類型:英語詞匯
時間:2024-04-26
點擊量571
大家知道,“home”除了有“家和故鄉(xiāng)”的意思,還有“本國的”的意思。
比如:
His
books were a
success in his home
country/
market, but
failed to find an
audience abroad.
他的書在本國市場很暢銷,可在國外卻沒有什么讀者。
此外,“home”還有“在主場比賽的”的意思,也就是我們平時說的“東道主”。
the home team/side
主隊/東道主
a home ground
主場
a home
match/game
主場比賽
the home
strip (=
clothing worn by a team when they play a home match)
主場隊服
home
advantage (= the
improved chance of success that
playing at home
gives to a team)
主場優(yōu)勢
home base = home
plate (人的)住所;(機構(gòu)的)總部
I've made that site my
personal home base on the Web.
我已經(jīng)將這個網(wǎng)站打造成了我自己的網(wǎng)絡(luò)基地。
home from home 像家一樣舒適的地方;賓至如歸的地方
The
hotel was a real home from home.
那家賓館真的像家里一樣舒服。
home help (做家庭清潔工作的)家務(wù)助手
She was
thinking that she must
reprimand her home help the next
morning.
她心想明天上午一定要好好訓(xùn)斥那個干家務(wù)的幫手。
home in on sth/sb 瞄準,對準/集中注意力于
這里的home是動詞,有兩種意思。第一種是“瞄準,對準”。
The
missile homed in on the ship.
導(dǎo)彈瞄準了那艘船。
第二種是“集中注意力于”。
The
report homed in on the
weaknesses in the
management structure.
這篇報告重點論述了該管理體系的弱點。
home
truth 令人不愉快的事實
He
decided it was time to tell her a few home
truths.
他覺得是時候告訴她一些壞消息了。
hit home 使充分意識到(情況有多糟糕或困難)
The full
horror of the war only hit home when we
started seeing the
television pictures of it in our
living rooms.
在家中客廳里看到電視上的圖片后,我們才充分意識到這場戰(zhàn)爭有多恐怖。
更多文章