place - 维克多词汇

英音 [pleɪs]

美音 [pleɪs]

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★ 地方；地点；部位：
- Birds seek safe places before a storm.
  鸟儿会在暴风雨来临前寻找安全的地方。
- a sore place on the leg
  腿上的疼痛处
★ 住所；场所：
- Some of my friends are coming for dinner at my place.
  有几个朋友要来我家吃饭。
位置；地位；身份：
- Working has a very important place in all our lives.
  工作在我们生活中占据着重要位置。
资格；名额；机会：
- get a place in a law firm
  在律师事务所工作
- They might just have a place left on the writing course.
  写作课或许正好还有一个剩余名额。
★ 名次：
- Luck was smiling on me that day as I won first place in the competition.
  那天幸运女神向我微笑，我获得了比赛第一名。

在适当的位置；适当的；准备妥当：

The ropes hold you in place so that you don’t fall.
绳子会把你固定在适当的位置，这样你就不会掉下去。
After the dinner, an expression of thanks to the host would be in place.
饭后向主人道声谢是比较合适的。
The service could be in place by the end of the year.
这项服务将于年底准备就绪。

代替；取代 (in sb’s / sth’s place)：

You can use yoghurt in place of cream to make this salad.
你可以用酸奶替代奶油来做这道沙拉。
If I refused to go, they would send someone else in my place.
如果我不去，他们会派其他人代替我的。

不在合适的位置上；不合适的；不相称的：

Some of these files seem to be out of place.
有些文件似乎没放对地方。
I felt completely out of place among all these successful people.
夹在这些成功人士中间，我觉得自己格格不入。

发生；举行：

Great changes have taken place in the way people communicate in recent years.
近年来，人们交流的方式发生了巨大的变化。

代替 (take sb’s / sth’s place):

Computers have taken the place of typewriters in offices.
在办公室里，电脑已取代了打字机。
She couldn’t attend the meeting so her assistant took her place.
她不能出席会议，所以她的助手代替了她。