处大摇大摆地走着，好像这地方是他的一样。 |
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| - | be no place for
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| to not be a suitable place for someone or something |
| 不是适合…的场所 |
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| A damp flat is no place for someone with asthma. 潮湿的套房不适合患有哮喘病的人居住。 |
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| - | change/swap places (with sb)
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| to take someone’ s position while they take yours |
| （和某人）交换位置 |
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| I’ d love to swap places with someone famous, just for a day. 我真想和某个名人交换一下位置，只要一天就行。 |
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| - | fall/fit into place
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| 1 | if something falls or fits into place , you suddenly understand something that you previously have been unable to understand （某事物）突然变得易懂 | It all fell into place when I learned he’ d been to London that weekend. 当我了解到他那个周末去了伦敦时，我恍然大悟。 | |
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| 2 | if things fall or fit into place , they start to happen in the way you want them to 按所希望的方式发生；变得有条不紊 | After weeks of total chaos, suddenly everything just fell into place. 经过几周的混乱状态之后，突然一切都步入正轨了。 | |
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| - | going places
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| starting to be successful |
| 开始成功的 |
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| a company that is really going places 真的开始走向成功的公司 |
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| - | have no place
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| to not be suitable or right in a particular situation |
| 没有位置；不适合 |
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| She believed that religious teaching had no place in the school curriculum. 她认为宗教教育不适合安排为学校的课程。 |
| there is no place for... There’ s no place for sentiment when you’ re negotiating a business deal. 洽谈生意时不能感情用事。 |
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| - | in place
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| 1 | to exist and be capable of being used 现存可用地；现成地 | We didn’ t have the structure in place to deal with so many orders. 我们现有的系统无法处理这么多订单。 | | A staff of four counsellors is in place to handle calls to the new hotline. 已有一个4人顾问团来处理打进新热线的电话。 | | put sth in place We need to put safeguards in place to prevent this type of accident occurring again. 我们得设置保安，以防此类事件再次发生。 | |
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| 2 | in the correct position 在正确的位置 | The chairs were not yet in place for the concert. 音乐会的座椅还没安排好。 | |
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| 3 | AMERICAN without leaving the position you are in . BRITISHon the spot 在原地 | We had to run in place for five minutes. 我们只好在原场地跑了5分钟。 | |
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| - | in sb’ s place
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| used for talking about what you would do if you were in the same situation as someone else |
| 处于某人的位置 |
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| Wouldn’ t you do the same if you were in Bill’ s place? 如果你处在比尔的位置上，你难道不会做同样的事情吗？ |
| put yourself in sb’ s place (=imagine what a situation is like for someone) If you think you’ ve got problems, put yourself in my place. 将自己放在某人的位置；想象一下某人的情况 |
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| - | in place of sth
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| instead of something or someone |
| 代替某物；取代某物 |
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| The idea was to abandon the communist model, and create a market economy in its place. 这个想法是要抛开老的模式，取而代之以市场经济。 |
| In place of ordinary light bulbs, you could use fluorescent lamps. 你可以用日光灯来代替普通灯泡。 |
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| - | out of place
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| 1 | if someone feels out of place or is out of place , they feel uncomfortable in a particular situation or place , or they do not belong there 不自在；格格不入 | Kieran felt very out of place among Helen’ s solicitor friends. 基兰在海伦的律师朋友圈中感到非常不自在。 | |
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| 2 | in the wrong position 在错误的位置；位置不合适 | Mel looked immaculate with not even a hair out of place. 梅尔看上去干净利落，甚至连每根头发都整整齐齐。 | |
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| 3 | if something looks out of place , it is in a position where it does not belong or look good 不相称；格格不入 | It’ s a lovely table but it would look out of place with all our antique furniture. 这张桌子很不错，但是和我们所有那些古董家具摆在一起会显得不伦不类。 | |
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| - | take sb’ s place
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| to do something instead of someone else |
| 替代某人；取代某人的位置 |
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| No one could ever take the place of her father. 没有人能取代她父亲的位置。 |
| Joe resigned as chairperson in 1999 and I took his place. 乔在1999年的时候辞去了主席一职，由我来接任。 |
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| to be used instead of something else |
| 取代某物 |
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| DVD systems are rapidly taking the place of videos. 数字影碟设备正在迅速取代录像。 |
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| 1 | to go to a particular position so that you are ready to do something 就位 | Bjorn took his place at the microphone. 比约恩在麦克风前就位站好。 | |
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| 2 | to become part of a particular group of people or things 成为…的一部分；跻身于 | The restaurant has taken its place among the finest eating establishments in the city. 这家餐馆已成为城里最好的餐饮企业之一。 | |
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