店鋪的那些事兒(第一部分)

2014年9月17日 14:59:48

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'' ''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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