1. 停留;逗留;留下
If you stay where you are, you continue to be there and do not leave.
e.g. 'Stay here,' Trish said. 'I'll bring the car down the drive to take you back.'...
“呆这别动,”特里西说,“我会把车开过来送你回去。”
e.g. In the old days the woman stayed at home and the man earned the money.
过去,女主内,男主外。
2. (在某城市、旅馆或别人家)暂住,逗留
If you stay in a town, or hotel, or at someone's house, you live there for a short time.
stay的反义词
e.g. Gordon stayed at The Park Hotel, Milan...
戈登下榻在米兰的帕克饭店。
e.g. He tried to stay a few months every year in Scotland.
他每年都会争取在苏格兰住几个月。
3. 保持;维持
If someone or something stays in a particular state or situation, they continue to be in it.
e.g. The Republican candidate said he would 'work like crazy to stay ahead'.
共和党候选人说他将“拼命保持领先优势”。
e.g. ...community care networks that offer classes on how to stay healthy...
开设养生课程的社区保健网络
4. 不去,远离(某地)
If you stay away from a place, you do not go there.
e.g. Government employees and officers also stayed away from work during the strike...
政府雇员和官员在罢工期间也没去上班。
e.g. Every single employee turned up at the meeting, even people who usually stayed away.
所有雇员一个个不落都参加了会议,甚至平常不去开会的人都去了。
5. 不参与;不卷入
If you stay out of something, you do not get involved in it.
e.g. In the past, the UN has stayed out of the internal affairs of countries unless invited in...
在过去,除非有国家提出请求,否则联合国不会干涉各国内政。
e.g. After months of staying well out of the problem, Washington has expressed a willingness to help find a solution.
几个月以来都不曾介入该问题的华盛顿方面已表示愿意帮助寻求解决方案。
6. 被普遍接受
If you say that something is here to stay, you mean that people have accepted it and it has become a part of everyday life.
e.g. Satellite TV is here to stay...
卫星电视已被普遍接受。
e.g. Nuclear weapons are here to stay because they have changed the way countries approach the idea of war.
核武器已被广泛接受,因为它们改变了各国处理战争的方法。
7. 固定不动;留在原地
If you stay put, you remain somewhere.
e.g. He was forced by his condition to stay put and remain out of politics...
他的健康状况迫使他留在原处,置身于政坛之外。
e.g. Nigel says for the moment he is very happy to stay put in Lyon.
奈杰尔说目前他很乐意留在里昂。
8. 住一晚;过夜
If you stay the night in a place, you sleep there for one night.
e.g. They had invited me to come to supper and stay the night.
他们邀请我去吃晚饭并住上一晚。
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