shop [ʃɔp]
- shop的基本解释
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n.
商店, 工厂, 车间
- My father works in a carpenter's shop.
- 我父亲在木工厂工作。
- Soon they got back to shop.
- 不一会他们回到与本行有关的话题上去了。
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vi.
购物, 到处寻找
- We shopped all morning for new coats.
- 整个上午我们都在买新衣服。
- Lora has gone shopping.
- 劳拉买东西去了。
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vt.
选购
- 与shop相关的词组
- all over the shop:到处
- sink the shop:不谈论本行的事
- shop around:逐店进行搜购, 到处寻找好职业, 到处寻找好主意
- tend shop:招待顾客
- talk shop:三句话不离本行
- set up shop:开店
- 与shop相关的情景对话
- 衣食住行/起床
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A:
It’s time to get up!
该起床了!
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B:
I just went to bed!
我刚刚睡下。
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A:
You shouldn’t have stayed up so late watching TV. I told you we had to get an early start.
你不该夜里看电视看得那么晚。我告诉过你我们得清早动身。
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B:
I know, but that movie was just too good to leave. I guess I’ll just have to pay the price and be sleepy.
我知道。但那个影片太吸引人了,不能不看。我想我只得认了,就困倦些吧。
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A:
Do you want to eat breakfast here?
你还想在家里吃早饭吗?
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B:
No. Why don’t we just grab a bite at the coffee shop next door?
不了,我们干嘛不在隔壁的咖啡馆里吃点东西呢。
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A:
Okay by me.
我没意见。
- 休闲娱乐/购物
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A:
Bob, do you want to go grocery shopping with me?
鲍伯,你想和我一起去杂货店买些东西吗?
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B:
Where are you going—to the corner shop down the road or to the new supermarket downtown?
你是去路那边的街角小店还是去市里的新超市?
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A:
I thought we could go to the new supermarket to check it out. Maybe they’ll have some of those olives that you like so much.
我想我们还是去那个新的超市看看吧。可能那儿有你非常喜欢的橄榄。
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B:
Alright. Have you made your shopping list?
好吧。你列购物清单了没有啊?
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A:
No, I thought we’d just have a look.
没有,我想我们只是看一看。
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B:
You know what they say. You should never go grocery shopping when you are hungry.
你知道大家怎么说的:当你饿的时候,绝不要去买东西。
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A:
Why not?
为什么不呢?
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B:
Because you’ll end up buying a lot more food than you normally would. Maybe we should at least give ourselves a budget to work with.
因为你通常会买比原本打算要买的多很多。或许我们至少应该定一个预算。
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A:
Fine. We won’t spend any more than $50.
好,我们不要超过50 美元。
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B:
Ok. Let’s go!
好,走吧。
- 商务外贸/创业
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A:
I was thinking of starting my own business.
我正在考虑开始自己创业。
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B:
What kind?
哪一类的?
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A:
I know you wanted me to take over your restaurant business, but to be honest, I can’t stand working in the food industry.
我知道你想让我接手你的餐厅,但是说实话,我受不了干食品业这行。
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B:
Don’t worry, I knew that about you a long time ago.
别担心,你这一点我很早以前就知道了。
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A:
I thought maybe you and dad could loan me some money to open a skate boarding shop.
我想你和爸爸也许能借我点钱让我开一个滑板商店。
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B:
That’s possible. Do you have a business plan?
那也有可能,你有创业计划吗?
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A:
Not in writing, but I’ve thought of all the preliminary details.
还没有落实到文字,但是我已经想过所有准备阶段的细节。
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B:
So what would you sell?
那你打算卖什么呢?
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A:
We’d sell skateboards, clothing, shoes, and accessories.
我想卖滑板、衣服、鞋和一些装饰。
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B:
What would make your shop different from the others’?
你打算怎样使你的店区别于其他人的呢?
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A:
I thought we could make our own T-shirts.
我们可以制作我们自己的T 恤。
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B:
It sounds OK to me, but you’ll have to talk to your father about this, too.
听起来还可以,但你还得和你爸爸也谈谈这件事情。