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a person that you have invited to your house or to a particular event that you are paying for 客人；宾客 They only use the dining room when they have guests. 他们只有在有客人的时候才使用餐厅。 She had invited six guests to dinner. 她邀请了六位客人来吃饭。 She felt that she had to entertain her guests. 她感到不得不招待她的客人。 There were more than 100 wedding guests. 婚礼宾客超过100人。 - as a guest
I went to the theatre club as Helen's guest. 海伦请我去戏剧俱乐部看戏了。 He was the guest of honour (= the most important person invited to an event). 他是贵宾。 Liz was not on the guest list. 利兹不在邀请之列。
Extra ExamplesWe have guests staying this weekend. 这周末我家有客人来住。 She tactfully discouraged their uninvited guests from staying longer. 她巧妙地使这些不请自到的客人知趣儿，没有再待下去。 She was treated as an honoured guest. 她被当作贵客款待。 The banquet was attended by 200 guests. 200 位来宾出席了这次宴会。 The best man and his assistants welcomed the reception guests as they arrived. 男傧相和他的助手迎候来参加婚宴的客人。 The best man welcomed the wedding guests as they arrived. 男傧相迎候来参加婚宴的客人。 The refugees were made to feel like unwanted guests in the country. 这个国家令难民们感到他们并不受欢迎。 When we have guests, they usually sleep in the study. 来我们家的客人通常睡在书房里。 You are always a welcome guest in our house. 随时欢迎您来我们家作客。 You're the guest—you can choose what we watch. 你是客人 － 你看什么，我们就看什么。 He did his best to make the guests feel at home. 他尽力让客人有宾至如归的感觉。 He was the ideal dinner party guest. 他是理想的晚宴客人。 How many guests are coming tonight? 今晚有多少客人要来？ I got the feeling that this guest was particularly unwelcome. 我觉得这位客人特别不受欢迎。 She had invited over 100 guests. 她邀请了100多位客人。 Some of the wedding guests were staying in the hotel. 有些出席婚礼的宾客住在旅馆里。 The guests gathered for dinner on the terrace. 客人们聚集在露台上吃晚餐。 Their names were not on the guest list. 宾客名单上没有他们的名字。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- house
- honoured/honored
- welcome
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- be
- have
- invite
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- bathroom
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- bedroom
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a person who is staying at a hotel, etc. 旅客；房客 We have accommodation for 500 guests. 我们有可供 500 位客人住宿的房间。 Guests should vacate their rooms by 10.30 a.m. 房客应在上午 10:30 以前腾出房间。 guests at the Grand Hotel 格兰德酒店的客人
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hotel
- frequent
- regular
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a customer in a restaurant 客人： 餐厅的顾客Restaurant guests can enjoy suberb views across the bay as they dine. 餐厅客人在用餐时可以欣赏海湾对面的suberb景观。
a famous person or performer who takes part in a television show, concert or other entertainment 特别嘉宾；客串演员 a guest star/artist 客串明星/艺术家 Our special guest tonight is… 今晚我们的特别嘉宾是… He made a guest appearance on the show. 他在这个节目里客串出场。
Extra ExamplesTopics TV, radio and newsb1Guest artists from all over Europe will take part in the concert. 来自欧洲各地的艺人嘉宾将参加这个音乐会。 Movie star Matt Damon is one of the special guests on tonight's show. 影星马特・达蒙是今晚节目的特邀嘉宾之一。 Our next guest is a bona fide television star. 我们的下一位嘉宾是一位名副其实的电视明星。 She made a rare guest appearance on the programme. 她非常难得地在这个节目中客串演出。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- special
- featured
- mystery
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- star
- artist
- conductor
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- our next guest
a person who is invited to a particular place or organization, or to speak at a meeting 特邀嘉宾 Extra ExamplesThe athlete was chief guest at the schools sports day. 这个运动员是学校运动会的主宾。 Li was there as the guest of the President. 李以总统客人的身份出席。 My father was the guest of honour at the dinner. 我父亲在那次晚宴上是贵宾。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- distinguished
- important
- chief
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- greet
- welcome
- accommodate
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- arrive
- attend something
- book
- list
- a guest of honour/honor
- somebody’s personal guest
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old Norse gestr, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gast and German Gast, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin hostis ‘enemy’ (originally ‘stranger’).
Idioms
be my guest
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used to give somebody permission to do something that they have asked to do 请便；随便 ‘Do you mind if I open the window?’ ‘Be my guest.’ “你介意我打开窗户吗，”。请便。