無論是在中國還是英美,都有各式各樣的商鋪。這回我們就來學習一下各種店鋪用英語怎么說。
1.
shop
: a building or place where
things are sold
商店
備注:英式英語中常用
''shop''
,美式英語中常用
''
store
''
例:
a garment shop
(衣服店)
She's gone to the shops to get some milk.
(她去店里買牛奶。)
Our local store has sold out of sugar for jam-making.
(附近店里做醬用的糖都賣光了。)
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(一)超市、大型店、商場、百貨
2.
supermarket
: a large shop that
sells a wide range of things, especially food, cleaning materials, and other
things that people buy regularly
超市
備注:美式英語中常用
''
grocery store
''
例:
a supermarket chain
(連鎖超市)
supermarket coupons
(超市優(yōu)惠券)
They plan to open a new supermarket next
year.
(他們計劃明年開家超市。)
Supermarkets have cut down the number of
plastic bags they distribute by 50%.
(超市已將塑料袋使用量減少了一半。)
Can you get pine nuts from the grocery
store?
(你能去超市買點松子回來嗎?)
I made a quick trip to the grocery store.
(我匆匆去超市買了點東西。)
You make me go grocery shopping.
(你讓我去超市買東西。)
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3.
superstore
: a very large shop
that sells a large variety of goods
大型商店
備注:
superstore=megastore
,請注意
''superstore''
和
''supermarket''
的區(qū)別
例:
an electronics superstore
(大型電子商店)
Out-of-town superstores have taken business
away from shops in the city center.
(遠郊的大型商店把市中心商店的生意都搶走了。)
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4.
mall
: a large area where there
are a lot of shops, especially a large building
商場
例:
A new restaurant has opened at the mall.
(商場里開了家新餐廳。)
We used to hang around together at the
mall.
(過去,我們常常一起逛商場。)
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5.
department store
: a very large
shop that is divided into several big parts, each of which sells one type of
thing, such as clothes, furniture, or kitchen equipment
百貨
例:
He went around all the big department
stores on Oxford Street.
(牛津街所有百貨商店他都逛遍了。)
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(二)便利店、小店
6.
convenience store
: a shop in your
local area that sells food, alcohol, magazines etc. and is often open 24 hours
a day
便利店
備注:這個詞常見于美式英語中。
例:
Believe me, if his father wasn't so rich,
that guy would be working in a convenience store.
(相信我吧,如果那小子他爸不是這么有錢,他可能就得在便利店打工了。)
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7.
corner shop
: a small local shop,
usually on the corner of a street, that sells food, newspapers, cigarettes etc.
小賣店,小型商店
備注:英式英語中常用
''corner
shop''
,美式英語中常用
''
corner store
''
例:
The corner shop's started selling
sandwiches now, and I'd rather go there than the supermarket.
(街角小店也開始賣三明治了,比起去超市買三明治,我更愿意就去那兒買。)
His parents ran a little corner store in
the Castro in San Francisco.
(他爸媽在舊金山的卡斯特羅市開了家小雜貨店。)
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8.
kiosk
: a very small shop on a
street, that has an open window where you can buy newspapers, cigarettes,
chocolate etc.
售賣亭
例:
There must be a kiosk selling phone cards
around here somewhere.
(附近肯定有賣電話卡的小店。)
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9.
boutique
: a small shop that sells
fashionable clothes or other usually expensive things
服飾店,小型奢侈品商店
例:
a little boutique which specializes in bath
products
(專門賣高檔洗浴用品的小店)
補充:
boutique
hotel
: a small expensive hotel, decorated in a
fashionable way?
精品酒店
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