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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;賓客 They only use the dining room when they have guests. 他們只有在有客人的時候才使用餐廳。 She had invited six guests to dinner. 她邀請了六位客人來吃飯。 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. 婚禮賓客超過100人。 - as a guest
I went to the theatre club as Helen's guest. 海倫請我去戲劇俱樂部看戲了。 He was the guest of honour (= the most important person invited to an event). 他是貴賓。 Liz was not on the guest list. 利茲不在邀請之列。
Extra ExamplesWe have guests staying this weekend. 這周末我家有客人來住。 She tactfully discouraged their uninvited guests from staying longer. 她巧妙地使這些不請自到的客人知趣兒,沒有再待下去。 She was treated as an honoured guest. 她被當作貴客款待。 The banquet was attended by 200 guests. 200 位來賓出席了這次宴會。 The best man and his assistants welcomed the reception guests as they arrived. 男傧相和他的助手迎候來參加婚宴的客人。 The best man welcomed the wedding guests as they arrived. 男傧相迎候來參加婚宴的客人。 The refugees were made to feel like unwanted guests in the country. 這個國家令難民們感到他們並不受歡迎。 When we have guests, they usually sleep in the study. 來我們家的客人通常睡在書房裏。 You are always a welcome guest in our house. 随時歡迎您來我們家作客。 You're the guest—you can choose what we watch. 你是客人 - 你看什麽,我們就看什麽。 He did his best to make the guests feel at home. 他盡力讓客人有賓至如歸的感覺。 He was the ideal dinner party guest. 他是理想的晚宴客人。 How many guests are coming tonight? 今晚有多少客人要來? I got the feeling that this guest was particularly unwelcome. 我覺得這位客人特别不受歡迎。 She had invited over 100 guests. 她邀請了100多位客人。 Some of the wedding guests were staying in the hotel. 有些出席婚禮的賓客住在旅館裏。 The guests gathered for dinner on the terrace. 客人們聚集在露台上吃晚餐。 Their names were not on the guest list. 賓客名單上沒有他們的名字。
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. 我們有可供 500 位客人住宿的房間。 Guests should vacate their rooms by 10.30 a.m. 房客應在上午 10:30 以前騰出房間。 guests at the Grand Hotel 格蘭德酒店的客人
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hotel
- frequent
- regular
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a customer in a restaurant 客人: 餐廳的顧客Restaurant guests can enjoy suberb views across the bay as they dine. 餐廳客人在用餐時可以欣賞海灣對面的suberb景觀。
a famous person or performer who takes part in a television show, concert or other entertainment 特别嘉賓;客串演員 a guest star/artist 客串明星/藝術家 Our special guest tonight is… 今晚我們的特别嘉賓是… He made a guest appearance on the show. 他在這個節目裏客串出場。
Extra ExamplesTopics TV, radio and newsb1Guest artists from all over Europe will take part in the concert. 來自歐洲各地的藝人嘉賓將參加這個音樂會。 Movie star Matt Damon is one of the special guests on tonight's show. 影星馬特・達蒙是今晚節目的特邀嘉賓之一。 Our next guest is a bona fide television star. 我們的下一位嘉賓是一位名副其實的電視明星。 She made a rare guest appearance on the programme. 她非常難得地在這個節目中客串演出。
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 特邀嘉賓 Extra ExamplesThe athlete was chief guest at the schools sports day. 這個運動員是學校運動會的主賓。 Li was there as the guest of the President. 李以總統客人的身份出席。 My father was the guest of honour at the dinner. 我父親在那次晚宴上是貴賓。
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 請便;随便 ‘Do you mind if I open the window?’ ‘Be my guest.’ “你介意我打開窗戶嗎,”。請便。