place/pleɪs/

n

1. C 地方，地点；场所；位置

• This is a good place to spend holiday in. 这是个度假的好地方。

• This is the place where I found the bag. 这里是我捡到包的地方。

2. C (用作某用途的)场所；建筑物

• places of entertainment 娱乐场所

• one's place of work 某人的工作地点

3. C 地区(城，镇，村)

• He's been to so many places that I can't name them. 他去过那么多地方，我都叫不上名来。

4. 用作单 房子，住宅，寓所

• They've bought a place by the sea. 他们在海边买了所房子。

5. C (身体或物体表面的)某点(或某处)

• a sore place on his arm 他胳膊上的疼痛处

6. C (书、戏剧等的)某个段落(或某点或刚读到的地方)

• I have lost my place. 我记不得看到哪儿了。

7. C 座位，位子，席位；空位

• Come back to your place. 回到你的座位上去。

• He's trying to find a place in the parking lot. 他正试图在停车场里找到一个车位。

8. 用作单 (社会上的)等级，身份，地位

• one's place in the society 某人的社会地位

• know one's place 知道自己的身份

9. C 职位；职务

• I've got a place in that big company. 我在那家大公司得到一个职位。

10. 用作单 职责，责任

• It's not my place to inquire into that. 问询那事并非我的职责。

11. C (某物)恰当(或自然或应在)的地方

• Will you please put the dictionary back to its place? 请你把字典放回原处好吗？

12. C 适当的场合(或时间)

• A meeting isn't the place at which to tell jokes. 开会不是讲笑话的场合。

13. C 【数】 (小数点后的)位

14. C，常用单 (竞赛中)获胜者的名次；(赛马的)位置(尤指第二名或第三名)

15. [P-] [用作单] (用于名称)广场，街

词组all over the place

1. 到处

• I can't find my key all over the place. 我哪儿都找不到我的钥匙。

2. 凌乱，乱七八糟

• Things in his room are all over the place. 他房间里的东西乱七八糟的。

fall (或slot) into place (事件等)变得清楚，有头绪

• When I found out their relationship, it all began to fall into place. 我发现了他们的关系后，一切都变得明朗了。

give place to 让位；被…取代

• Carriages have given place to cars. 马车已经被汽车取代。

go places 口 (事业上)不断进展，取得成功

• He'll soon go places. 他很快就会成功的。

in place

1. 在适当的位置上

• I'm sure that everything will be in place by then. 我保证到时每件东西都会被摆好。

2. 合适的，恰当的

• The proposal is not quite in place. 这提议并不合乎时宜。

in place of 代替

• We can use photographs in place of paintings. 我们可以用照片代替图画。

in the first place

1. 早先

• We should have not agreed with him in the first place. 早先我们本不该答应他的。

2. (列举理由等时)首先，第一

out of place

1. 不在适当的位置上

• My things are out of place. 我的东西都乱了。

2. 不适合的，不恰当的

• Your jokes were quite out of place. 你的笑话讲得太不合时宜了。

take one's place

1. 就座，就位

• Take your place in the classroom. 坐到教室里你的座位上去。

2. 被认为是

• This will take its place among the most important inventions of the century. 这将被认为是本世纪最重要的发明之一。

take place 发生；举行

• An international conference will take place here. 这里将要举行一个国际会议。

• What has taken place here？ 这里发生什么事了？

take the place of 代替，取代

• Will the computer take the place of the human brain？ 电脑会取代人脑吗？