新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

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[PREP]

    PREP. 介词
  • 1在(某地)

    You use at to indicate the place or event where something happens or is situated.

    双语例句

    例:

    He will be at the airport to meet her.

    他将在机场见她。

    例:

    I didn't like being alone at home.

    我不喜欢独自在家。

    例:

    They agreed to meet at a restaurant in Soho.

    他们约定在尚都的一家餐馆里见面。

    2在…旁边

    If you are at something such as a table, a door or someone's side, you are next to it or them.

    双语例句

    例:

    An assistant sat typing away at a table beside him.

    一名助手坐在他身边的一张桌子旁在打字。

    例:

    At his side was a beautiful young woman.

    他身边是一位漂亮的年轻女子。

    3以(某距离、某角度)

    When you are describing where someone or something is, you can say that they are at a certain distance. You can also say that one thing is at an angle in relation to another thing.

    双语例句

    例:

    The two journalists followed at a discreet distance.

    那两名记者保持一段距离谨慎地跟在后面。

    4在(某时刻)

    If something happens at a particular time, that is the time when it happens or begins to happen.

    双语例句

    例:

    The funeral will be carried out this afternoon at 3:00.

    葬礼将在今天下午3点举行。

    5在(某岁时)

    If you do something at a particular age, you do it when you are that age.

    双语例句

    例:

    Zachary started playing violin at age 4.

    扎卡里4岁开始拉小提琴。

    6在(某学校)

    If someone is at a particular school or college, they go there regularly to study.

    双语例句

    例:

    Their daughter is a sophomore at Yale.

    他们的女儿是耶鲁大学的一名大二学生。

    7以(某速度、频率、水平或价格)

    You use at to express a rate, frequency, level or price.

    双语例句

    例:

    I drove back down the highway at normal speed.

    我以正常速度沿高速公路往回开。

    例:

    Check the oil at regular intervals and have the car serviced regularly.

    定期检查油量并对汽车进行维护。

    8在(某数量)

    You use at before a number or amount to indicate a measurement.

    双语例句

    例:

    as unemployment stays pegged at three million.

    由于失业人数维持在300万。

    9朝(…看)

    If you look at someone or something, you look towards them. If you direct an object or a comment at someone, you direct it towards them.

    双语例句

    例:

    He looked at Michael and laughed.

    他朝迈克尔看去,笑了。

    10冲(某人…)

    You can use at after verbs such as 'smile' or 'wave' and before nouns referring to people to indicate that you have put on an expression or made a gesture that someone is meant to see or understand.

    双语例句

    例:

    She opened the door and stood there, frowning at me.

    她打开门站在那里,冲我皱着眉头。

    11向(某物指或示意)

    If you point or gesture at something, you move your arm or head in its direction so that it will be noticed by someone you are with.

    双语例句

    例:

    He pointed at the empty bottle and the waitress quickly replaced it.

    他向那个空瓶指了指,女服务员迅速换了它。

    12在(某事物上)

    If you are working at something, you are dealing with it. If you are aiming at something, you are trying to achieve it.

    双语例句

    例:

    She has worked hard at her marriage.

    她在其婚姻上已经很努力了。

    13应(某人的邀请或要求)

    If something is done at someone's invitation or request, it is done as a result of it.

    双语例句

    例:

    She left the light on in the bathroom at his request.

    她应他的要求让浴室里的灯开着。

    14在(某状态或情况下)

    You use at to say that someone or something is in a particular state or condition.

    双语例句

    例:

    I am afraid we are not at liberty to disclose that information.

    恐怕我们无权透露那一信息。

    15在(某人、某事物最…的时候)

    You use at before a possessive pronoun and a superlative adjective to say that someone or something has more of a particular quality than at any other time.

    双语例句

    例:

    When I'm on the soccer field, I'm at my happiest.

    当我在足球场上时,我最开心了。

    16以(某方式)

    You use at to say how something is being done.

    双语例句

    例:

    Three people were killed by shots fired at random from a minibus.

    3个人被从一辆小面包车里乱射出的子弹打死了。

    17在(某物上反复做某事)

    You use at to show that someone is doing something repeatedly.

    双语例句

    例:

    She lowered the handkerchief which she had kept dabbing at her eyes.

    她放下了那块一直用来擦眼睛的手绢。

    18在(某方面)

    You use at to indicate an activity or task when saying how well someone does it.

    双语例句

    例:

    I'm good at my work.

    我擅长我的工作。

    19因(某事物)

    You use at to indicate what someone is reacting to.

    双语例句

    例:

    Elena was annoyed at having had to wait so long for him.

    埃琳娜因不得不等他那么长的时间而恼火。

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