place /pleɪs/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A place is any point, building, area, town, or country. (任何) 地方

  例：

  ...a list of museums and places of interest.

  …一份博物馆和名胜地的列表。

  例：

  We're going to a place called Platoro.

  我们要去一个叫普拉托罗的地方。

  例：

  The pain is always in the same place.

  疼痛总是在同一个地方。

• 2. 

  N-SING You can use the place to refer to the point, building, area, town, or country that you have already mentioned. (提到过的点、建筑、地区、城镇、国家等) 地方

  例：

  Except for the remarkably tidy kitchen, the place was a mess.

  除了异常整洁的厨房外，这个地方一团糟。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT You can refer to somewhere that provides a service, such as a hotel, restaurant, or institution, as a particular kind of place. (旅馆、饭店、机构等某种提供服务的) 地方

  例：

  He found a bed-and-breakfast place.

  他找到一个提供住宿带早餐的地方。

  例：

  My wife and I discovered some superb places to eat.

  我妻子和我发现了一些很棒的吃饭的地方。

• 4. 

  PHRASE When something takes place, it happens, especially in a controlled or organized way. (尤指在控制或组织下) 发生; 进行

  例：

  The discussion took place in a famous villa on the lake's shore.

  讨论在湖滨一座著名别墅举行。

  例：

  She wanted Randy's wedding to take place quickly.

  她想让兰迪的婚礼马上举行。

• 5. 

  N-SING Place can be used after "any," "no," "some," or "every" to mean "anywhere," "nowhere," "somewhere," or "everywhere." 用在(any), (no), (some)或(every)之后，分别表示(anywhere), (nowhere), (somewhere)或(everywhere) [美国英语] [非正式]

  例：

  The poor guy obviously didn't have any place to go for Easter.

  这个可怜的家伙显然复活节没有任何地方可去。

• 6. 

  ADV If you go places, you visit pleasant or interesting places. (去) 各地地 [美国英语] [ADV after v]

  例：

  I don't have money to go places.

  我没有钱到处玩。

• 7. 

  N-COUNT You can refer to the position where something belongs, or where it is supposed to be, as its place. (常处的、应在的) 位置

  例：

  He returned the album to its place on the shelf.

  他将像册放回到架上原来的地方。

• 8. 

  N-COUNT A place is a seat or position that is available for someone to occupy. (空闲的) 座位; 位置

  例：

  He walked back to the table and sat at the nearest of two empty places.

  他走回桌旁，在两个空位中就近的一个位子上坐下。

• 9. 

  N-COUNT Someone's or something's place in a society, system, or situation is their position in relation to other people or things. 地位

  例：

  They want to see more women take their place higher up the corporate or professional ladder.

  他们希望看到更多女性担任公司或职业阶梯上更高的职位。

• 10. 

  N-COUNT Your place in a race or competition is your position in relation to the other competitors. If you are in first place, you are ahead of all the other competitors. 排名

  例：

  He has risen to second place in the opinion polls.

  他在民意调查中排名已升至第二位。

• 11. 

  N-COUNT If you get a place on a team, on a committee, or in an institution, for example, you are accepted as a member of the team or committee or as a resident of the institution. (在团队、委员会或机构等中的) 位置

  例：

  Derek had lost his place on the team.

  德里克已经丢了他在那个队的位置。

  例：

  They should be in residential care but there are no places available.

  他们应该得到住院护理，但是没有空床位。

• 12. 

  N-SING A good place to do something in a situation or activity is a good time or stage at which to do it. (适当的) 时机

  例：

  It seemed an appropriate place to end somehow.

  似乎是到了该结束的时候了。

• 13. 

  N-COUNT Your place is the house or apartment where you live. (居住地) 地方 [非正式]

  例：

  Let's all go back to my place!

  咱们都回我的住处吧！

• 14. 

  N-COUNT Your place in a book or speech is the point you have reached in reading the book or making the speech. (书读到的或话说到的) 地方

  例：

  ...her finger marking her place in the book.

  …她的手指指着书上她读到的地方。

• 15. 

  N-COUNT If you say how many decimal places there are in a number, you are saying how many numbers there are to the right of the decimal point. (数) 位

  例：

  A pocket calculator only works to eight decimal places.

  袖珍计算器只计算到小数点后8位。