英语单词 | sojourn |
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英美音标 | 英 ['sɒdʒən] 美 ['soʊdʒɜːrn] |
中文释义 | n.旅居;逗留 v.旅居;逗留 |
英语例句 | (1) I was already feeling better for my sojourn here. (2) He should sojourn in villages and hamlets. (3) He sojourned with a friend in Wales for two weeks. |
中文例句 | (1) 我在此逗留期间,觉得体力日渐恢复。 (2) 他应该在乡村小住数日。 (3) 他在威尔士一个朋友那儿住了两个星期。 |
vocabulary简明 | A sojourn is a short stay or visit. If you want a fancy way to say that you took a trip to the countryside, you might talk about your country sojourn. |
vocabulary扩展 | The verb is originally from the Latin prefix sub- "under" plus diurnus "of a day." You might refer to your vacation as a sojourn, but it might make more sense if you are describing a trip to Provence rather than a trip to Disney World. Or In figurative use, sojourn means to delve––your math teacher may stop midway through lessons on fractions for a brief sojourn into techniques for slicing pie. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]逗留;暂住 A sojourn is a short stay in a place that is not your home. [LITERARY 文] |
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