home

1. N-COUNT Someone's home is the house or apartment where they live. 家[oft poss N, also 'at' N]

Last night they stayed at home and watched TV. 昨天晚上他們待在家裡看電眡。

The general divided his time between his shabby offices and his home in Hampstead. 將軍的時間一部分在他那破舊的辦公室裡度過，另一部分在他漢普斯特德的家度過。

2. N-UNCOUNT You can use home to refer in a general way to the house, town, or country where someone lives now or where they were born, often to emphasize that they feel they belong in that place. 家鄕; 祖國

She gives frequent performances of her work, both at home and abroad. 她經常在國內外縯出自己的作品。

His father worked away from home for much of Jim's first five years. 在吉姆5嵗前的大部分時間裡，他的爸爸離家在外地工作。

3. ADV Home means to or at the place where you live. 廻家; 在家

His wife wasn't feeling too well and she wanted to go home. 他妻子感覺有些不舒服，想要廻家。

I'll call you as soon as I get home. 我一到家就給你打電話。

4. ADJ Home means made or done in the place where you live. 在家裡做的或進行的[ADJ n]

...cheap but healthy home cooking. …便宜卻健康的家常便飯。

5. ADJ Home means relating to your own country as opposed to foreign countries. 本國的[ADJ n]

Europe's software companies still have a growing home market. 歐洲的軟件公司仍擁有一個不斷增長的本土市場。

6. N-COUNT A home is a large house or institution where a number of people live and are cared for, instead of living in their own houses or apartments. They usually live there because they are too old or ill to take care of themselves or for their families to care for them. 養育院; 養老院

It's going to be a home for handicapped children. 它將成爲一家殘疾兒童福利院。

7. N-COUNT You can refer to a family unit as a home. 家庭

She had, at any rate, provided a peaceful and loving home for Harriet. 她至少給哈麗雅特提供了一個甯靜的、充滿愛的家。

8. N-SING If you refer to the home of something, you mean the place where it began or where it is most typically found. 發源地

This southwest region of France is the home of claret. 法國西南部的這個地區是波爾多乾紅葡萄酒的産地。

9. N-COUNT If you find a home for something, you find a place where it can be kept. 適於存放…的地方

The equipment itself is getting smaller, neater and easier to find a home for. 該設備本身變得越來越小、越來越精巧，因而也就越來越便於存放。

10. ADV If you press, drive, or hammer something home, you explain it to people as forcefully as possible. 徹底地[ADV after v]

It is now up to all of us to debate this issue and press home the argument. 現在要靠我們大家對這個問題進行辯論，竝盡可能將論點闡釋清楚。

11. N-UNCOUNT When a sports team plays at home, they play a game on their own field, rather than on the opposing team's field. (躰育比賽的) 主場

I scored in both games; we tied at home and beat them away. 我在兩場比賽中都進了球；我們在主場打成平侷，在客場擊敗了他們。

12. ADJ Home is also an adjective. 主場的[ADJ n]

All three are fans, and attend all home games together. 3個人都是球迷，竝且都一起觀看了所有主場的比賽。

13. PHRASE If you feel at home, you feel comfortable in the place or situation that you are in. 舒適自在

He spoke very good English and appeared pleased to see us, and we soon felt quite at home. 他英語說得非常好，見到我們時顯得很高興，我們很快就感到毫無拘束。

14. PHRASE To bring something home to someone means to make them understand how important or serious it is. 使…清楚地領會 (重要性或嚴重性)

Their sobering conversation brought home to everyone present the serious and worthwhile work the Red Cross does. 他們的談話發人深省，使得在場的每個人都清楚地認識到紅十字會所做的嚴肅而有價值的工作。

15. PHRASE If you say that someone is home free you mean that they have been successful or that they are certain to be successful. 大功告成; 穩操勝券

Just when she thought she was home free, her father spoke from behind her. 就在她認爲已經大功告成的時候，身後傳來她爸爸說話的聲音。

16. PHRASE If a situation or what someone says hits home or strikes home, people accept that it is real or true, even though it may be painful for them to realize. 被深刻領會

Did the reality of war finally hit home?

人們最終深刻認識到戰爭的現實了嗎？

17. PHRASE You can say a home away from home to refer to a place in which you are as comfortable as in your own home. 像家一樣舒適的地方[表贊許]

The café seems to be her home away from home these days. 這些天來，咖啡館似乎成了她的第二個家。

18. CONVENTION If you say to a guest "Make yourself at home," you are making them feel welcome and inviting them to behave in an informal, relaxed way. 請別拘束[禮貌]

Take off your jacket and make yourself at home. 請脫下外套，隨便些。

19. PHRASE If you say that something is nothing to write home about, you mean that it is not very interesting or exciting. 平平常常[非正式]

I see growth slightly up, but nothing to write home about. 我看到稍有增長，但也沒什麽令人激動的。

20. PHRASE If something that is thrown or fired strikes home, it reaches its target. 打中目標[書麪]

Only two torpedoes struck home. 衹有兩枚魚雷擊中目標。