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The word "station" is a versatile term with multiple meanings. As a noun, it can refer to a place for trains/buses, a center for various services (e.g., police station), a broadcast organization, or historically, a social rank. As a verb, it denotes assigning personnel (especially military) to a location or positioning someone.

The word "station" can be a noun referring to a place where trains or buses stop for passengers, a center for a service or activity (like a police or fire station), a radio or television company, or, in older usage, a social rank or position. It can also be a verb, meaning to assign someone, typically military personnel, to a specific location for a period of duty, or to place oneself or someone else in a particular spot.

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]火车站 A station is a building by a railway line where trains stop so that people can get on or off.
  [oft n N]
  • Ingrid went with him to the railway station to see him off...

    英格丽德和他一起去火车站送他。

  • Businessmen stream into one of Tokyo's main train stations.

    商人不断涌进东京的一个主要火车站。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](公共汽车)站 A bus station is a building, usually in a town or city, where buses stop, usually for a while, so that people can get on or off.
  [n N]
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    [N-COUNT 可数名词]广播电台(或电视台) If you talk about a particular radio or television station, you are referring to the programmes broadcast by a particular radio or television company.
      [oft n N]
    • ...an independent local radio station...

      独立的地方电台

    • It claims to be the most popular television station in the UK.

      它自称是英国最受欢迎的电视台。

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    [V-PASSIVE 被动动词]安置,派驻(士兵或官员);使驻扎 If soldiers or officials are stationed in a place, they are sent there to do a job or to work for a period of time.
      [be V-ed prep/adv]
      [V-ed]
    • Reports from the capital, Lome, say troops are stationed on the streets...

      来自首都洛美的报道称,部队驻扎在大街上。

    • I was stationed there just after the war.

      战争刚结束,我就被派驻到那里。

    • ...United States military personnel stationed in the Philippines.

      美国驻扎在菲律宾的军事人员

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    [VERB 动词](常指为某一特定目的)在…守候 If you station yourself somewhere, you go there and wait, usually for a particular purpose.
      [V pron-refl prep/adv]
      [FORMAL 正式]
    • The musicians stationed themselves quickly on either side of the stairs...

      乐师们很快就静候在了楼梯的两边。

    • He stationed himself at the door.

      他在门口守候着。

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    See also:
    fire station
    ;
    gas station
    ;
    petrol station
    ;
    police station
    ;
    power station
    ;
    service station
    ;
    space station
    ;
    way station
    ;

      Oxford sta·tion ★ / ˈsteɪʃn ; NAmE ˈsteɪʃn /
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      verb
      station stations stationed stationing
      noun ★ for trains/buses 火车;公共汽车 1 ★ a place where trains stop so that passengers can get on and off; the buildings connected with this 火车站 ◆ I get off at the next station. 我在下一站下车。 ◆ the main station 中心车站 ◆ Penn Station 宾州车站 ◆ a train station 火车站 ◆ ( BrE also) a railway station 火车站 ◆ ( BrE) a tube/an underground station 地铁站 ◆ ( NAmE) a subway station 地铁站 2 ★ ( usually in compounds 通常构成复合词 ) a place where buses stop; the buildings connected with this 公共汽车站;长途汽车站 ◆ a bus/coach station 公共汽车╱长途汽车站 HELP  In Britain, the word stationon its own usually refers to the train station. 在英国,station 单独使用时通常指火车站 ◆ Can you tell me the way to the station? In the US it is usual to say which station you are talking about. 在美国,station 通常指明是什么车站 ◆ the train station ◆ the Greyhound Bus station for work/service 工作;服务 3 ★ ( usually in compounds 通常构成复合词 ) a place or building where a service is organized and provided or a special type of work is done 站;所;局 ◆ a police station 警察局 ◆ ( BrE) a petrol station 加油站 ◆ ( NAmE) a gas station 加油站 ◆ an agricultural research station 农业研究所 ◆ a pollution monitoring station 污染监测站 ☞compare
      space station
      radio/TV company 广播╱电视公司 4 ★ ( often in compounds 常构成复合词 ) a radio or television company and the programmes it broadcasts 电台;电视台 ◆ a local radio/TV station 地方广播电台╱电视台 ◆ He tuned to another station. 他换了一个台。 social position 社会地位 5 ( old-fashioned or formal) your social position 社会地位;身分 ◆ She was definitely getting ideas above her station. 她明显是抱有超出自己身分的想法。 position 位置 6 a place where sb has to wait and watch or be ready to do work if needed 须坚守的位置;岗位;战位 ◆ You are not to leave your station without permission. 未经允许,不得离开岗位。 ☞see also
      docking station
      large farm 大农场 7 ( usually in compounds 通常构成复合词 ) a large sheep or cattlefarm in Australia or New Zealand (澳大利亚或新西兰放养牛或羊的)大型牧场 for army/navy 陆军;海军 8 a small base for the army or navy; the people living in it 军事基地;驻军 ◆ a naval station 海军基地 ☞see also
      action stations
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      panic
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      verb armed forces 武装部队 1 [often passive ] stationsb + adv./prep. to send sb, especially from one of the armed forces, to work in a place for a period of time 派驻;使驻扎 ◆ troops stationed abroad 驻扎在国外的部队 go to position 前往 2 stationsb/yourself + adv./prep. ( formal) to go somewhere and stand or sit there, especially to wait for sth; to send sb somewhere to do this 到某处站(或坐);把…安置到(某处) ◆ She stationed herself at the window to await his return. 她待在窗前等他回来。 sta·tion / ˈsteɪʃn ; NAmE ˈsteɪʃn /
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      station2 verb
      stationsta‧tion1 /ˈsteɪʃən/ ●●● S1 W1 noun
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      1train/bus [countable] a place where trains or buses regularly stop so that passengers can get on and off, goods can be loaded etc, or the buildings at such a place → terminus:  I want to get off at the next station. Grand Central Station Is there a waiting room in the station?train station/railway station British English the city bus station2centre for a service or activity [countable] a building or place that is a centre for a particular kind of service or activity:  a police station a fire stationpetrol station British English, gas station American English (=where petrol is sold)polling station (=where you vote in an election) an Antarctic research station →
      action stations
      3radio/tv [countable] an organization which makes television or radio broadcasts, or the building where this is done:  New York jazz station WBGO a local TV station4social rank [countable] old-fashioned your position in society:  Karen was definitely getting ideas above her station (=higher than her social rank).5position [countable] formal a place where someone stands or sits in order to be ready to do something quickly if needed:  You’re not to leave your station unless told.6farm [countable] a large sheep or cattle farm in Australia or New Zealand7army/navy [countable] a small military establishment:  an isolated naval stationTHESAURUSstation a place where trains or buses regularly stop: · The town has its own railway station.· Paddington Station in west London· the bus stationterminus the station or stop at the end of a railway or bus line: · We’ve arranged to meet her at the Victoria bus terminus.· the railway terminus in central Calcuttatrack [usually plural] the metal lines along which trains travel. This is sometimes used in American English to say which part of a station a train will leave from: · The passenger train, traveling at 120 mph, careered off the tracks.platform the raised place beside a railway track where you get on and off a train in a station – used especially to say which part of a station a train will leave from: · Trains for Oxford leave from Platform 2.ticket office (also booking office British English) the place at a station where tickets are sold: · You can buy rail tickets online or at the ticket office.departures board British English (also departure board American English) a board saying when and from which part of a station each train will leave: · The departures board said that the train was ten minutes late.
      station1 noun
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      stationstation2 verb [transitive]
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      1to send someone in the military to a particular place for a period of time as part of their military duty SYN  post:  I was stationed overseas at the time.2formal to move to a particular place and stand or sit there, especially in order to be able to do something quickly, or to cause someone to do this:  A security guard was stationed near the door.GRAMMAR Station is usually passive.
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      station

      [ˈsteɪʃn]stationed, stationing, stations

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      n.车站;驻地;地位;身份
      vt.配置;安置;驻扎

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