stay的意思

vt.& vi. 停留；停止；堅持；抑制

vi. 繼續(xù)處于某種狀態(tài)；

n. 逗留；延期；倚靠；忍耐

stay的用法

用作不及物動詞

S+～(+A)

I'm in a hurry,I've no time to stay.

我很忙,沒有時間呆了。

I don't live here.

I'm only staying.我不住在這里,我只是暫住幾天罷了。

Stay!You've left your umbrella.

停一下!你落下了你的傘。

S+～+to-v

I stayed to see what would happen.

我留下來看進一步的發(fā)展。

It grew late so we did not stay to see the play out.

時間很晚了,所以我們沒有留下來看完全劇。

She stayed to take care of her mother.

她留下來照料她母親。

用作系動詞

S+～+n./adj./v-ed

She is my girl and she stays my girl, understand?她永遠是我的女兒,明白嗎?

He stayed a bachelor.

他不結(jié)婚。

She stayed a spinster.

她過獨身生活。

用作及物動詞

S+～+n./pron.

You'd better stay the weekend.

你最好留下來過周末。

He stayed the work and had the machinery removed.

他把工作停下來,讓人把機器搬掉。

She stayed her tears until her lover was out of sight.

直到她的心上人看不見了她才止住淚水。

用作名詞(n.)

We only intend to make a short stay here.

我們只想在這兒作短暫的逗留。

They have had an overnight stay in Karachi.

他們已在卡拉奇過夜。

The judge granted the condemned man a stay for an appeal.

法官準許那個被判罪的人延期執(zhí)行以便上訴。