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place
Word family
place1 /pleɪs/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countableC] → plaice
1 area/space/building etc 地区/空间/建筑物等 a space or area, for example a particular point on a surface or in a room, building, town, city etc 地方，地点，场所
3 take place HAPPENto happen, especially after being planned or arranged 〔尤指经过计划或安排后〕发生，进行
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take place• The ball took place in the Great Room at Grosvenor House.• The film takes place during foggy days in London and in the gloom of darkened rooms and candlelit corridors.• Police are trying to prevent the demonstration from taking place.• Since the early 1960s, considerable debate has taken place in educational circles about the nature of history as a discipline.• Furthermore, the transference from Worcester to Lincoln of the concept of a ten-bayed concentric chapter house took place about 1225.• The incident took place outside any warning area.• When did the robbery take place?• Eud provides only the barest information; the separation took place.• My first little skirmish took place over a film, one about rape.• Whether versions of destruction are to take place within or without the industrial enterprise, the political implications are obvious.• The next Olympics will take place in Australia.• The wedding will take place at St Andrew's church.
4 space to sit or put STH 坐或放置物品的地方 a space where someone can sit, or a space where you can put something 座位；位置
6 opportunity to do STH 做某事的机会 if someone has a place somewhere, they have the opportunity to go there or join in an activity 机会
7 role/position 作用/位置 the role or important position that someone or something has in a situation or in society 身份；地位
9 in place of somebody/something (also in somebody’s/something’s place)INSTEAD instead of someone or something else 代替某人/某物
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in place of somebody/something• In 1982, there were around 3,200 places available for children and 15,800 for adults in places of residential care.• What if we place Professor Summerlee upon the table, within the vacuum flask, in place of the cat?• I have used my own translation here in place of Kaufmann's uncharacteristically awkward rendering.• Hugh had heroes in place of friends.• Skyscrapers are sprouting, shiny car showrooms are opening in place of old state shops.• Develop performance-based admissions standards in addition to, or in place of, more traditional entrance requirements.• Or make a sweet salsa using mangoes, plums or peaches in place of the tomato, Crivello suggests.• Also, solid-surface Corian counters are used in place of tile.• Rolled oats can be used in place of wheat flour in making the bread.
10 take the place of somebody/something (also take somebody’s/something’s place)INSTEAD to exist or be used instead of someone or something else 代替[取代]某人/某物 SYN replace
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take the place of somebody/something• I don't think anyone could take her place.• Sending e-mail has almost taken the place of writing letters.• Other hopes have centred on ethanol taking the place of petroleum - but fuel crops must not displace food.• Explain that the marbles have taken the place of the water that has spilled out.• On home-baked brown bread it takes the place of butter.• Rigid rules and patterns take the place of more flexible thinking about feelings.• Hops have also been stuffed into pillows, taking the place of down to help induce sleep.• They found out other marvellous arts to take the place of tricks and old stories.• It connoted a rational, efficient method of organization-something to take the place of the arbitrary exercise of power by authoritarian regimes.• Finally, teachers are prohibited from making a copy of works to take the place of an anthology.
11 in somebody’s place used to talk about what you would do if you were in someone else’s situation 处于某人的境地
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12 be no place for somebody WRONG/UNSUITABLEto be a completely unsuitable place for someone 不是适合某人的地方
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be no place for somebody• Clarisa was living in a hotel, she said, and it was no place for a child.• In the psychoanalytic model there is no place for basic positive motives.• Uncle Gabriel was made rabbi, so there was no place for Father.• There is no place for domination or exploitation of creation rescues in the plan of creation.• There was no place for skill.• This was no place for me to linger.• But there appears to be no place for women in this hobby.
13 first/second/third etc place FIRSTfirst, second etc position in a race or competition 第一/第二/第三名等
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first/second/third etc place• In the opening 250 race Robert Dunlop stayed well clear of a hectic battle for second place behind him.• Why had they come to this country in the first place?• But I think I got into drama professionally in the first place by accident.• There is almost a tinge of predestination in footballers' reflections on how they came to sport in the first place.• We never enjoyed them in the first place.• The firm which supplied the scaffold blames the boy's parents for letting him play there in the first place.• But it's even more of a comfort for baby if he doesn't get wind in the first place.• In the second place, it involves some intention to maintain that control on the part of the possessor.
14 in the first place
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in the first place• But he came in the first place, to something he knew would be far beyond him.• The better approach, in my opinion, is to eat the right foods in the first place.• He didn't remember being given that form; they had probably not even given it to him in the first place.• And there is the question of the relevance of the trading of information in the first place.• We robbed them of their land in the first place to reward the Annamese who collaborated with us.• This assumes that banks have surplus liquidity in the first place.• That's how the Richardson's got the Parrot in the first place.• These women should never have been sent to prison in the first place.
15 take second place (to somebody/something) IMPORTANTto be less important than someone or something else 处于（次于某人/某事物的）次要地位
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take second place (to somebody/something)• There was criticism that books took second place, even when it came to the design of the building.• However, religious identity had taken second place to secular nationalism for a whole generation.• Spider then is able to confront his fear and on the big night, he takes second place in the spelling bee.• Since she was utterly devoted to my father, her children inevitably took second place.• It's not unusual for man to be put in this position of taking second place.• Nina was telling Joe that she was here to help but not to take second place to his wife.• However, toilet training took second place to skill with weapons or natural aggression.• Words take second place to nonverbal cues, personal mannerisms, gestures, expressions, and overall appearance.
16 take your places used to tell people to go to the correct place or position that they need to be in for an activity 就位
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take your places• As the happy couple took their places there was a stir and a rising babble behind them.• Then two of our most experienced divers took their places in the bell, and it was lowered again.• Amidst shuffles and low-voiced murmurings the rest of the members took their places and eyed each other uneasily across the table.• There was a delay while people took their places in the vehicles parked along the road.• Many of the new sovereign states took their places in the United Nations.• Differences in wealth and the superiority of elder over younger sons are ignored as they take their places according to age.• They took their places at the table with an awkward, almost shy silence.
17 all over the place informal
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all over the place• Nobody knew where anyone was, and there were rumours flying about all over the place.• He leaves clues all over the place.• You can go all over the place.• Hold a knife blade over the housing and it goes all over the place, proving the point.• The fact is, there are heroes all over the place.• They're putting up new offices all over the place.• The egg in the mixture makes it stay put, instead of running all over the place as most cheese mixtures do.• People were sneezing all over the place as if it were the heart of allergy season.• Her hair was all over the place.• Dirty clothes were all over the place.
18 put somebody in their place REJECT/NOT ACCEPTto show someone that they are not as clever or important as they think they are 使某人明白自己的地位；杀某人的气焰
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put somebody in their place• Battered and beleaguered, Arsenal had been put firmly in their place.• Was Morrissey helped put them in their place.• I'd like to put her in her place - she thinks she's so special.• The Administration of Justice Act 1982 swept away the remaining ones without putting anything in their place.
19 out of place
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out of place• Still, his philosophy of government would not have been out of place in the Soviet Communist era.• She says that it looks a bit out of place in Charlton Kings.• He's a bit out of place here.• We would therefore have felt out of place wearing business suits.• Oseary later attended Beverly Hills High, where he felt out of place among the rich kids.• Look at that! You got all of my notes out of place!• Shakespeare in Love could seem out of place here-but it reinforces this process in other ways.• I felt totally out of place at Cindy's wedding.• A Yakut tribesman was out of place in Irkutsk.
20 it is not somebody’s place (to do something) if it is not your place to do something, you do not have the duty or right to do it 某人没有责任[无权]（做某事）
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21 have no place formalREJECT/NOT ACCEPT to be completely unacceptable 完全不能接受
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have no place• Religious celebrations have no place in public schools, although teaching about religion is acceptable.• Therefore, the right of national self-determination could have no place in the party programme.• Some would argue that these enterprises have no place in a capitalist system, and should therefore be privatised as soon as possible.• Personal opinion or preferences and speculative imaginings have no place in science.• In a holy community Noyes thought that exclusiveness, jealousy, and quarreling should have no place.• Some believe that values can not be taught apart from religion and therefore have no place in public schools.• Exploitation and oppression will be concepts of history which have no place in the description of contemporary social reality.• Honesty, decency, good will have no place in this business of selling or murdering an image.
22 fall into place
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fall into place• Mechanisms to ensure gender balance in appointed government bodies were also falling into place.• I am like the painter of that mosaic, the small pieces are falling into place and I need your help.• That was our greatest moment together, I think, the moment when our whole future fell into place at last.• But just in time, it fell into place.• Another piece of the jigsaw had just fallen into place.• The route had by now fallen into place.• Yet it was not until researchers extended the same effort to the oceans that the bigger tectonic picture fell into place.
23 be going places informalSUCCESSFUL to start becoming successful in your life （人生）开始取得成功
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be going places• At only twenty-four, Ailey was going places - he was in a Broadway show.• This woman, whose last performance was an extended run as a bartender, is going places.• Jonathon Morris, you will have gathered, is going places - and no one could be happier than the man himself.• Alvin was part of it all now. Only 24, and he was going places.• Only twenty-four, he was going places.• I was really excited, believing that I was going places.• I was going places, thinking and doing things I would never dream of in city civvies.• Their Maria was going places, so he might as well keep her company.• A test drive should convince you that Mazda are going places.• This company is clearly one that is going places.
24. be in a good/bad etc place American EnglishAmE informal to be in a good, bad etc situation 处境很好/很糟等
→ a/my/your etc happy place at happy(10), → have/take pride of place at pride1(7)n USAGE: Place, space
You use place when talking about a particular position or location. Place is always countable.
You say:
We visited some beautiful places.
I found a place to put my boots.
✗Don't say: I found some place to put my boots.You use space about the area that is available for doing something. In this meaning, space is uncountable.
You say:
We don't have enough space for a washing machine.
✗Don't say: We don't have enough place for a washing machine.You say:
The children need more space to play.
✗Don't say: The children need more place to play.You also use space about an area that you can use for doing something. In this meaning, space is countable:
There are very few parking spaces left.
I found a space at the back of the bus.
Someplace means ‘somewhere’ and is used especially in American English:
I can't find my keys - I must have left them someplace.
n COLLOCATIONS
phrases
a meeting place
The club was a meeting place for musicians.
a hiding place
He had watched the farm workers from his hiding place.
a resting place (=a place where someone or something stays or is buried)
This tomb is the last resting place of the Davison family.
somebody’s place of birth formal
I need to know his date of birth, and his place of birth.
somebody’s place of work/employment formal
Please give the address of your place of work.
somebody’s place of residence formal
By law, you must inform us if you change your place of residence.
somebody’s/something’s place of origin formal (=the place where someone or something first came from)
I believe my mother's place of origin was Sierra Leone.
a place of safety
His young son had been sent away to a place of safety.
a place of refuge (=somewhere safe to go or hide)
If ever you need a place of refuge, come to us.
a place of worship
The church is much more than a place of worship.
a place of pilgrimage (=one that people visit because it is special, usually for a religious reason)
Her grave became a place of pilgrimage.
THESAURUS
place a point or area, especially one that you visit or use for a particular purpose 地方,位置,场所
He’s been to lots of places.
他到过许多地方。
a good meeting place
碰头的好地方
position the exact place where someone or something is, in relation to other things 〔与周围事物相对的〕位置,方位
She showed me the position of the village on the map.
她指给我看地图上那座村庄的位置。
I changed the position of the mirror slightly.
我稍稍移动了镜子的位置。
nJessica moved to a position where she could see the stage better.
point a particular place on a line or surface 〔线或面上的〕地方,地点
At this point the path gets narrower.
小路在这里开始变窄了。
No cars are allowed beyond this point.
任何汽车不许越过这个位置。
spot a place, especially a particular kind of place, or a place where something happens. Spot sounds rather informal 〔特定类型或某事发生的〕地点,场所〔听起来相当不正式〕
She chose a sunny spot.
她选了个阳光充沛的地方。
The area is a favourite spot for windsurfers.
这地区是进行帆板运动的理想场所。
nThis is the exact spot where I asked her to marry me.
location a place where someone or something is, or where something happens. Location sounds more formal than place 〔某人、某物所在或某事发生的〕地方,地点,位置〔比place正式〕
your exact location
你的确切位置
The prisoners were taken to an undisclosed location.
俘虏被带到一处秘密地点。
nan ideal location for a winter break
site a place, especially one that will be used for a particular purpose, or where something important happened 〔尤指用于某一目的或重要事情发生的〕地点,位置
the site of a great battle
一场伟大战役的发生地
There are plans to develop the site for housing.
已有计划开发该地块建造住宅。
nThe area has become a dumping site for nuclear waste.
venue a place where something such as a meeting, concert, game etc takes place 〔会议、音乐会、比赛等的〕地点,场所
the venue for the next Olympic Games
下一届奥运会的赛场
The hotel is a popular wedding venue.
这家酒店是广受欢迎的婚礼场所。
scene the place where something bad such as an accident or crime happened 〔事故、罪案等不良事件发生的〕现场,地点
the scene of the crime
犯罪现场
Ambulance crews were at the scene within minutes.
几分钟之后救护人员便赶到了现场。
setting the place and the area around it, where something is or where something happens 环境,背景
The hotel is in a beautiful setting.
这家酒店环境很不错。
the setting for the film ‘A Room With a View’
电影《看得见风景的房间》的背景
nBeautiful gardens provide the perfect setting for outdoor dining.
nsomewhere used for talking about a place when you are not sure exactly which place
She came from somewhere in London.
whereabouts the place where someone or something is – used especially when you do not know this or do not want to tell people 所在地〔尤用于不知道该地方或不想告诉别人时〕
The whereabouts of the painting is unknown.
那幅画下落不明。
He refused to disclose his whereabouts.
他拒绝透露自己的行踪。
nI’m not sure about her whereabouts.
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place• I was looking for a place to park the car.• If I get a place at Manchester, I'll take it.• Jenny has a place to study law at Exeter this year.• She was born in a place called Black River Falls.• I always asked his permission before taking a place next to him on the divan.• Sign your name on the list, and find yourself a place to sit.• The best place to walk is in the middle of the pavement.• I don't think there are enough places for everyone.• I know a good place to get your car serviced.• Jennifer quietly took her place at the table.• Even where links were still in place, their future remained uncertain.• Let's go back to my place for dinner.• Stuart bought a nice place over on Oak Street.• Studies show that students from wealthier backgrounds are more likely to be offered places at high-achieving schools.• Britain is one of the most highly populated places in the world.• a quiet, private place to read in• Are you sure this is the right place? I don't see Emma.• Always keep your passport in a safe place.• Keep your passport in a safe place.• Our safe places were attacked by hooligans, and the authorities looked the other way.• Words take second place to nonverbal cues, personal mannerisms, gestures, expressions, and overall appearance.• a sore place on my knee• Plant the daisies in a sunny place.• Before they were finished, the first charges went off and the place became a hornets' nest.• In spite of that, when they arrived, the place took hold of her.• To this place the young Athenians were each time taken and left to the Minotaur.• Manchester United go up two places after their win at Liverpool.• Nothing had been stolen, and all the CDs and tapes were in their usual places.
in places• He regularly preached in the surrounding area in places such as Cleobury, Shifnal and Dudley.• Why can not money be spent on advertising the help available in places where the homeless gather?• One of the things they do in places like Bullens Creek is form dinner clubs.• Bluestem is what used to grow everywhere farther east, in places like Iowa.• When the thaw comes, pay attention to how your yard is draining, especially in places where water accumulates.• Rewarding success works even in places where most governments have given up.• But many of the layers of sediment are not at all uniform and may be relatively thin in places.• His hair was a little white in places and he found it difficult talking to people.
somebody’s place• Gerard was in his usual place by the fire when I reached the pub.• The children took their places, and the teacher began calling the roll.
place for• I never really marked off a place for myself within the family.• I think this was the most depressing place for learning that I have seen anywhere.• To give him his due, Sorley had picked a good place for his sneak preview of Patterson's mail.• Britain, with its growing traffic problems, seems an ideal place for the onset of this revolution.• The hospital becomes a very important place for them it is their babies home.• If not, come back to my place for a drink.• The Oval is hardly the place for such expressions, but Feeleyand the President had a good relationship.
lose ... place• They were worried about losing their place on the pedestal they erected and scaled themselves.• The Unitarians, stay-at-homes near Boston, saw the size of their movement crest early and lose relative place.• Leighton joined Dundee in February, helping them gain promotion to the Premier Division before losing his place early this season.• She was slowed down only momentarily and did not lose her place in the formation.• By the time Mayhew was ready to become a pastor, the ministry was beginning to lose its place of honor.• Suddenly, we've lost our place.• If their ruling is upheld, Penny will lose points and places.• But a 2-0 defeat would lose them their place in the Wembley final.
place in• Some people believe religion has no place in the schools.
place2 ●●○ S3 W2 verb
1 position 位置 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]PUT to put something somewhere, especially with care 〔尤指小心地〕放置 SYN put
2 situation 处境 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]CAUSE to put someone or something in a particular situation 使处于〔某种境地〕 SYN put
3 in a job/home 在工作中/在家中 [transitiveT] formalBEJOB/WORK to find a suitable job or home for someone 为…安置工作[住所]
5 how good/important 多好/多重要 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] to say how good or important you think someone or something is 评价，判断〔好坏或重要性〕
6 place value/importance/emphasis etc on something to decide that something is important 看重/重视/注重等某事物
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place value/importance/emphasis etc on something• Some place emphasis on biotic, others on environmental factors.• A government department may place emphasis on careful administration and attention to detail, to research and to political manoeuvring.• It places emphasis on external evaluation and it undervalues the individual young reader's assessment.• In fact, these words break the sentence rhythm, placing emphasis on the words that follow.
7 can’t place somebody REMEMBERto recognize someone, but be unable to remember where you have met them before 想不起来与某人在哪里见过
8 be well/ideally etc placed CAN
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be well/ideally etc placed• The clearing banks were ideally placed.• But the island that in the prohibition years after 1920 profitably ran the rum trade is well placed for bootlegging cocaine.• Professional associations would seem to be well placed in terms of expertise and disinterest to carry out this kind of selection.• He was well placed to comment.• These factors, he argues, created a situation where many clearing banks were well placed to expand.• In short, I knew a lot of management educators and developers and was well placed to include them in my study.• Development agencies are well placed to make this point with the authority of people trying to get a job done.• By the end of the 32/33 season, the club was well placed to progress from friendlies to Junior League soccer.
9 RACES 比赛be placed first/second etc to be first, second etc in a race or competition 〔在赛跑或竞赛中〕得第一/第二名等
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place• For 100-to-200-page pieces, place a summary after each major section.• The value of the jewels has been placed at one million dollars.• In paper chromatography, the solid phase is paper on which the sample is placed directly.• When families place elderly relatives into residential care, a similar feeling of guilt is often apparent.• Every week someone comes and places fresh flowers on her grave.• Guivier's discoveries placed him at the cutting edge of medical research.• Pallan's latest win places him in the top ten players in Ohio.• Winters placed his hand on my arm, holding me back.• Food is placed in a large cage, and when the animal enters, the door drops down.• The temp agency was trying to place me with a law firm.• A secondary emphasis was to be placed on traffic between Berlin and Tokyo.• Place some lemon slices on the fish before serving it.• If they are not going to fit into school then they must be placed somewhere more suitable.• I complicate the test as follows: I place the coin in my hand, then my hand under the cushion.• He felt that Jordan's mistakes had placed the family in great danger.• Her big-boned body felt clumsy and she placed the tray on the coffee table with a loud clatter.• At the age of five, Matthew was placed with a foster family.
placed ... advertisement• Spooky ... Switching to a smaller scale, we placed advertisements in South London newsagents.• Neild placed advertisements in the newspapers appealing for donations.
From Longman Business Dictionary
placeplace1 /pleɪs/ verb [transitiveT]
1place an order (with somebody)COMMERCE to ask a shop or business to provide goods
The airline has placed a large order for jets with Boeing.
2place an order (with somebody)FINANCE to ask a BROKER to buy shares, bonds etc for you
A speculator placed a large order for stock but couldn’t afford to pay for it.
3FINANCE if a financial institution acting for a company places its shares, bonds etc, they manage to sell them to investors
It easily placed the 16 million shares in the bank.
place with
25% of the firm’s shares will be placed with institutional investors.
4place somebody in a jobHUMAN RESOURCES if an organization such as an EMPLOYMENT AGENCY places someone in a job, they find a job for them
The agency is not paid until the individual is placed in a job and holds it for a set amount of time.
5place an ad/advertisementMARKETING to arrange for an advertisement to appear in a newspaper
He wanted to sell his car, so he placed an ad in the ‘Auto Trader’.
6place a (telephone) call (to somebody) to give a telephone OPERATOR the number of a person you want to speak to, so that they can connect you
He went to the hotel to place two telephone calls, one local and one to London.
7place a business in/under receivership to ask a court of law to officially say that a company cannot continue to operate normally because of its financial difficulties
Creditor banks are considering cutting off assistance and forcing the company to be placed under receivership.
placeplace2 noun [countableC]
1place of work/employment formalHUMAN RESOURCES the office, factory etc where you work
Our place of work provides us with a base for social interaction.
2take place to happen, especially after being planned or arranged
The meeting took place on 5th May.
3in somebody’s place if you do something in someone’s place, you do it instead of them because they cannot do it
John Hudson is away that week, so I will be attending the course in his place.
4be going places informal to start becoming successful
The market had just started to look as if it was going places when the crash came along.
5in high places in positions of power or authority
corruption in high places
(900-1000) Old French “open space”, from Latin platea “broad street”, from Greek plateia (hodos), from platys “broad, flat”
place1 noun
→n USAGE1 →n COLLOCATIONS1 →THESAURUS1place2 verb →REGISTER1
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→n USAGE1 →n COLLOCATIONS1 →THESAURUS1place2 verb →REGISTER1
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