stay/steɪ/

vi

1. 停留；留

• Can you stay a little longer? 你能再呆久一点吗？

• He stayed at my home for four days. 他在我家里住了4天。

• You can stay overnight if you don't want to drive home. 如果你不想开车回家，你可以在这里过夜。

2. 保持，维持

• It's going to stay hot for the next few days. 接下去的几天还会持续炎热。

• She doesn't know whether to stay in teaching or not. 她不知道是否应该继续教书。

• The prices have stayed down for a whole month. 整个月物价一直很低。

3. 暂停；中止；停下

• Time stays for no man. 时间不等人。

• The policeman told me to stay for a minute. 警察叫我停一下。

vt

1. 文 止住；阻止

• I stayed my tears until he was out of sight. 我忍住眼泪，直到他走出我的视线。

• We should do something to stay bloodshed. 我们应采取行动制止流血。

2. 呆(一段时间)；坚持到…结束

• She asked me to stay the night. 她请我在那儿过夜。

• The horse can't stay the distance. 这匹马跑不完这段距离。

词组stay ahead 保持领先地位

• He always stayed ahead in the competition. 在竞争中他总是领先。

stay away 不去(某处)

• stay away from work 不上班

stay in

1. 留在家里

• The doctor asked me to stay in for a few days. 医生让我在家休息几天。

2. (作为惩罚)留在学校

• The teacher made the boy stay in to punish him. 老师叫那男孩课后留下作为惩罚。

stay off

1. 忌，戒

• He stays off fattening food. 他忌吃使人发胖的食物。

2. 避开；躲开

• stay off danger 躲过危险

stay off one's job 不工作 stay on 继续留下

• He stayed on his job. 他继续连任。

stay out

1. 不在家，外出

• The boy often stays out all night. 那男孩经常彻夜不归。

2. 在户外

• It's good for him to stay out in the sunshine. 多到户外晒太阳对他有好处。

3. 呆到…结束

• stay out the long meeting 开完冗长的会议

4. 不参与

• stay out of trouble 不惹是非

5. 继续罢工

• The drivers have stayed out for weeks. 司机们已经罢工几个星期了。

stay up

1. 不睡觉

• Tell her not to stay up waiting for me. 告诉她先去睡，不用等我。

2. 留在原地，固定不动

stay with

1. 跟着…不离开

• He stayed with me for a whole summer. 他整个夏天都和我呆在一起。

2. 把…继续下去

• We stayed with this method for more than one year. 这个办法我们用了一年多。

3. 与…相比

• No one can stay with him. 没人能比得上他。

4. 继续听下去

• Stay with me for a few more minutes and I can convince you. 再听我讲几分钟我就会说服你。