home /həʊm/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

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

  例：

  Last night they stayed at home and watched TV.

  昨天晚上他们待在家里看电视。

  例：

  The general divided his time between his shabby offices and his home in Hampstead.

  将军的时间一部分在他那破旧的办公室里度过，另一部分在他汉普斯特德的家度过。

• 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. 家乡; 祖国

  例：

  She gives frequent performances of her work, both at home and abroad.

  她经常在国内外演出自己的作品。

  例：

  His father worked away from home for much of Jim's first five years.

  在吉姆5岁前的大部分时间里，他的爸爸离家在外地工作。

• 3. 

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

  例：

  His wife wasn't feeling too well and she wanted to go home.

  他妻子感觉有些不舒服，想要回家。

  例：

  I'll call you as soon as I get home.

  我一到家就给你打电话。

• 4. 

  ADJ Home means made or done in the place where you live. 在家里做的或进行的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  ...cheap but healthy home cooking.

  …便宜却健康的家常便饭。

• 5. 

  ADJ Home means relating to your own country as opposed to foreign countries. 本国的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  Europe's software companies still have a growing home market.

  欧洲的软件公司仍拥有一个不断增长的本土市场。

• 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. 养育院; 养老院

  例：

  It's going to be a home for handicapped children.

  它将成为一家残疾儿童福利院。

• 7. 

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

  例：

  She had, at any rate, provided a peaceful and loving home for Harriet.

  她至少给哈丽雅特提供了一个宁静的、充满爱的家。

• 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. 发源地

  例：

  This southwest region of France is the home of claret.

  法国西南部的这个地区是波尔多干红葡萄酒的产地。

• 9. 

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

  例：

  The equipment itself is getting smaller, neater and easier to find a home for.

  该设备本身变得越来越小、越来越精巧，因而也就越来越便于存放。

• 10. 

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

  例：

  It is now up to all of us to debate this issue and press home the argument.

  现在要靠我们大家对这个问题进行辩论，并尽可能将论点阐释清楚。

• 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. (体育比赛的) 主场

  例：

  I scored in both games; we tied at home and beat them away.

  我在两场比赛中都进了球；我们在主场打成平局，在客场击败了他们。

• 12. 

  ADJ Home is also an adjective. 主场的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  All three are fans, and attend all home games together.

  3个人都是球迷，并且都一起观看了所有主场的比赛。

• 13. 

  PHRASE If you feel at home, you feel comfortable in the place or situation that you are in. 舒适自在

  例：

  He spoke very good English and appeared pleased to see us, and we soon felt quite at home.

  他英语说得非常好，见到我们时显得很高兴，我们很快就感到毫无拘束。

• 14. 

  PHRASE To bring something home to someone means to make them understand how important or serious it is. 使…清楚地领会 (重要性或严重性)

  例：

  Their sobering conversation brought home to everyone present the serious and worthwhile work the Red Cross does.

  他们的谈话发人深省，使得在场的每个人都清楚地认识到红十字会所做的严肃而有价值的工作。

• 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; 稳操胜券

  例：

  Just when she thought she was home free, her father spoke from behind her.

  就在她认为已经大功告成的时候，身后传来她爸爸说话的声音。

• 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. 被深刻领会

  例：

  Did the reality of war finally hit home?

  人们最终深刻认识到战争的现实了吗？

• 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. 像家一样舒适的地方 [表赞许]

  例：

  The café seems to be her home away from home these days.

  这些天来，咖啡馆似乎成了她的第二个家。

• 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. 请别拘束 [礼貌]

  例：

  Take off your jacket and make yourself at home.

  请脱下外套，随便些。

• 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]

  例：

  I see growth slightly up, but nothing to write home about.

  我看到稍有增长，但也没什么令人激动的。

• 20. 

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

  例：

  Only two torpedoes struck home.

  只有两枚鱼雷击中目标。