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Stay in 是什么意思?为什么不能说 stay in home?

Stay in 表示待在家里不外出,home 已经不必再加。Stay in a hotel 却可以继续接地点;这时为什么不再是同一个“宅在家”的意思?

Stay in 表示待在家、不出去,通常说某个晚上或周末决定不外出:Let's stay in tonight。不需要再加 home,in 在这个表达里已经包含待在家的意思。

想在对话中用 stay in 吗?

练习在对话中灵活使用英语词汇

开始学习

stay in (= stay at home); stay in + tonight/this weekend; stay in and + verb; stay out (= not come home); stay in + place (= live there for a short time)

  • I'm exhausted after this week, so I'm staying in tonight and ordering pizza.
  • It's freezing outside; let's stay in and play board games.
  • When I was preparing for my exams, I stayed in almost every weekend.

修改原因

修改前It was raining, so we decided to stay in home and watch a film.

修改后It was raining, so we decided to stay in and watch a film.

Stay in home 不是自然的组合。可以说 stay at home、stay home,或直接说 stay in。因此修改后的句子删掉了多余的 home。

Cambridge Dictionary

Stay in 的反义表达是 stay out,表示在外面待着、不回家:My parents never let me stay out after eleven。如果 stay in 后面接具体地点,就可以只是短期住在某处:We stayed in a small hotel near the station。

动手练习

I've got a cold, so I'm going to ___ tonight instead of going to the concert.

(stay in / stay up)

查看答案

stay in — 说话者感冒了,不去音乐会而留在家里,所以选 stay in。Stay up 表示晚睡或不睡,不能表达这里取消外出的决定。

描述一个你决定不出门的晚上或周末。使用 stayed in,说明为什么待在家,以及做了什么。

Last Saturday I stayed in because it was pouring with rain, and I finally finished a long novel.

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