一、详细释义:
n.
(总称)随员,随从 [U,C]
例句:
When Virabumi's capital was taken some members of the suite of the Chinese envoy were killed there.
当威拉布弥的首都被占领时,中国使团的一些随从人员在那里被害。
套房 [C]
例句:
The family has booked the penthouse suite for two weeks .
这个家庭已预定了两周的楼顶公寓套房。
例句:
Yes, I always reserve a suite.
是的,我总是预定一间套房。
一套家具(【美】[sut])[C]
例句:
Surveying her suite in the Russell Senate office Building, Clinton, 54, declares that she has moved on.
环视一下她在拉塞尔参议员办公大楼里的家具, 54岁的希拉里称自己在走向新的生活。
例句:
The suite will add a touch of class to your bedroom.
这套家具会给你的卧室增添一些典雅气质。
系列,套,组
例句:
Tschaikovsky's ballet is probably the most popular suite of its kind in music.
柴可夫斯基的《胡桃夹子组曲》也许是这一类乐曲中最受人们欢迎的一部了。
【音】组曲
例句:
The suite is a composite of themes for various parts of the opera.
这组曲是这部歌剧不同部分的主题的合成篇。
例句:
Witnesses are asked about a suite of features, like crooked mouth, pointy nose and so on.
目击者会被问到一系列特征,比如歪嘴巴,尖鼻子等。
二、词义辨析:
lodging,accommodation,apartment,flat,suite
这些名词均有“住处”之意。lodging常用lodgins,指临时租借的房间或宿舍。accommodation泛指各种居住住所,一般指暂时下榻之地。apartment通常指占用或居住时间较长的成套房间,在美国比较常用。flat多用于英国、澳大利亚和新西兰。指同一层建筑物上组成一个居住单元的几个房间。quarters指某一部分人集中的居住区。suite可泛指任何设备完善的一套房间,但多指包括起居室、卧室和浴室的陈设较豪华的套间。
三、参考例句:
The suite is for the honeymoon couple.
这套房是为新婚夫妇设的。
He brought a three-piece suite for his new house.
他为新房子买了三件一套的家具。
A spanish suite was being played when Jim came home.
吉姆回来的时候,收音机正在播诵西班牙的组曲。
The suite was larger and more luxuriously furnished.
这套房间更宽敞,陈设更豪华。
The family has booked the penthouse suite for two weeks.
这个家庭已预定了两周的楼顶公寓套房。
I suggest we fit you up with an office suite.
我建议我们给你配备一间办公套房。
I hope everything in the suite was to your liking.
我希望套房内所有的一切都合你的心意。