at /ət, æt/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  PREP You use at to indicate the place or event where something happens or is situated. 在 (某地)

  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.

  他们约定了在索霍区的一家餐馆里见面。

• 2. 

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

  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打字。

  例：

  At his side was a beautiful young woman.

  他的身边是一位漂亮的年轻女子。

• 3. 

  PREP 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. 以 (某距离、某角度)

  例：

  The two journalists followed at a discreet distance.

  那两名记者保持一段适当的距离跟在后面。

• 4. 

  PREP If something happens at a particular time, that is the time when it happens or begins to happen. 在 (某时刻)

  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. 

  PREP If you do something at a particular age, you do it when you are that age. 在 (某岁时)

  例：

  Zachary started playing violin at age 4.

  扎卡里4岁开始拉小提琴。

• 6. 

  PREP If someone is at a particular school or college, they go there regularly to study. 在 (某学校)

  例：

  Their daughter is a sophomore at Yale.

  他们的女儿在耶鲁大学读大二。

• 7. 

  PREP You use at to express a rate, frequency, level, or price. 以 (某速度、频率、水平或价格)

  例：

  I drove back down the motorway 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.

  定期检查机油，经常保养汽车。

• 8. 

  PREP You use at before a number or amount to indicate a measurement. 在 (某数量) [PREP amount]

  例：

  ...as unemployment stays pegged at three million.

  …由于失业人数维持在300万。

• 9. 

  PREP If you look at someone or something, you look toward them. If you direct an object or a comment at someone, you direct it toward them. 朝 (方向)

  例：

  He looked at Michael and laughed.

  他朝迈克尔看去，笑了。

• 10. 

  PREP 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. 冲 (某人…) [v PREP n]

  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. 

  PREP 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. 对着(某物) [v PREP n]

  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. 

  PREP If you are working at something, you are dealing with it. If you are aiming at something, you are trying to achieve it. 在 (某目标上)

  例：

  She has worked hard at her marriage.

  她在婚姻上已经很努力了。

• 13. 

  PREP If something is done at someone's invitation or request, it is done as a result of it. 应 (某人之邀) [PREP n with poss]

  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. 

  PREP You use at to say that someone or something is in a particular state or condition. 在 (某状态或情况下) [v-link PREP n]

  例：

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

  恐怕我们无权透露那信息。

• 15. 

  PREP 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. 在 (某人或某事物最…的时候)

  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. 

  PREP You use at to say how something is being done. 以 (某方式)

  例：

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

  三个人被一辆小巴里乱射的子弹打死了。

• 17. 

  PREP You use at to show that someone is doing something repeatedly. 在 (某物上反复做某事) [v PREP n]

  例：

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

  她放下了那块她一直在反复擦眼睛的手绢。

• 18. 

  PREP You use at to indicate an activity or task when saying how well someone does it. 在 (某方面)

  例：

  I'm good at my work.

  我擅长我的工作。

• 19. 

  PREP You use at to indicate what someone is reacting to. 因 (某事物)

  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。

• 20. 

  N a Laotian monetary unit worth one hundredth of a kip 老特; 老挝货币单位，100老特等于1基普

• 21. 

  the INTERNET DOMAIN NAME for Austria 奥地利

• 22. 

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