noun [具体名词]角；嘴角，眼角；街角，拐角；角落，偏僻处；困境，窘境；角球；场角，场角的辅助人员 - The corner of a room, box, or similar space is the area inside it where its edges or walls meet.
verb [vt. 及物动词]将…逼入死角，使走投无路；硬要与某人说话；垄断；转弯，拐弯；囤积；相交成角 - If you corner a person or animal, you force them into a place they cannot escape from.
noun [具体名词]大块，一块（木料、石头等）；（四面临街的）街段，街区；大楼，大厦；栋，座，幢；障碍物，阻碍（a block in the pipe / drain）；（短时间的）思维停滞，思维中断；一组，一批，一叠；（连续的）一段时间；阻挡，拦截；积木；（古代斩首用的）垫头木；<美>一大片土地；（物体的）平面，纯色色块；滑轮，滑轮组；区块 - A block of apartments or offices is a large building containing them.
verb [vi. 不及物动词]阻塞，堵塞（道路、管道等）；遮住（视线）；封锁，挡住（去路）；阻挠，阻止；阻截，拦截（对方的球）；对…进行块操作；用模具使（帽等）成形 - To block a road, channel, or pipe means to put an object across it or in it so that nothing can pass through it or along it.
noun [专属名词]日期，日子；约会，幽会；约会对象；椰枣，海枣 - I've got a hot date tonight.
verb [vi. 不及物动词]注明日期；确定年代；<美>谈恋爱，约会；过时，不流行；使显老 - Blue and white is the classic colour combination for bathrooms. It always looks smart and will never date.
noun [专属名词]【名】 （Date）（英）戴特，（日）伊达（人名） - "Dottie" is by far his best novel to date.
日期表达
- The date today is... 今天是...（日期）。
- What's the date today? 今天是几号？
- To set a date 确定一个日期。
- To fix a date 确定一个日期（与 set 类似，但更正式）。
- A calendar date 日历上的日期。
- A due date 截止日期，到期日。这个词在工作和学校中非常常见。
- A birth date 出生日期。
- 相关短语
- Up to date 最新的，及时的。例如：Is your information up to date?（你的信息是最新的吗？）。
- Out of date 过时的。例如：That software is out of date.（那个软件已经过时了）。
- To date 迄今为止，到目前为止。例如：This is the best movie I have seen to date.（这是我迄今为止看过的最好的电影）。
- To come of age 成年。这个短语表示到达法定年龄，常用于书面语。
作为“约会”的用法
- 约会表达
- A blind date 盲目约会(相亲)，指约会双方事先不认识。
- A double date 双重约会（集体相亲），指两对情侣一起约会。
- To ask someone on a date 约某人出去约会。
- To go on a date with someone 和某人约会。
- A dinner date 晚餐约会。
- 相关动词和短语
- To date someone 和某人约会，与某人谈恋爱。
- To date back to 追溯到...。这个短语用于历史或考古，表示时间起源。例如：This building dates back to the 18th century.（这座建筑的历史可以追溯到18世纪）。
- To have a date with destiny 与命运有个约会。这个短语带有戏剧性，表示一个人将要经历一个重要的、决定性的时刻。
noun [具体名词]停车，泊车；停车场，停车位 - Parking is space for parking a vehicle in.
verb [vi. 不及物动词]存放，寄存；停车，泊车；坐下（或站着）（park 的现在分词形式） - There is ample car parking off site.
noun [抽象名词]肮脏，杂乱；不整洁或邋遢的人（或物）；掉落的东西，溅出的东西；（动物的）粪便；困境，混乱局面；处于困境的人 - A mess is something liquid or sticky that has been accidentally dropped on something.
verb [vi. 不及物动词]弄脏，弄乱；玩弄；随地便溺；在军人食堂就餐 - He was messed up pretty bad by the other guy.
口语中a mess 用来指“困境，窘境，一团糟”等含义
- What a mess! 真是糟糕透了！
- You are a mess! 你真邋遢
- The man/woman is a mess.
make a mess of sth. 把……搅得乱七八糟
- He made a mess of my job. 他把我的工作搅得一团糟
- Make some jam if you want to, but don’t make a mess in the kitchen.
noun [专属名词]嫂子；弟媳；妯娌 - At first, this made my sister-in-law "feel better".
adjective [原级]高兴的，满意的；高兴，乐于（做某事）；洋洋自得的，自满的 - Felicity seemed pleased at the suggestion.
verb [vt. 及物动词]（使）开心，（使）满意；想，选择，喜欢；请便，随你的便（please 的过去式和过去分词形式） - "Sophie was glad to see you," he said, pleased with himself again for having remembered her name.
noun [具体名词]保留，保护；（房间，座位等的）预订；（美国印第安人的）居留地，保留地；（野生动物）保护区；<法律>（财产转让的）权益保留；圣餐保留（指弥撒完毕后部分圣餐留给病人或作为礼拜之用）；存疑，保留；（罗马天主教高级圣职人员的）赦罪权的保留；（教皇的）任命权保留 - We can hold your reservation for three days.
verb [vi. 不及物动词]（用手、手臂等）抓住，托住，夹住；抱住，捂住，按住（受伤的身体部位等）；拥抱；使保持（在某位置）；支撑…的重量；容纳，包含；存放，盛放，装；监禁，拘留；防守，保卫，（用武力）占据；（好形势）保持不变，持续；吸引住（注意力），保持（兴趣）；（使）保持（价值或水平）；保存，保留（以备后用）；拥有，持有；担任，任职 - Does your offer still hold?
noun [专属名词]拿，抓，握；（摔跤等运动中的）擒拿技法；影响，左右力，控制；（供手攀、脚踏的）支撑点，支撑物；底舱，货舱；预定；坚持，继续拥有；理解 - They hold differing views.
hold 习惯用被动
- The Olympic games will be held in China in 2008. (two thousand eight)
- A festival is held at Edinburgh every year. 节日庆典每年在爱丁堡举行一次.
- We are going to hold a meeting tomorrow to discuss the subject.明天我们准备开一次会来讨论这个议题.
- The next conference will be held in Geneva. 下次会议将在日内瓦举行.
| vt. 拿着，抓住，抱住 |
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| 容纳，装得下，包含 |
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| 举行，进行（会议、会谈等）；庆祝（节日）；纪念 | have a meeting = hold a meeting 召开会议 |
noun [专属名词]临时替人看小孩者 - Television has become a baby-sitter, an introducer of conversations, the major transmitter of culture, a keeper of tradition.
verb [vt. 及物动词]离开（某人或某处）;留下;丢下；剩下；遗忘 - He would not be allowed to leave the country.
noun [抽象名词]假期，休假；准许，许可；（斯努克、槌球等）收盘球势，（球被击后）停留的位置 - This is a button to submit the leave application.
A.离开
- He has left Beijing.
- When will you leave the hotel?
B.遗留、落
- Please leave the door open. 留着门儿。
- I left my bag on the train. 我把包落在火车上了。
leave n. permission 允许，许可（一般用于固定搭配）
- He did it without my leave.
- The senator asked leave to take the floor. take the floor 起立发言
| I take leave to do sth. 请允许我做某事 | I take leave to say / doubt / think … |
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| forgive me for doing 请允许我... | Forgive me for saying so, but what you said is nonsense. |
| I take the liberty of doing 我擅自决定去做... | I take the liberty of asking you a question. |
| I venture to do 冒昧的去做... | I venture to say that you are making a dangerous mistake. |