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place
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🇺🇸 /plˈeɪs/
🇬🇧 /ˈpleɪ̯s/
place 的核心是“位置、地方”:可以指实际地点,也可以引申为书页中的位置、次序中的名次、社会角色或心理状态;作动词时表示把人或物放到某处,进而表示安排、定位、下注或评定。
💡 记忆钩子
把 place 想成一块“留出来的位置”:东西可以被放到一个地方,人可以在比赛中占一个名次,读书时可以停在某一页,人在组织中也可以有自己的位置。作动词 place 就是“把某人或某物放到合适的位置”,所以还能引申为安排工作、记起见过的地点、下注或给事物定出价值。
📝 学习建议
- 先掌握“地方、位置”和“放置”这条主线,再学习“名次、职位、页码位置”等抽象用法;不要把 place 只记成“地方”。
- place 作动词并不总是简单等于中文“放”:在比赛、招聘、下注和评价等语境中,它表示把对象安排到某个位置或结果中。
📖 中文释义
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common 姓氏📖 place 可以是英语姓氏,表示某个人的家族姓。💡 用作姓氏时写作首字母大写的 Place,通常出现在全名中。它不是在句中表示“地方”的普通名词,而是姓名的一部分。countable uncountableMs Place will speak at the meeting.普莱斯女士将在会上发言。
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rare 地名📖 Place 也可以是美国新罕布什尔州法明顿镇一个非建制社区的名称。countable uncountable
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core 地方;场所📖 place 最基本的意思是某个区域中的地方或场所,可以是具体地点,也可以只是泛指某处。💡 常用结构是“a place to do something”“in a place”以及“a good place for something”。谈论具体地点时通常用可数形式;泛指空间或地点概念时也可以不可数使用。countable physical uncountableThis is a quiet place to read.这是一个适合阅读的安静地方。We need to find a place to park.我们得找个地方停车。
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common 某处;地点📖 place 也可以特指某个已经知道或已经命名的地点,例如街道、建筑物或社区。💡 常见结构是“at/in + 地点名称”或“a place called + 名称”。地点名称前是否使用冠词取决于专名本身,不能因为 place 可数就给所有地名加 a。countable often physical uncountableThey live at Westminster Place.他们住在威斯敏斯特街。
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rare 厕所(委婉或俚语)📖 在旧式或俚语用法中,place 可以委婉地指厕所,即“方便的地方”。💡 这种用法带有历史、委婉或俚语色彩,现代正式交流中不宜主动使用。学习者遇到它时应根据上下文理解,不要把普通的 place 都解释成厕所。countable euphemistic physical slang uncountable
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rare 地方(旧义)📖 这是 place 表示一般地点的过时用法,和核心的“地方”概念相同。💡 只需在旧文本中识别即可,现代英语通常使用普通的地点义。不要为了模仿旧式文体而使用它。countable obsolete physical uncountable
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core 位置📖 place 可以表示物体、人或事件在空间中的具体位置;重点不是一片区域,而是“在哪里”。💡 常见结构是“the place where ...”“in the same place”和“at a place”。表示位置时,place 后常接 where 从句;不要把表示动态方向的“去某处”误套成静态的 in place。countable uncountablePlease put the keys back in the same place.请把钥匙放回原来的位置。I know the place where we first met.我知道我们第一次见面的地方。
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common 阅读位置📖 读书或阅读文件时,place 是读者当前读到的位置;丢失这个位置就不知道该从哪里继续。💡 常见搭配是“lose one’s place”“keep one’s place”和“find one’s place”。这里通常不是指整本书中的地点,而是指阅读进度所在的行、页或段落。countable uncountableI lost my place when the phone rang.电话响的时候,我忘了自己读到哪里了。
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rare 书中段落📖 在旧用法中,place 可以指书籍或文件中的一段文字、摘录或引文。💡 这是过时用法,现代英语通常用 passage、extract 或 quotation 表示相应意思。遇到旧文学或历史文本时,可把它理解为“文本中的一段”。countable obsolete uncountable
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rare 话题📖 在旧式修辞用法中,place 可以指讨论或论证所围绕的主题。💡 该义主要出现在旧式修辞或学术文本中,现代日常英语一般用 topic、subject 或 issue。不要把普通对话中的 place 理解成“话题”。countable obsolete rhetoric uncountable
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common 心理状态📖 place 可以把人的心理状态想象成一个暂时所处的“位置”,所以表示某人当下的精神或情绪状态。💡 常见结构是“be in a strange/difficult/dark place”,多用于描述心理感受。这里不是实际地点,通常需要由形容词或上下文说明是哪一种状态。countable uncountableAfter the accident, she was in a difficult place emotionally.事故后,她的情绪处在一个艰难的状态。
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rare 棋盘位置📖 在国际象棋等棋类语境中,place 可以指棋子所在的位置或棋盘上的一个格。💡 这个义项限于棋类语境,现代说明中更常用 square、position 或 spot。只有上下文明确涉及棋盘时,才把 place 理解为棋盘位置。countable obsolete uncountable
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common 职位;分内职责📖 place 可以表示人在组织或社会关系中的位置,因此也表示职位、角色或应承担的分内职责。💡 常见结构是“one’s place in + 组织/社会”和“It is not my place to do something”。后一个结构表示“这不是我该做或该说的事”,不是“我没有地方可去”。countable uncountableIt is not my place to decide for them.替他们作决定不是我分内的事。
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rare 要塞;城堡📖 在旧式军事语境中,place 可以指设防的地点,如堡垒、城堡或有城墙的城镇。💡 这是历史或军事旧义,现代英语通常用fortress、stronghold 或 fortified town。不要把现代普通的 place 自动理解成军事据点。countable obsolete uncountable
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common 数位📖 在数字中,place 是某一列所代表的数位,例如个位、百位或小数位;它表示数字所处的位置和该位置的数值作用。💡 常见搭配是“the ones/tens/hundreds place”和“decimal place”。表示小数位时要说 decimal place,不要把 place 单独当成“小数”。countable uncountableThe number is rounded to two decimal places.这个数字四舍五入到小数点后两位。
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common 次序中的位置;首先📖 place 可以表示某事在一系列行动或论述中的次序位置,因此“in the first place”表示“首先”或“起初”。💡 常见结构是“in the first place”“in the second place”以及“in the first place”表示“首先”。这个短语有时还表示“本来、从一开始”,要根据上下文判断,不要只按空间位置翻译。countable uncountableIn the first place, we need to check the facts.首先,我们需要核实事实。
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rare 容纳;被接受📖 place 还可以表示某个想法、话语或事物在别人心中或某个环境中“有容身之处”,即被接受或产生作用。💡 这种用法较文学化,常出现在“have no place in ...”等结构中。现代日常表达通常会改用belong、be accepted 或 be appropriate 等更直接的说法。countable uncountable
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core 放置;安放📖 place 作动词就是把某人或某物放到指定位置,正是“给它找一个 place”。💡 常见结构是“place + 物品 + on/in/under + 地点”。它比 put 稍正式,也更强调有意识地安放;日常随意对话中很多场合用 put 更自然。transitiveShe placed the vase on the table.她把花瓶放在桌上。Place the documents in this folder.把这些文件放进这个文件夹。
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common 获得名次📖 比赛中,place 表示选手最终占据某个名次,也就是在排名中找到自己的位置。💡 常见结构是“place + 序数词”,如表示获得第三名;主语可以是人或队伍。这里通常不再接地点介词短语,不能按“把某人放到第三名”逐字套用中文结构。ergativeOur team placed second in the tournament.我们的队在锦标赛中获得了第二名。
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common 排名;跑出名次📖 在比赛特别是赛马或赛车中,place 也可以不带宾语,表示参赛者取得了名次。💡 常见于体育和竞赛报道,尤其是谈赛马、赛车时;通常作不及物动词使用。它只说明取得名次,不一定说明具体是第几名,具体名次要看上下文。ergative intransitiveThe favorite won, and our horse placed.热门马赢了,我们的马也取得了名次。
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common 想起见过的地点或人📖 place 可以表示凭记忆确定某人或某物曾在哪里、何时出现过,相当于把它放回记忆中的位置。💡 常见结构是“can’t place + 人/物”或“place + 人/物 + where/when 从句”。它不是简单的“认出”,而是想不起以前在哪里见过或听过。transitiveI recognize her, but I can't place her.我认得她,但想不起在哪里见过她。
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rare 为不在场者作不在场证明📖 place 某人表示根据证据确认某人在某一时间位于某处,从而为其提供不在场证明。💡 这个义项主要见于犯罪调查、法律或新闻语境,常用被动结构“be placed at home/at work”。日常英语中不要把普通的 place someone at somewhere 误解为作证。transitive
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rare 唱准音高📖 在声乐语境中,place 一个音表示把音唱到正确的音高位置。💡 这是音乐教学用语,通常以音符或声音作宾语。普通对话中 place 不表示一般的“唱歌”或“发音”。transitive
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rare 打出;进行📖 在少数固定或较正式语境中,place 可以表示发出或进行某个动作,例如发出一次电话呼叫。💡 这个义项主要保留在固定搭配中,不能随意替代 make 或 do。学习时应连同具体搭配记忆,而不要把它推广为普通的“做”。transitive
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common 下注📖 下注就是把钱放到某个结果上,因此 place a bet 表示下注或投注。💡 最常见结构是“place a bet/wager on + 对象”,也可直接说“place + 金额 + on + 结果”。它通常用于博彩、体育或比赛语境,正式程度高于简单的 bet。transitiveHe placed a bet on the home team.他押注主队获胜。
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common 安排工作;安置📖 place 可以把合适的人安排到工作岗位,也可以把动物安置到领养家庭等合适的地方。💡 常见结构是“place someone in/with + 组织或家庭”和“place an animal for adoption”。这里强调为对象找到合适位置,不只是临时把它放在那里。transitiveThe agency placed him in a small technology company.这家机构把他安排到一家小型科技公司工作。
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rare 定点踢球得分📖 在橄榄球等运动中,place 可以表示把球定点踢进球门得分。💡 这是特定体育术语,通常只在相关比赛报道或规则说明中出现。普通语境中的 place 不表示一般的踢球动作。transitive
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common 赋予;看重📖 place 还可以表示给某事物安排一个价值位置,也就是认为它重要、值得重视或应当受到某种程度的关注。💡 常见结构是“place value/importance/emphasis on + 名词”以及“place a high premium on + 名词”。这里的 on 不表示把东西放在表面上,而是引出被重视的对象。transitiveThe school places great importance on creativity.这所学校非常重视创造力。
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📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 32 组
a job in an organization
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position
post
berth
office
spot
billet
place
situation
he occupied a post in the treasury
上位: business, job, line, line of work, occupation
下位: admiralty, apprenticeship, caliphate, captaincy, captainship, chair, chairmanship, emirate, fatherhood, governorship, internship, manhood, plum, prefecture, premiership, presidency, presidentship, professorship, receivership, regency, residency, stewardship, throne, vice-presidency, womanhood
recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
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identify
place
She identified the man on the `wanted' poster
上位: determine, set
下位: differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart
assign a rank or rating to;
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rate
rank
range
order
grade
place
how would you rank these students?
The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide
上位: evaluate, judge, pass judgment
下位: downgrade, prioritise, prioritize, seed, sequence, shortlist, subordinate, upgrade
take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal
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place
come in
come out
Jerry came in third in the Marathon
上位: rank
estimate
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place
put
set
We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M.
上位: approximate, estimate, gauge, guess, judge
the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another; ;
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stead
position
place
lieu
can you go in my stead?
took his place
in lieu of
上位: function, office, part, role
下位: behalf
to arrange for;
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place
place a phone call
place a bet
上位: order
sing a note with the correct pitch
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place
上位: sing
finish second or better in a horse or dog race
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place
he bet $2 on number six to place
上位: race, run
assign to a station
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station
post
send
place
上位: displace, move
下位: fort, garrison, locate, site
intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; ;
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target
aim
place
direct
point
He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face
criticism directed at her superior
direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself
上位: aim, direct, take, take aim, train
下位: address
put into a certain place or abstract location; ; ;
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put
set
place
pose
position
lay
Put your things here
Set the tray down
Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children
Place emphasis on a certain point
上位: displace, move
下位: arrange, barrel, bed, bottle, bucket, butt, clap, cock, coffin, cram, deposit, dispose, docket, enclose, ensconce, fix, ground, inclose, insert, instal, install, introduce, jar, lay, lean, load, marshal, middle, nestle, park, perch, pile, pillow, place upright, plant, poise, posit, position, put back, put down, put in, recess, replace, repose, rest, seat, seed, set, set up, settle, settle down, ship, sign, siphon, sit, sit down, situate, snuggle, sow, space, stand, stand up, step, stick in, tee, tee up, throw, thrust, trench
参见: apply, arrange, array, assemble, bring down, communicate, defer, discharge, drop, drop off, ensnare, entrap, erect, frame, gaol, hold over, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, land, lay, lay out, pass, pass along, pass on, piece, post, postpone, prorogue, put across, put away, put back, put behind bars, put down, put off, put on, put over, put together, put up, raise, range, rear, remand, remit, replace, repose, rig, set back, set down, set out, set up, shelve, table, tack, tack together, unload
locate
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set
localize
localise
place
The film is set in Africa
上位: present, represent, stage
make an investment
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invest
put
commit
place
Put money into bonds
反义: disinvest, divest
上位: drop, expend, spend
下位: fund, job, shelter, speculate
assign a location to
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locate
place
site
The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles
上位: post, send, station
place somebody in a particular situation or location
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place
he was placed on probation
上位: assign, delegate, depute, designate
assign to (a job or a home)
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place
上位: assign, delegate, depute, designate
identify the location or place of
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place
localize
localise
We localized the source of the infection
上位: locate, situate
an abstract mental location; ;
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place
he has a special place in my thoughts
a place in my heart
a political system with no place for the less prominent groups
上位: cognition, knowledge, noesis
下位: layer, level, stratum
a blank area
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space
blank space
place
write your name in the space provided
上位: area, expanse, surface area
下位: margin
the passage that is being read
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place
he lost his place on the page
上位: passage
an item on a list or in a sequence;
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place
position
in the second place
moved from third to fifth position
上位: item, point
any area set aside for a particular purpose;
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place
property
who owns this place?
the president was concerned about the property across from the White House
下位: center, centre, colony, hatchery, sanctuary
where you live at a particular time; ;
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home
place
deliver the package to my home
he doesn't have a home to go to
your place or mine?
上位: abode, residence
a public square with room for pedestrians;
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plaza
place
piazza
they met at Elm Plaza
Grosvenor Place
上位: public square, square
the particular portion of space occupied by something
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position
place
he put the lamp back in its place
上位: point
下位: anomaly, back, front, half-mast, half-staff, juxtaposition, landmark, lead, left, lie, pitch, polls, post, rear, right, setting, site, situation, stand, station, vantage, wing
a general vicinity
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place
He comes from a place near Chicago
上位: locality, neck of the woods, neighborhood, neighbourhood, vicinity
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane);
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seat
place
he booked their seats in advance
he sat in someone else's place
上位: space
下位: perch
a point located with respect to surface features of some region;
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topographic point
place
spot
this is a nice place for a picnic
a bright spot on a planet
上位: point
下位: birthplace, crest, crown, end, grave, heights, high, hole-in-the-wall, holy, holy place, junction, mecca, overlook, peak, place of birth, pool, puddle, rendezvous, sanctum, scour, solitude, stop, summit, target, target area, tip, tomb, top, zone
a particular situation
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place
shoes
If you were in my place what would you do?
上位: position, situation
proper or designated social situation; ;
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place
station
he overstepped his place
the responsibilities of a man in his station
married above her station
上位: rank, social rank, social station, social status
下位: niche
proper or appropriate position or location
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place
a woman's place is no longer in the kitchen
上位: condition, status
🌳 词源
名词来自中古英语,融合了古英语和古法语中表示“地方、开阔处”的词源,最终可追溯到表示“宽阔、平坦”的希腊语和印欧语词根;动词由名词发展而来。
From Middle English place, conflation of Old English plæċe (“place, an open space, street”) and Old French place (“place, an open space”), both from Latin platēa (“plaza, wide street”), from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, “broad way”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“to spread”), extended form of *pleh₂- (“flat”). Displaced native Old English stōw, stede (partially), and -ern. Compare also English pleck (“plot of ground”), West Frisian plak (“place, spot, location”), Dutch plek (“place, spot, patch”). Doublet of piatza, piazza, and plaza.
In the etymological chain from Latin platēa, note Old French place, which has multiple descendants — including German Platz, itself with many descendants (e.g., Russian плац (plac)). Also note a more distant chain node Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús), whence English Plato and English plate (via Latin).
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