belong /bɪˈlɒŋ/ CET4 TEM4 ( belonging, belonged, belongs )

• 1. 

  V-I If something belongs to you, you own it. 属于 [no cont]

  例：

  The house had belonged to her family for three or four generations.

  这座房子属于她家已有三四代了。

• 2. 

  V-I You say that something belongs to a particular person when you are guessing, discovering, or explaining that it was produced by or is part of that person. (某人) 所做; 所有 [no cont]

  例：

  The handwriting belongs to a male.

  这笔迹出自一名男子之手。

• 3. 

  V-I If someone belongs to a particular group, they are a member of that group. 是…的成员 [no cont]

  例：

  I used to belong to a youth club.

  我曾是一个青年俱乐部的成员。

• 4. 

  V-I If something or someone belongs in or to a particular category, type, or group, they are of that category, type, or group. 属 (某一类别、类型、群) [no cont]

  例：

  The judges could not decide which category it belonged in.

  法官们无法决定它属于哪一类别。

• 5. 

  V-I If something belongs to a particular time, it comes from that time. 源自于; 属于 (某一时期) [no cont]

  例：

  The pictures belong to an era when there was a preoccupation with high society.

  这些图片源于上层社会占据主流的时代。

• 6. 

  V-I If you say that something belongs to someone, you mean that person has the right to it. 有权拥有 [no cont]

  例：

  ...but the last word belonged to Rosanne.

  …但最后的决定权归罗桑所有。

• 7. 

  V-I If you say that a time belongs to a particular system or way of doing something, you mean that that time is or will be characterized by it. (时代) 具有…的特征 [no cont]

  例：

  The future belongs to democracy.

  未来将是民主的时代。

• 8. 

  V-I If a baby or child belongs to a particular adult, that adult is his or her parent or the person who is looking after him or her. (小孩) 为…所监护 [no cont]

  例：

  He deduced that the two children belonged to the couple.

  他推断这两个孩子是那对夫妇的。

• 9. 

  V-I If a person or thing belongs in a particular place or situation, that is where they should be. 属于 (某地或环境情形) [no cont]

  例：

  You don't belong here.

  你不属于这里。

  例：

  They need to feel they belong.

  他们需要有归属感。