1empty area空處ADJECTIVE | ... OF SPACE | VERB + SPACE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤large, vast, wide-open大片空白;廣闊的空間◇She left a large space empty at the bottom of the page.她在頁腳留下了大片空白。◇He loved the wide-open spaces of Australia.他喜歡澳大利亞的廣袤與空曠。➤adequate, ample, enough, sufficient足夠的空間;充裕的空間◇The new house has ample living space.這座新房子的居住空間很充裕。➤limited, little, small, tiny有限的空間;狹小的空間▸➤narrow狹窄的空間◇the narrow space between the sofa and the wall沙發與牆之間狹窄的空間➤open空地▸➤confined, enclosed密閉的/封閉的空間◇Avoid using the cleaner in a confined space.避免在密閉的空間使用這種去污劑。➤available, free, vacant可利用的/空閒的/閒置的空間◇The exhibition takes up most of the available space in the gallery.展覽佔用了畫廊大部份的可用空間。◇I was looking for a free parking space.我正在找免費停車位。➤blank, empty, white空白處◇Fill in the blank spaces in the table.填寫表格的空白處。◇The page layout included plenty of white space.頁面設計有大量留白。➤storage貯藏空間▸➤floor, roof, shelf, wall, etc.地面、屋頂、架子、牆壁等空間➤crawl (NAmE) (天花板上或地板下可使工人進入維修管道、電線等設備的)爬行空隙◇the crawl space under my house我的房子下面低矮的設備層➤living居住空間➤office, work (usually workspace)辦公/工作空間◇an open-plan workspace開敞式工作區➤interior內部空間▸➤parking停車位▸➤personal, private個人/私人空間◇She moved out of the house because she wanted her own personal space.她從家裏搬了出來,因為她需要擁有自己的個人空間。➤physical物理空間➤sacred神聖的空間▸➤public, social公共/社會空間▸➤green綠地◇The inner residential areas don't have many green spaces.市內住宅區沒有多少綠地。➤urban都市空間▸➤air (usually airspace)領空◇The plane strayed into French airspace.飛機偏離航道,進入了法國領空。➤disk磁盤空間▸➤ad (informal) , advertising廣告版面◇The magazine is struggling to fill all its advertising space.該雜誌正竭力想辦法售出所有的廣告版面。➤commercial, retail商用/零售空間▸➤exhibition, gallery展覽空間;展位... OF SPACE➤amount空間佔用量◇a large amount of space很大的空間佔用VERB + SPACE➤occupy佔用/佔據空間▸➤make use of, take up, use利用/佔用/使用空間◇The potted plants take up too much space.這些盆栽佔據了太多空間。➤share分享空間◇He was sharing office space with a lawyer.他和一位律師共用一間辦公室。➤create, make, provide創建/騰出/提供空間◇They moved the sofa to make space for the piano.他們把沙發搬走了,好給鋼琴騰出地方。➤waste浪費空間▸➤save節約空間▸➤clear清理空間◇We'd better clear a space for the new computer.我們最好清出個地方放新電腦。➤fill, fill in填充空間▸➤compete for, fight for, jostle for爭奪空間;擠佔空間◇A motley collection of ornaments jostled for space on the crowded shelf.一堆五花八門的裝飾品佔滿了擁擠的架子。➤stare into, stare off into茫然直視◇She sat there motionless, staring into space.她呆呆地坐在那兒一動不動。PREPOSITION➤space between⋯之間的空間◇the space between the bookshelves書架間的空間PHRASES➤be short of space, run short of space缺少空間◇I'm running short of disk space.我的磁盤沒有空間了。➤time and space時間和空間◇The writer lacked the time and space to develop his idea fully.這個作家缺少時間和空間來充實他的構想。➤a waste of space (oftenfigurative) 無用之人◇You are a pathetic waste of space!你就是個廢物!space
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2vast area containing planets, stars, etc.太空ADJECTIVE | VERB + SPACE | SPACE + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤deep遙遠的太空▸➤outer外層空間VERB + SPACE➤go into進入太空SPACE + NOUN➤exploration, programme/program, research, science太空探索;太空計劃;太空研究;空間科學▸➤flight, tourism, travel太空飛行;太空之旅▸➤agency航天局▸➤mission航天任務◇They intend to begin manned space missions next year.他們打算明年開始執行載人航天任務。➤capsule, probe, rocket, ship(usually spaceship) , shuttle, station航天艙;空間探測器;空間火箭;宇宙飛船;航天飛機;空間站PREPOSITION➤in space在太空◇the first man in space進入太空的第一人PHRASES➤the depths of space, the edge of space太空深處/邊緣◇these wonderful pictures from the edge of space這些來自太空邊緣的精彩圖片➤space and time空間和時間◇the fabric of space and time空間與時間的交織➤the vacuum of space空間真空➤the vastness of space廣闊太空space
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3period of time一段時間ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤long很長一段時間▸➤brief, short短暫的時間▸➤two-second, ten-minute, etc. * 2 秒鐘、10 分鐘等的時間◇The recording includes a five-second space between tracks.唱片上每兩首歌之間有 5 秒的間隔。➤breathing (figurative) 喘息的時間◇The extension of the deadline gives us a breathing space.截止時間的放寬給了我們喘息的時間。PREPOSITION➤for the space of為時⋯◇The job holder will be on probation for the space of six months.受雇者將有 6 個月的試用期。➤in the space of, within the space of在⋯時間之內◇He fell asleep in the space of a few minutes.沒幾分鐘他就睡着了。➤space of⋯的時間◇She returned to top-class tennis after a space of two years.兩年後,她又重返網球頂尖賽事。PHRASES➤a space of time一段時間◇They have achieved a great deal in a short space of time.他們在短時間內取得了纍纍碩果。space
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ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤at intervals, equally, evenly, regularly以一定距離間隔開;均勻分隔開◇The nails should be spaced at regular intervals.釘子應均勻間隔開。◇Make sure the posts are spaced evenly apart.確保各哨崗之間距離相等。➤irregularly分隔不均▸➤closely分隔緊密▸➤well, widely分隔寬▸➤apart, out分隔開◇The fruits should be well spaced out so that they are not touching each other.水果應該放得開一些,這樣就不會相互碰撞了。PREPOSITION➤along沿⋯分隔開