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place P0342300 (plās)n.1. a. An area with definite or indefinite boundaries; a portion of space.b. Room or space, especially adequate space: There is place for everyone at the back of the room.2. a. The particular portion of space occupied by or allocated to a person or thing.b. A building or an area set aside for a specified purpose: a place of worship.3. a. A dwelling; a house: bought a place on the lake.b. A business establishment or office.c. A locality, such as a town or city: visited many places.4. Abbr. Pl. A public square or street with houses in a town.5. a. A space in which one person, such as a passenger or spectator, can sit or stand.b. A setting for one person at a table.6. A position regarded as belonging to someone or something else; stead: She was chosen in his place.7. A particular point that one has reached, as in a book: I have lost my place.8. A particular spot, as on the body: the place that hurts.9. a. The proper or designated role or function: the place of the media in a free society.b. The proper or customary position or order: These books are out of place.c. A suitable setting or occasion: not the place to argue.d. The appropriate right or duty: not her place to criticize.10. Social station: He overstepped his place.11. A particular situation or circumstance: Put yourself in my place.12. High rank or status.13. A job, post, or position: found a place in the company.14. Relative position in a series; standing.15. Games Second position for betting purposes, as in a horserace.16. The specified stage in a list of points to be made, as in an argument: in the first place.17. Mathematics A position in a numeral or series.v. placed, plac·ing, plac·es v.tr.1. To put in or as if in a particular place or position; set.2. To put in a specified relation or order: Place the words in alphabetical order.3. To offer for consideration: placed the matter before the board.4. To find accommodation or employment for.5. To put into a particular condition: placed him under arrest.6. To arrange for the publication or display of: place an advertisement in the newspaper.7. To appoint to a post: placed her in a key position.8. a. To rank in an order or sequence: I'd place him second best.b. To estimate: placed the distance at 100 feet.9. To identify or classify in a particular context: could not place that person's face.10. a. To give an order for: place a bet.b. To apply or arrange for: place an order.c. To make or obtain a connection for (a telephone call).11. To sell (a new issue of stock, bonds, or other securities).12. To adjust (one's voice) for the best possible effects.v.intr. To be among those who finish a competition or race, especially to finish second.Phrasal Verb: place out To qualify for a waiver of a requirement or prerequisite: placed out of a freshman composition class.Idioms: all over the place In or to many locations; everywhere: Film is sold all over the place. in place1. In the appropriate or usual position or order: With everything in place, she started the slide show.2. In the same spot; without moving forwards or backwards: While marching in place, the band played a popular tune. in place of Instead of. keep/know (one's) place To recognize one's social position and act according to traditional decorum. place in the sun A dominant or favorable position or situation.
[Middle English, from Old English plæce and Old French place, open space (from Medieval Latin placea, from Vulgar Latin *plattea), both from Latin platēa, broad street, from Greek plateia (hodos), broad (street), feminine of platus; see plat- in Indo-European roots.]
place′a·ble adj.plac′er n.Thesaurus| Adv. | 1. | in place - in the original or natural place or site; "carcinoma in situ"; "the archeologists left the pottery in place"in situ |
Translationsplace (pleis) noun1. a particular spot or area. a quiet place in the country; I spent my holiday in various different places. 地方 地方2. an empty space. There's a place for your books on this shelf. 空位 位置3. an area or building with a particular purpose. a market-place. 場所 场所4. a seat (in a theatre, train, at a table etc). He went to his place and sat down. 座位 座位5. a position in an order, series, queue etc. She got the first place in the competition; I lost my place in the queue. 順位，名次 名次6. a person's position or level of importance in society etc. You must keep your secretary in her place. 身份地位 身份地位7. a point in the text of a book etc. The wind was blowing the pages of my book and I kept losing my place. 文章的某處 文章的段落8. duty or right. It's not my place to tell him he's wrong. 職責，權利 职权9. a job or position in a team, organization etc. He's got a place in the team; He's hoping for a place on the staff. 工作，職位 工作，职位 10. house; home. Come over to my place. 住所 住所11. (often abbreviated to Pl. when written) a word used in the names of certain roads, streets or squares. 出現在路名、街名或廣場名字之前 （常用于专用名词）街道，广场 12. a number or one of a series of numbers following a decimal point. Make the answer correct to four decimal places. 小數點後的位數 小数点后的位数 verb1. to put. He placed it on the table; He was placed in command of the army. 放置 放置2. to remember who a person is. I know I've seen her before, but I can't quite place her. 想起某人的身份 记得ˈplace-name noun the name of a town, hill, valley etc. 地名 地名go places to be successful, especially in one's career. That young man is sure to go places. 功成名就 获得成功in the first/second etc place expressions used to show steps in an argument, explanation etc. He decided not to buy the house, because in the first place it was too expensive, and in the second place it was too far from his office. 第一點，第二點 第一点，第二点 in place in the proper position; tidy. He left everything in place. 適得其所 在适当的位置上in place of instead of. We advise discussion in place of argument; John couldn't go, so I went in his place. 代替 代替out of place1. not suitable (to the occasion etc). His clothes are quite out of place at a formal dinner. 不搭調，格格不入 不合适，格格不入 2. not in the proper position; untidy. Although he had had to run most of the way, he arrived with not a hair out of place. 非適得其所，凌亂不堪 不在适当的位置上put oneself in someone else's place to imagine what it would be like to be someone else. If you put yourself in his place, you can understand why he is so careful. 設身處地為人著想 处于他人的位置上，设身处地 put (someone) in his/her place to remind (someone), often in a rude or angry way, of his lower social position, or lack of importance, experience etc. 讓某人知道自己有幾兩重，使某人安分守己(通常意指社會地位較低的人) 使某人安分守己take place to happen. What took place after that? 發生 发生take the place of to be used instead of, or to be a substitute for. I don't think television will ever take the place of books. 替代 代替in place
in (someone's or something's) place1. Literally, in someone's or something's physical location. Hey, you're in my place! You know I always sit here! You can't put the television in the sofa's place—it messes up the whole décor of the room!2. Instead of someone or something else; as a substitute for someone or something. Janet is really sick, so I'm going to lead the meeting in her place. After our dog died, my parents got me a pet hamster in its place.See also: place*in placein (someone's or something's) proper place or location. (*Typically: be ~; put something [into] ~.) The maid came into the room and put everything into place. It's good to see everything in place again.See also: placein place1. In the appropriate or usual position or order. For example, With everything in place, she started the slide show. [Mid-1500s] Also see put someone in his or her place. 2. In the same spot, without advancing or retreating, as in While marching in place, the band played six more numbers. See also: placein ˈplace prepared and ready: Everything seems to be in place for a successful peace conference.See also: place in place1. In the appropriate or usual position or order: With everything in place, she started the slide show.2. In the same spot; without moving forwards or backwards: While marching in place, the band played a popular tune.See also: placeLegalSeePlacein place
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