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Technological innovation places greater value on agility ( ' , 灵活性).
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Often the best ideas for big changes come from unexpected places—it's just a matter of tuning in.
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But current studies are beginning to place greater emphasis on the conditions under which we forget, as its importance begins to be more appreciated.
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As smaller cities copy the model of these 24-hour cities, more affordable versions of these places will be created.
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Winter in many places is very cold.
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People in cold places live in warm houses and have learned to adapt.
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The system Medicare developed to rate nursing home quality is of little help to finding a satisfactory place.
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The author thinks her friend made a rational decision in choosing a more hospitable place over an apparently elegant assisted living home.
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Many people feel guilty when they cannot find a place other than a nursing home for their parents.
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It is an interaction between the person and the place, not the sort of place in itself, that leads to better or worse experiences.
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I have seen this place—it is elegant, inside and out.
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Does assisted living really mark a great improvement over a nursing home, or has the industry simply hired better interior designers? Are nursing homes as bad as people fear, or is that an out-moded stereotype ( ' , 固定 看法 )? Can doing one's homework really steer families to the best places? It is genuinely hard to know.
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Parents and teachers will tell you not to worry when applying for a place at a university.
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Her biggest concern is the emphasis American culture places on thinness and the negative ways this affects girls today.
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But mostly, I hate tipping because I believe I would be in a better place if pay decisions regarding employees were simply left up to their employers, as is the custom in virtually every other industry.
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It produces about two million tons of salt that is shipped to more than 1,500 places in the northeastern United States.
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If you are a college student looking for a part-time job, the best place to start your job search is right on campus.
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Did you know that besides larger places like France and Germany, Europe is home to several extremely tiny countries? One of these countries contains less than a square mile of land.
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There are two ways to interpret Plutarch when he suggests that a critic should be able to produce a better in its place.
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It's not the kind of place nerds like.
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It places more emphasis on work efficiency than on workers' lives.
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It is a thing of no great difficulty, according to Plutarch, to raise objections against another man's speech, it is a very easy matter; but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome.
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"It is a thing of no great difficulty," according to Plutarch," to raise objections against another man's speech, it is a very easy matter; but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome."
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A maker space is a place which can be in a school, but it doesn't look like a classroom.
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All of which, combined with California's reputation as the home of technological innovation, makes the place ideal for developing and testing systems designed to monitor pollution in detail.
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And I'm going to miss all my friends here, and especially this place.
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And it's becoming a great place to work," says Scott Summers, the vice president of Gale International, the developer of the city.
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Around half of ocean heat intake since 1865 has taken place since 1997, researchers report online in Nature Climate Change.
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At McDonald's, customers will spend on average 3 minutes and 9 seconds from the time they place their orders until they receive their food.
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Chances are you've actually seen this place.
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Corporations created home pages where they could place text and graphics to sell products.
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Healing can take place after this.
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I have seen this place—It is elegant, inside and out.
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In 1816, Careme began a culinary journey which would forever mark his place as history's first top chef.
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In a bid to take production back to Detroit, michigan lawmakers have introduced legislation that could make their state the best place in the country, if not the world, to develop self-driving vehicles and put them on the road.
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It's a great place to live.
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It's a place where you get to make things based on your interest and on what you're learning to do.
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Its key objective is to place at the centre of recovery efforts measures that would generate high levels of employment and provide basic social protection for the most vulnerable.
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It's pointless unless there is a repeatable process in place to turn inspiration into financial performance.
2016年6月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A
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Just building a place as an "international business district" doesn't mean it will become one.
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Many patients also gained a better understanding of the illnesses that landed them in the hospital in the first place.
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Moreover, in order to be curious, you have to be aware of a gap in your knowledge in the first place.
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One vision of the perfect city of the future: a place that offers easy access to air travel.
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So in short, if you like sunny but not too hot summers, mild winters but with lots of cloudy days, Seattle's the place to be.
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Some birds migrate by flying to a warmer place for the winter, where they can find more food.
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The competition only happens every four years and the last time the team went, they won the third place in the nation.
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The fashion for teams is driven by a sense that the old way of organising people is too rigid for both the modern market place and the expectations of employees.
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The results reveal that while Swedes were the tallest people in the world in 1914, Dutch men have risen from 12th place to claim top spot with an average height of 182.5cm.
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The whole program started as a safe place for kids to come after school.
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There are two ways to interpret Plutarch when he suggests that a critic should be able to produce "a better in its place."
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This help is critically important because the high cost of caring for animal victims is a major factor that prevents people from getting involved in cruelty cases in the first place.
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This once-in-a-lifetime event actually may take place twice in some folks' lives.
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They have seriously polluted the places where birds spend winter.
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The recent discovery of the giant Zohr gas field off the Egyptian coast will eventually have impact on pricing in the Mediterranean region and Europe, and there is significant development potential in many other places, notably Argentina.
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The most recent one took place last week in Washington, D.C.Students join a team through their schools, which provide a volunteer coach and pay a nominal fee to send students to regional and state competitions.
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The essential place to visit, however, was Italy.
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Many schools don't place academic competitions at the top of their priority list.
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Direct subsidies to research and development have been adopted by some governments but are a poor substitute for a carbon price: they do only part of the job, leaving in place market incentives to over-use fossil fuels and thereby add to the stock of atmospheric greenhouse gases without regard to the collateral ( ' , 附带的) costs.
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But there are initiatives in place to try to get more underrepresented students involved in accelerated math.
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But efforts are in place to expose more black, Hispanic, and low-income students to advanced math, in the hope that the demographic pool of high-level contenders will eventually begin to shift and become less exclusive.
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With fertilizer prices jumping nearly 50% per metric ton over the last year in some places, human waste is an attractive, and often necessary, alternative.
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There's work to be done, but workers aren't ready to do it—they're in the wrong places, or they have the wrong skills.
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Right into the early 20th century, kitchens were smoky, noisy places, generally located underground, or to the back of the house, and as far from living space as possible.
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No duplicate is to be found in any other place.
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It is beneficial to encourage young people to explore the broader world and get ready to make it a better place.
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But there is also a place in a young life for noble purposes that include a dedication to the broader society, a love of country and an aspiration to make their own leadership contributions.
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A place where women could work more efficiently.
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A place where high technology could be applied.
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A place to experiment with new ideas.
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A place of interest to the educated people.
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The theory is that smoking should be stripped of any appeal to discourage new generations from starting in the first place.
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It is building its second ice-breaking ship and setting up research drilling operations on an ice dome 13,422 feet above sea level that is one of the planet's coldest places.
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Rising more than 1,000 feet in the middle of the gently rolling plains of Wyoming, the massive column of rock looks as though it was dropped down into this location from a different time and place.
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If we can help to direct students to more of these types of campuses and help students to understand them to be realistic and accessible places, have them apply to these schools at greater frequency and ultimately get in and enroll, we are going to raise the success rate, Rubinoff said, citing a variety of colleges ranging from large state institutions to smaller private schools.
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After all, students making their own choices in this respect is what caused the problem in the first place.
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And the plots and the events that take place are also invented.
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Apple's stance on these issues emerged post-Snowden, when the company started putting in place a series of technologies that, by default, make use of encryption to limit access to people's data.
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As an EU-funded effort, the search for salt-tolerant varieties of rice is taking place in all three countries.
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As more journals and funders adopt data-sharing requirements, and as a growing number of enthusiasts call for more openness, junior researchers must find their place between adopters and those who continue to hold out, even as they strive to launch their
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Basically we turned our skin darker to serve as a natural sun protector in the place of the hair we lost.
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Direct subsidies to research and development have been adopted by some governments but are a poor substitute for a carbon price: they do only part of the job, leaving in place market incentives to over-use fossil fuels and thereby add to the stock of atmo
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Experts said that whether or not Apple loses this specific case, measures that it could put into place in the future will almost certainly be able to further limit the government's reach.
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Half of your brain stays alert and prepared for danger when you sleep in a new place, a study has revealed.
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He said although more fishing was taking place nearer penguin colonies it was often happening later in the season when these colonies were empty.
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However, the last such increase in temperature took place two years ago.
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Internal recovery refers to the shorter periods of relaxation that take place within the frames of the work day or the work setting in the form of short scheduled or unscheduled breaks, by shifting at physical resources required for the initial task are t
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New laws have been put into place that would make it easier for farms and supermarkets to donate unsold foods to those who are in need.
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One useful tip is that things are more likely to be remembered if you are in exactly the same state and place as you were when you learned them.
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rising more than 1, 000 feet in the middle of the gently rolling plains of Wyoming, the massive column of rock looks as though it was dropped down into this location from a different time and place.
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Strategic innovation is the process of managing innovation of making sure it takes place at all levels of the company, and that is related to the company's overall strategy.
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The lake's landscape is bizarre and deadly—and made even more so by the fact that it's the place where nearly 75 percent of the world's flamingos are born.
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The most recent one took place last week in Washington, D.C.
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The order essentially asks Apple to hack its own devices, and once it is in place, the precedent could be used to justify law enforcement efforts to get around encryption technologies in other investigations far removed from national security threats.
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There is no other place like it.
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They were able to accurately place the hair samples in broad regions roughly corresponding to the movement of rain systems.
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To put technology in its place, we must be conscious not only of how technology is changing, but also of how it is changing us.
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Unless the meal takes place in a beer house, this is considered bad manners.
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You know, they were often victims of a generation firmly convinced that the woman's place was in the home.
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地方;地点;地区
A place is any point, building, area, town, or country.
例句
...Temple Mount, the place where the Temple actually stood.
圣殿山,圣殿真正坐落的地方
...a list of museums and places of interest...
博物馆和名胜目录
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N-SING
(已提到过的)地方,地点,地区
You can use the place to refer to the point, building, area, town, or country that you have already mentioned.
例句
Except for the remarkably tidy kitchen, the place was a mess...
除了厨房特别干净外,这地方一片狼藉。
For a ruin it was in good condition, as though the place was still being used.
就一所破败的房子而言,它的状况还算不错,就好像仍在使用中一样。
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(提供某种服务的)场所
You can refer to somewhere that provides a service, such as a hotel, restaurant, or institution, as a particular kind of place.
例句
He found a bed-and-breakfast place...
他找到了一家提供住宿与早餐的旅馆。
My wife and I discovered some superb places to eat...
我和妻子发现了一些就餐的极好去处。
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PHRASE
(尤指在控制或组织下)发生,进行,举行
When something takes place, it happens, especially in a controlled or organized way.
例句
The discussion took place in a famous villa on the lake's shore...
商讨是在湖边一座著名的别墅内进行的。
She wanted Hugh's wedding to take place quickly...
她希望休快点举行婚礼。
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N-SING
(用于 any,no,some 或 every 之后)…地方
Place can be used after 'any', 'no', 'some', or 'every' to mean 'anywhere', 'nowhere', 'somewhere', or 'everywhere'.
例句
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无处可去。
Why not go out and see if there's some place we can dance?
为什么不出去看看是否有我们可以跳舞的地方?
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ADV
到处(旅行);各处(游览)
If you go places, you visit pleasant or interesting places.
例句
I don't have money to go places...
我没有钱到处旅行。
People were talking to him, listening to him, taking him places.
人们和他交谈、听他讲话、带他游览。
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所属的位置;应在的位置;适当的位置
You can refer to the position where something belongs, or where it is supposed to be, as its place .
例句
He returned the album to its place on the shelf...
他把相册放回架子上原来的地方。
He returned to his place on the sofa.
他坐回到沙发上自己的位子。
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座位;位子;空位
A place is a seat or position that is available for someone to occupy.
例句
He walked back to the table and sat at the nearest of two empty places...
他走回到桌旁,在两个空位子中挑了一个就近的坐下。
I found a place to park beside a station wagon.
我在一辆旅行车旁边找到了一个车位。
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地位;处境
Someone's or something's place in a society, system, or situation is their position in relation to other people or things.
例句
They want to see more women take their place higher up the corporate or professional ladder.
他们希望看到更多的女性在管理或职业的阶梯上占据高位。
...the important place of Christianity in our national culture.
基督教在我们国家文化中的重要地位
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(比赛或竞赛获得的)名次
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.
例句
Jane's goals helped Britain win third place in the Barcelona games...
简的进球帮助英国队在巴塞罗那奥运会上获得了第三名。
He has risen to second place in the opinion polls.
他在民意测验中已升至第二位。
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席位;名额
If you get a place in a team, on a committee, or on a course of study, for example, you are accepted as a member of the team or committee or as a student on the course.
例句
He has found a place in the first team...
他已在一队里获得了一席之地。
All the candidates won places on the ruling council...
所有候选人都在管理委员会赢得了席位。
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N-SING
(合适的)时刻,时机
A good place to do something in a situation or activity is a good time or stage at which to do it.
例句
It seemed an appropriate place to end somehow...
不知怎的,似乎是到了该结束的合适时机了。
This is not the place for a lengthy discussion.
这会儿不是讨论个没完的时候。
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住所;寓所
Your place is the house or flat where you live.
例句
Let's all go back to my place!...
我们都回我那里吧!
He kept encouraging Rosie to find a place of her own.
他不断鼓励罗茜为自己找个住处。
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(书等中)正读到的部分;(演说等中)正讲到的地方
Your place in a book or speech is the point you have reached in reading the book or making the speech.
例句
...her finger marking her place in the book...
她用手指着她读到的地方
He lost his place in his notes.
他忘了稿子讲到哪里了。
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(数学中的)位
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.
例句
A pocket calculator only works to eight decimal places.
袖珍计算器只能计算到小数点后8位数。
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VERB
(尤指小心、稳当或特意地)放置
If you place something somewhere, you put it in a particular position, especially in a careful, firm, or deliberate way.
例句
Brand folded it in his handkerchief and placed it in the inside pocket of his jacket...
布兰德用手绢把它包好,放到自己夹克的内兜里。
Chairs were hastily placed in rows for the parents.
椅子匆忙摆成了几排,等着家长们到来。
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VERB
使处(于);把…置(于)
To place a person or thing in a particular state means to cause them to be in it.
例句
Widespread protests have placed the President under serious pressure...
铺天盖地的抗议让总统倍感压力。
The crisis could well place the relationship at risk...
这场危机可能会使这一关系有破裂的危险。
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VERB
把(重点等)放(在);将(责任等)归(于)
You can use place instead of 'put' or 'lay' in certain expressions where the meaning is carried by the following noun. For example, if you place emphasis on something, you emphasize it, and if you place the blame on someone, you blame them.
例句
We should teach the young by placing responsibility on them and by trusting them in real endeavors...
我们应该通过让年轻人承担责任、令他们进行真正的尝试来教育他们。
He placed great emphasis on the importance of family life and ties...
他非常重视家庭生活和家人之间的关系。
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VERB
评定,划分(为某一等级或类别)
If you place someone or something in a particular class or group, you label or judge them in that way.
例句
The authorities have placed the drug in Class A, the same category as heroin and cocaine...
当局把这种毒品列为A类,与海洛因和可卡因一样。
Dr. Boris Sidis was a Russian-born psychiatrist who enjoyed considerable prestige; some placed him on a par with Pierre Janet and Morton Prince.
鲍里斯·西季斯医生是一位出生于俄国、素负盛名的精神病学家,有些人认为他堪与皮埃尔·雅内和莫顿·普林斯比肩。
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VERB
(在比赛或竞赛中)使获得第…名,使名列;(美国英语中常指)使获得亚军,使名列第二
If a competitor is placed first, second, or last, for example, that is their position at the end of a race or competition. In American English, be placed often means 'finish in second position'.
例句
I had been placed 2nd and 3rd a few times but had never won...
我好几次名列第二、第三,但从未得过冠军。
Second-placed Auxerre suffered a surprising 2-0 home defeat to Nantes.
排名第二的欧塞尔队出人意料地在主场以0比2败给了南特队。
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VERB
发出(订单等);点(菜等)
If you place an order for a product or for a meal, you ask for it to be sent or brought to you.
例句
It is a good idea to place your order well in advance...
早早就提前下单是个好主意。
Before placing your order for a meal, study the menu.
点菜前先仔细看一下菜单。
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VERB
(在报纸上)刊登(广告)
If you place an advertisement in a newspaper, you arrange for the advertisement to appear in the newspaper.
例句
They placed an advertisement in the local paper for a secretary.
他们在当地报纸上登了一则招聘秘书的广告。
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VERB
(请接线员帮助接通时)说出,给出(联系人的电话号码)
If you place a telephone call to a particular place, you give the telephone operator the number of the person you want to speak to and ask them to connect you.
例句
I'd like to place an overseas call.
我想打一个国际长途。
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VERB
下(赌注)
If you place a bet, you bet money on something.
例句
For this race, though, he had already placed a bet on one of the horses.
但这场比赛他已经在其中一匹马身上下了赌注。
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VERB
为…找到职位;安插;为…找到住处;安置
If an agency or organization places someone, it finds them a job or somewhere to live.
例句
In 1861, they managed to place fourteen women in paid positions in the colonies...
他们在1861年设法把14名女性安排到殖民地有报酬的职位上。
In cases where it proves difficult to place a child, the reception centre provides long-term care.
遇到难以安置的孩子,收容中心会提供长期的照顾。
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VERB
认出;想起
If you say that you cannot place someone, you mean that you recognize them but cannot remember exactly who they are or where you have met them before.
例句
Something about the man was familiar, although Hillsden could not immediately place him...
这个男子让人感到有些熟悉,但是希尔斯滕一时认不出他是谁。
It was a voice he recognized, though he could not immediately place it.
尽管声音听上去耳熟,但他不能马上想起是谁。
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PHRASE
到处;各处
If something is happening all over the place, it is happening in many different places.
例句
Businesses are closing down all over the place...
各处都有企业商家倒闭。
There are picket lines all over the place.
到处都有罢工纠察线。
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PHRASE
(通常指乱七八糟地)随处遍布
If things are all over the place, they are spread over a very large area, usually in a disorganized way.
例句
Our fingerprints are probably all over the place...
我们的指纹可能到处都是。
There was ammunition lying all over the place.
军火堆了遍地。
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PHRASE
困惑;糊涂;一团糟
If you say that someone is all over the place, you mean that they are confused or disorganized, and unable to think clearly or act properly.
例句
He was careful and diligent. I was all over the place.
他细心且勤奋,我则稀里糊涂。
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PHR-RECIP
(与…)调换处境,互换角色
If you change places with another person, you start being in their situation or role, and they start being in yours.
例句
When he has tried to identify all the items, you can change places, and he can test you...
等他试过识别所有的物品后,你们可以互换角色,让他来测试你。
With his door key in his hand, knowing Millie and the kids awaited him, he wouldn't change places with anyone.
手里拿着房门钥匙,知道米莉和孩子们在等他,这一刻千金不换。
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PHRASE
(情况)豁然开朗
If you have been trying to understand something puzzling and then everything falls into place or clicks into place, you suddenly understand how different pieces of information are connected and everything becomes clearer.
例句
When the reasons behind the decision were explained, of course, it all fell into place...
当然,在这一决定背后的原因得到解释之后,一切就变得豁然开朗了。
But it wasn't until I saw the photograph in the paper that everything clicked into place.
但是直到我看见报纸上的照片后才明白了一切。
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PHRASE
(事件等)自然而然地按所希望的方式发生
If things fall into place, events happen naturally to produce a situation you want.
例句
Once the decision was made, things fell into place rapidly...
一旦作出决定,事情就立刻顺理成章地发展下去了。
Keep your options open and everything will fall into place.
给自己留出选择的余地,一切将会水到渠成。
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PHRASE
(很可能)获得成功,飞黄腾达
If you say that someone is going places, you mean that they are showing a lot of talent or ability and are likely to become very successful.
例句
You always knew Barbara was going places, she was different.
不用说,芭芭拉定会大有作为,因为她与众不同。
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PHRASE
(在政府、社会或组织中)身居高位
People in high places are people who have powerful and influential positions in a government, society, or organization.
例句
He had friends in high places...
他有身居要职的朋友。
The discontent has been fuelled by allegations of corruption in high places.
关于身居高位者腐败行为的指控更激起了人们的不满。
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PHRASE
在/不在正确的位置;在/不在通常的位置
If something is in place, it is in its correct or usual position. If it is out of place, it is not in its correct or usual position.
例句
Geoff hastily pushed the drawer back into place...
杰夫匆忙把抽屉推回去。
Not a strand of her golden hair was out of place.
她的金发纹丝不乱。
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PHRASE
(法律、政策、行政体系等)正在运作,就位
If something such as a law, a policy, or an administrative structure is in place, it is working or able to be used.
例句
Similar legislation is already in place in Wales...
类似的法规在威尔士已经就位。
They're offended by the elaborate security measures the police have put in place.
他们被警方部署的繁复安全措施惹怒了。
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PHRASE
代替;取代
If one thing or person is used or does something in place of another, they replace the other thing or person.
例句
Cooked kidney beans can be used in place of French beans...
煮熟的红芸豆可以代替四季豆。
Laurence Waters visited us in place of John Trethewy who was unfortunately ill...
劳伦斯·沃特斯代替不幸生病的约翰·特雷休伊来拜访我们。
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PHRASE
在某些地方;有几处
If something has particular characteristics or features in places, it has them at several points within an area.
例句
The snow along the roadside was six feet deep in places...
路边某些地方的积雪有六英尺深。
His face was scarred and oddly puffy in places.
他脸上有疤痕,还有几处奇怪的肿包。
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PHRASE
身在…的处境;处于…的位置
If you say what you would have done in someone else's place, you say what you would have done if you had been in their situation and had been experiencing what they were experiencing.
例句
In her place I wouldn't have been able to resist it...
如果我是她就可能抗拒不了。
What would you have done in my place, my dear?
亲爱的,你如果处在我的位置会怎么做?
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PHRASE
起初;一开始
You say in the first place when you are talking about the beginning of a situation or about the situation as it was before a series of events.
例句
What brought you to Washington in the first place?...
最初是什么让你来到华盛顿的?
The emphasis is swinging away from simply finding cures for illness to ways of preventing illness in the first place...
重点正从简单地对症下药转移到先期预防的方法上来。
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PHRASE
(用于列举事项)第一/第二,首先/其次;(用于强调)首要的是
You say in the first place and in the second place to introduce the first and second in a series of points or reasons. In the first place can also be used to emphasize a very important point or reason.
例句
In the first place you are not old and in the second place you are a very attractive man...
首先你不老,其次你是个富有魅力的男人。
She could not have taken these massive doses orally. In the first place, she did not have enough pills.
她不可能口服这么大的剂量,因为她根本没有足够的药丸了。
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PHRASE
(做…)不正确,不妥当,不在职责范围内
If you say that it is not your place to do something, you mean that it is not right or appropriate for you to do it, or that it is not your responsibility to do it.
例句
He says that it is not his place to comment on government commitment to further funds...
他说他不适宜就政府进一步投入资金的承诺发表评论。
It's not my place to do their job.
他们的工作不该由我来做。
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PHRASE
格格不入;不相称;不适当;不适时
If someone or something seems out of place in a particular situation, they do not seem to belong there or to be suitable for that situation.
例句
I felt out of place in my suit and tie...
我穿着西服、打着领带感觉十分别扭。
Her use of the word hate sounded strange and out of place.
她用憎恨一词听起来怪怪的,不合时宜。
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PHRASE
有利的境遇;一帆风顺的位置
If you say that someone has found their place in the sun, you mean that they are in a job or a situation where they will be happy and have everything that they want.
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PHRASE
把…置于…之上(或之前)
If you place one thing above ,before, or over another, you think that the first thing is more important than the second and you show this in your behaviour.
例句
Many provincial governments have taken advantage of this to place local interests above those of the central government...
很多省级政府已利用了这一点,把地方利益置于中央政府利益之上。
He continued to place security above all other objectives.
他继续把安保问题置于所有目标之上。
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PHRASE
杀…的气焰;使安分
If you put someone in their place, you show them that they are less important or clever than they think they are.
例句
In a few words she had put him in his place.
她简单几句话就杀了他的威风。
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PHRASE
(常为幽默用法)使有自知之明,使识相
If you say that someone should be shown their place or be kept in their place, you are saying, often in a humorous way, that they should be made aware of their low status.
例句
...an uppity publican who needs to be shown his place.
需要让他知道自己几斤几两的傲慢的酒馆老板
...discrimination intended to keep women soldiers in their place.
旨在使女兵安分守己的歧视
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PHRASE
(与…相比)居次要地位
If one thing takes second place to another, it is considered to be less important and is given less attention than the other thing.
例句
My personal life has had to take second place to my career.
我的私人生活不得不让位于事业。
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PHRASE
代替;取代
If one thing or person takes the place of another or takes another's place, they replace the other thing or person.
例句
Optimism was gradually taking the place of pessimism...
乐观情绪逐渐取代了悲观主义。
He eventually took Charlie's place in a popular Latin band.
他最终在一个很受欢迎的拉丁乐队中取代了查利的位置。
Noun
1. a point located with respect to surface features of some region;
"this is a nice place for a picnic"2. any area set aside for a particular purpose;
"who owns this place?""the president was concerned about the property across from the White House"3. an abstract mental location;
"he has a special place in my thoughts""a place in my heart""a political system with no place for the less prominent groups"4. a general vicinity;
"He comes from a place near Chicago"5. the function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another;
"can you go in my stead?""took his place""in lieu of"6. a particular situation;
"If you were in my place what would you do?"7. where you live at a particular time;
"deliver the package to my home""he doesn't have a home to go to""your place or mine?"8. a job in an organization;
"he occupied a post in the treasury"9. the particular portion of space occupied by a physical object;
"he put the lamp back in its place"10. proper or designated social situation;
"he overstepped his place""the responsibilities of a man in his station""married above her station"11. a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane);
"he booked their seats in advance""he sat in someone else's place"12. the passage that is being read;
"he lost his place on the page"13. proper or appropriate position or location;
"a woman's place is no longer in the kitchen"14. a public square with room for pedestrians;
"they met at Elm Plaza""Grosvenor Place"15. an item on a list or in a sequence;
"in the second place""moved from third to fifth position"16. a blank area;
"write your name in the space provided"Verb
1. put into a certain place or abstract location;
"Put your things here""Set the tray down""Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children""Place emphasis on a certain point"2. place somebody in a particular situation or location;
"he was placed on probation"3. assign a rank or rating to;
"how would you rank these students?""The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"4. assign a location to;
"The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"5. to arrange for;
"place a phone call", "place a bet"6. take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal;
"Jerry came in third in the Marathon"7. intend (something) to move towards a certain goal;
"He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face""criticism directed at her superior""direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"8. recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something;
"She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster"9. assign to (a job or a home)
10. locate;
"The film is set in Africa"11. estimate;
"We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."12. identify the location or place of;
"We localized the source of the infection"13. make an investment;
"Put money into bonds"14. assign to a station
15. finish second or better in a horse or dog race;
"he bet $2 on number six to place"16. sing a note with the correct pitch