英语词汇“place”的音标、意思、用法及中文翻译-反思网

decimal place
B1[ C ]
the seat you will sit in on a particular occasion, or the seat where you usually sit, in the theatre, a class, a train, etc.: 座位
My ticket says 6G but there's someone sitting in my place.我的票上印的座位号是6G，但已经有人坐在我的座位上了。
The children collected their prizes and then went back to their places.孩子们领了奖品，回到座位上。
Save me a place (= keep a seat for me until I arrive) near the front.在靠前面的地方给我留个座位。
[ C ]
the space at a table where one person will sit and eat, usually with a plate and knives, forks, and spoons arranged on it: （餐桌旁的）位子
The waiter showed us to our places and gave us each a menu.侍者把我们领到我们的位子上，给了我们每人一份菜单。
He laid six places at the table.他给这一桌设了6个位子。
B1[ C ]
a position in an organization, system, or competition: （机构、系统中的）职位，席位;（竞赛的）名次
UKShe's got a place at university她在大学里谋到一个职位。
UKShe's got a place on a fine-arts course.她被一个教美术课程录取了。
USShe's got a place in a fine-arts course.她被一个教美术课程录取了。
Our team finished in second place.我们队获得了第二名。
He took third place (= was the third to finish) in the marathon last year.他在去年的马拉松比赛中获得了季军。
[ C ]US
used after words such as "any" and "some" as a different way of saying "anywhere", "somewhere", etc.: （用于 any，some 等词后）任何地方，某个地方
I know I left that book some place - now, where was it?我知道我把书放在某个地方了，但是在哪儿呢？
That bar was like no place I'd ever been before.那酒吧和我去过的任何地方都不同。
take place
B1
to happen: 发生，进行，举行
The concert takes place next Thursday.音乐会下星期四举行。
out of place
C2
in the wrong place or looking wrong: 错位，不协调
The boy looked uncomfortable and out of place among the adults.在大人们中间那个男孩显得很不自在，手足无错。
in place
C2
If something is in place, it is in its usual or correct position: 处于通常（或正确）的位置
The chairs are all in place.椅子都摆在合适的地方。
C2
organized: 准备妥当的，安排有序的
The arrangements are all in place for the concert next Thursday.下星期四音乐会的各项筹备工作已全部就绪。
US(UKon the spot)
(of running or jumping) in one place without moving forward or backward at all:
She looked like she was running in place as six women flew past her.
US
without making any progress :
While Maryland has been standing in place or going backward, a number of states have courted filmmakers aggressively.
in place of someone/something
B2
instead of someone or something: 代替，取代
You can use margarine in place of butter in some recipes.有些菜谱里，你可以用人造黄油代替黄油。
take the place of someone/something
B2
to be used instead of someone or something: 代替，取代
These portable machines can take the place of your desktop PC.
To divide by ten, move the decimal point one place to the left.要除以10，将小数点左移一位。
Their 2-0 victory today has ensured the Italian team a place in the Cup Final.
I lost my place in my book when the pages flipped over in the wind.风把书页吹乱了，我找不到正在看的那个地方了。
I just get on with my job and do as I'm told - I know my place.我只是按吩咐做好我的工作——我很守本分。
There will be a brief pause in the proceedings while the piano is moved into place.在将钢琴搬过去放好之前，活动将暂停一会儿。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

General location and orientation
about
along
anterior
around
back onto something
fix
forward
left
left-hand
lock on
nearside
noncentral
on-site
reorientation
right-hand
right/wrong way roundidiom
round
side-on
spot
surface

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Chairs & seats
Providing & serving meals
Organizations - position & status
Somewhere, anywhere, nowhere, or everywhere

placenoun (DUTY)

[ U ]
what a person should do or is allowed to do, especially according to the rules of society: 职责；权限
[ + to infinitive ]It's not your place to tell me what to do.你无权告诉我该怎么做。
I'm not going to criticize his decision - I know my place (= I know that I am of lower rank or have less authority).我不准备批评他的决定——我知道自己的地位。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Duty, obligation and responsibility
accountable
accountable to someone
accountably
answer for something
buck
commitment
department
dual role
duty
duty of care
fail
fall to someone
obligatory
obliged
on your own head be itidiom
ought to
preserve
shoulder
someone's answer to someone/somethingidiom
the onus

Idioms

all over the place

change places

from a place of

go places

in a ... place

in the first/second place

a place for everything and everything in its place

a place in the sun

put someone in their place

take first/second place
place
verb
uk /pleɪs/ us /pleɪs/

placeverb (POSITION)

B2[ I or T ]
to put something in a particular position: 使处于…境地;使坐落于
She placed the letter in front of me.她把信放在我面前。
She placed her name on the list of volunteers.她把自己的名字列入志愿者的名单里。
I'd place him among the ten most brilliant scientists of his age.我会把他列入他那个时期最杰出的10位科学家之列。
[ + obj + adj ]The horse was placed first/second/third in its first race (= finished the race in first/second/third position).那匹马在首场比赛中获得第一／二／三名。
place an advertisement, bet, order, etc.
C1
to arrange to have an advertisement, bet, order, etc.: 登广告／打赌／下订单等
We placed the order for the furniture six weeks ago.我们6个星期前订购了这件家具。
place emphasis, importance, etc. on something
C2
to give something emphasis, importance, etc.: 强调;重视
She placed the emphasis on the word "soon" in order to make sure she was understood.她强调说要“很快”，确保每个人都明白她的意思。
[ T ]
to find someone a job: 安排;任命
The students are placed in/with companies for a period of work experience.学生们被安排在公司里实习一段时间。
We placed saucepans on the floor to catch the drops of water coming through the roof.
The chairs were placed in a semi-circular arrangement.椅子被摆成了半圆形。
His penalty kick placed the ball decisively in the back of the net.他的点球稳稳地射进网窝。
Please place your questionnaire in the box when you've finished.
She placed the vase of flowers carefully in the centre of the table.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Placing and positioning an object
-based
appose
around
change something around
circle
consign
gone
install
lie
pile (something) up
plant
redeposit
reinstall
reinstallation
relocate
reorientate
stick
superimpose
transpose
transposition

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Applying for a job

placeverb (RECOGNIZE)

[ T ]
to recognize someone or remember where you have seen someone and how you know them: 确切地回忆起;辨认出
She looks familiar but I can't place her - did she use to work here?她看上去面熟，但我记不起来了——她过去在这工作过吗？

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Remembering, reminding and reminders
aide-mémoire
annal
awaken someone to something
be engraved on someone's memory/mindidiom
be etched on/in someone's memoryidiom
commit
echo
if my memory serves me rightidiom
imprint
in commemoration of someone/something
indelible
jog
jog someone's memoryidiom
remind
remind someone of something/someone
reminder
reminisce
reminiscence
shade
stamp

Idiom

how are you placed for...?

place | American Dictionary

place
noun
us/pleɪs/

placenoun (AREA)

[ C ]
an area, a building, or a city, town, or village:
Airports are usually busy places.
Larchmont is a nice place to live.
[ C ]
Your place is your home:
We can meet at my place.
[ C ]
A place is also an area or building used for a specific purpose:
a place of worship

placenoun (POSITION)

[ C ]
a particular position:
That’s the best place for the piano.
The librarian put the book back in its place (= in the right position).
[ C ]
A place is also a space for a person, as in a theater, at a table, or in a line:
Will you hold my place in line for a minute?
in place
If plans are in place, they have been made:
I think everything’s in place for the wedding.
in place
In place can also be used to talk about something that is being used now:
The new building code will replace the rules that are currently in place.

placenoun (RANK)

[ C ]
the rank someone or something has:
Our team finished in second place.

placenoun (JOB)

[ C ]
a job, or a position in an organization, at a school, etc.:
Ann just got a place at Yale.

placenoun (DUTY)

[ U ]
a person’s duty or position of authority:
[ + to infinitive ]It’s not your place to tell me what to do.

Idiom

trade places (with someone)
place
verb
us/pleɪs/

placeverb (RECOGNIZE)

[ T ]
to recognize someone or something because of memory or past experience:
She looks familiar, but I can’t place her.

placeverb (PUT)

[ T ]
to put someone in a situation:
They placed him in a nursing home.
She was placed under arrest.

placeverb (INVEST)

[ T ]
to invest or risk money:
They placed a significant amount in stocks.

placeverb (GIVE)

[ T ]
to arrange to get something by telling someone who will supply it:
I placed an order for three CDs.

place | Business English

place
verb[ T ]
uk /pleɪs/us
to do the things necessary to make something happen:
place an advertisement/orderOrders can be placed by phone or via the website.
The President placed calls to several world leaders to discuss the crisis.
STOCK MARKET, FINANCE
to find buyers for shares when they are made available for sale:
place sth with sthBrokers BZW place shares in the company with various institutional investors.
HR
to find a job for someone to do for a short period so that they can get some work experience:
The college placed him with a software firm for a month.
place
noun[ C ]
uk /pleɪs/us
an area, building, room, etc. that is used for a particular purpose:
Trade fairs and exhibitions remain a common meeting place for retail buyers and suppliers.
He qualified for redundancy on the basis that the new hours and place of work would be a change to his terms and conditions.
in place
done and ready to be used:
The details of the deal aren't in place yet.
in sb's place
instead of someone else:
When her manager fell ill, she was asked to attend the sales conference in his place.
be going places
to behave or work in a way that shows you will soon become successful:
Although it was a young company, it was obvious that it was going places.
take place
to happen:
The handover to the new owners will take place in July.
The historic meeting took place in New York.

Examples of place

place
An issue would be placed on the ballot if a large number of voters from around the country signed a petition.
A lack of data has forced this research to defer any examination of the types of investments into which funds are placed.
Treatment placed a heavy burden on family including children and spouses.
I have seen blood-films and determined the tick from many different places where the disease has been recorded.
The relative contributions of each of the constraints placed on the current data are at present unknown.
Our sample was, therefore, more representative of patients placed on an order and less subject to referral or selection bias.
An initial model was run simultaneously for the three age groups without constraints placed on the model parameters.
Therefore, the ventral prefrontal cortex has been placed in both nodes in our model.
A grounding electrode was placed on a prepared site over the left mastoid.
Category-specific information processing takes places within 150 ms after stimulus onset.
The ethanol is placed in the indoor lower corridor and the acetone in the upper corridor.
Furthermore, the communication places, like can, become open places.
We start relating strings and nets by looking at sets of places as alphabets and at families as strings on such alphabets.
Inherited attributes are placed on the left side of each node.
What meetings for theatre can be, however, are places of affirmation for those so inclined.
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Collocations withplace

place

These are words often used in combination with place.

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appointed place
Porters would then gather at the appointed place.
better place
Parents expressed comfort in believing the child will be in a better place after dying.
burial place
The tomb, the burialplace, was the site where the dead bodies of men were to be found.
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