词组 | town(a twon, the town) |
释义 | town : a / the town — 824 1a. 作“市区”讲, town 这个名词通常不加饰任何冠词。 例如: Mrs Smith has gone to town to do some shopping. 史密斯太太已进城买东西去了。 Henry is spending the weekend in town. 亨利正在城里度周末。 Daniel is not out of town now. 丹尼尔现在不在城里。 1b. 作一般的“城市”讲,即作 countryside 之对讲,这个名词要加饰冠词 a 或 the 。 例如: We are getting tired to live in the town. 住在城市里我们越来越感到腻烦了。 We'd rather live in the countryside than in a town. 我们宁愿住在农村也不愿住在城市。 1c. 作“全城(的人)”讲,这个名词要加饰定冠词 the ,不加饰不定冠词 a 。 例如: The ( whole ) town was talking about it. 全城都在谈论这件事。 It is the talk of the town. 这成了全城谈论的话题了。 |
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