stay
[stei]
vt. & vi.
停留; 停止
I'm in a hurry; I've no time to stay.
我很忙, 没有时间待了。
vi.&link v.
继续处于某种状态
Do you think this fine weather has come to stay?
你认为这种好天气能持久稳定下来吗?
stay
stay1
verb
[no obj., usu. with adverbial]remain in the same place
停留，留下
you stay here and I'll be back soon.
你呆在这里，我很快就回来。
Jenny decided to stay at home with their young child.
詹尼决定留在家里陪他们的小孩。
he stayed with the firm as a consultant.
他留在这家公司作顾问。
■(stay for/to)delay leaving so as to join in (an activity).
耽搁，逗留
why not stay to lunch?.
何不留下来吃午饭？。
■(stay down)(of food) remain in the stomach, rather than be thrown up as vomit.
（食物）留在胃里
■(stay with)remain in the mind or memory of (someone).
继续记住
Gary's words stayed with her all evening.
整个晚上她脑子里一直回想着加里说过的话。
[no obj., with complement or adverbial]remain in a specified state or position
保持，继续是
her ability to stay calm.
她保持冷静的能力。
tactics used to stay in power.
继续掌权的策略。
I managed to stay out of trouble.
我设法避免惹上麻烦。
■(stay with)continue or persevere with (an activity or task).
持续；坚持
the incentive needed to stay with a healthy diet.
保持健康的饮食所需的激励。
■(stay with)(of a competitor or player) keep up with (another) during a race or match.
（竞争者，参赛者）与…并驾齐驱，跟上（对手）
■short for stay the course below:
下面stay the course 的简称
the boat made a good race for half the course but could not stay.
那条船在前半段比赛中表现很好，但是没有坚持到底。
[no obj.](of a person) live somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest
（人）暂住，逗留
the girls had gone to stay with friends.
那些女孩已去与朋友暂时住在一起。
Minton invited him to stay the night.
明顿想留他过夜。
■(Scottish & S. African)live permanently.
(苏格兰，南非)定居
where do you stay?.
你住在什么地方？。
[with obj.]stop, delay, or prevent (something), in particular suspend or postpone (judicial proceedings) or refrain from pressing (charges)
停止；延缓；防止；暂缓执行（或推迟判决）
■assuage (hunger) for a short time.
暂时解除（饥饿）
I grabbed something to stay the pangs of hunger.
我抓了点东西吃，以暂时解除饥饿的折磨。
■(poetic/literary)curb; check.
(诗／文)控制；中止，抑制
he tries to stay the destructive course of barbarism.
他设法制止野蛮的破坏性行为。
■[no obj., in imperative](archaic)wait a moment in order to allow someone time to think or speak.
(古)等候，等待
stay, stand apart, I know not which is which.
等一等，站开些，我不知道哪个是哪个。
[with obj.](一般作 be stayed)(poetic/literary)support or prop up
(诗／文)支持，拥护；支撑
noun
a period of staying somewhere, in particular of living somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest
（尤指作客）逗留期间
an overnight stay at a luxury hotel.
在豪华饭店呆了一晚上。
(poetic/literary)a curb or check
(诗／文)制止，中止，抑制
there is likely to be a good public library as a stay against boredom.
很有可能会建一座很好的公共图书馆来打发无聊的时光。
■(Law)a suspension or postponement of judicial proceedings.
(律)（审判的）推迟，延缓
a stay of prosecution.
暂缓起诉。
a device used as a brace or support
支架，支柱；支撑物
■(stays)(historical)a corset made of two pieces laced together and stiffened by strips of whalebone.
(史)胸衣，紧身褡，紧身背心
[mass noun](archaic)power of endurance
(古)持久力，耐力
from
[ frɔm, frəm]
prep.
(表示时间)从…, 自…
We've been working from morning to night.
我们从早到晚一直工作。
(表示状态)从某(位置、状态等)开始
He rose from office boy to managing director in ten years.
他在十年间由办公室勤杂员升至总经理。
(表示范围)从较低限度算起
The jackets are from 35 dollars.
这些夹克衫起价是35美元。
(表示来源)来自…; 源于…; 从…里取出
I come from the north.
我是北方人。
(表示分离)与…分离[隔开]; 减去; 扣除
The wind blew his hat from his head.
风将他的帽子从头上吹走了。
(表示否定)免于; 免遭
Wild fruit kept us from dying of starvation.
我们靠着野果才没被饿死。
(表示方位)从…; 以…为开始方向
Latitudes are the lines that go from east to west.
纬线是从东到西的线。
(表示原因)因为, 出于
She told him the truth from a sense of loyalty.
她告诉他真相是出于忠诚。
(表示比较)与…相比; 与…区分
She is different from her sister in character.
她和她姐姐性格不同。
from
preposition
indicating the point in space at which a journey, motion, or action starts
〔表示空间的起始点〕从…起
she began to walk away from him.
她开始从他身旁走开。
I leapt from my bed.
我从床上跳下来。
he was turning the Chamberlain government away from appeasement.
他正在阻止张伯伦政府奉行绥靖政策。
■indicating the distance between a particular place and another place used as a point of reference.
〔表示距离〕离
the ambush occurred 50 metres from a checkpoint.
伏击发生在离检查站50米的地方。
indicating the point in time at which a particular process, event, or activity starts
〔表示时间的起始点〕始于
the show will run from 10 am to 2 pm.
演出将从上午10点开始，下午2点结束。
indicating the source or provenance of someone or something
〔表示来源〕来自，从…来
I'm from Hackney.
我来自哈克尼。
she rang him from the hotel.
她从酒店给他打电话。
she demanded the keys from her husband.
她向她的丈夫索要钥匙。
■indicating the date at which something was created.
〔表示某物产生的日期〕始于
a document dating from the thirteenth century.
上溯到13世纪的文献。
indicating the starting point of a specified range on a scale
〔表示某具体范围的起始点〕从
men who ranged in age from seventeen to eighty-four.
从17岁到84岁的男人。
■indicating one extreme in a range of conceptual variations.
〔表示概念变化范围的一端〕从
anything from geography to literature.
从地理到文学的任何一门学问。
indicating the point at which an observer is placed
〔表示观察方位〕从
you can see the island from here.
从这里你可以看见那个岛。
the ability to see things from another's point of view.
从别人的观点观察事物的能力。
indicating the raw material out of which something is manufactured
〔表示原料〕由
a varnish made from copal.
由珂巴脂制成的清漆。
indicating separation or removal
〔表示离开、脱离〕离
the party was ousted from power after sixteen years.
16年后这个党被赶下了台。
indicating prevention
〔表示防止〕防
the story of how he was saved from death.
关于他如何被救活的故事。
indicating a cause
〔表示原因〕因为，由于
a child suffering from asthma.
一个患哮喘的儿童。
indicating a source of knowledge or the basis for one's judgement
〔表示信息的来源或判断的基础〕从
information obtained from papers, books, and presentations.
从文件、书本和演示会中获取的信息。
indicating a distinction
〔表示区别〕与…不同
the courts view him in a different light from that of a manual worker.
法院不把他看成体力劳动者。
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