这两个词共同的意思是“客人”。它们的区别是:
visitor不一定是事先邀请好的,也不一定受到款待; 而guest一般是事先受到邀请并受到款待的。例如:
She has many visitors today.她今天客人很多。
She's having a guest for dinner tonight.她今晚有位客人来吃饭。
这三个词都是“顾客”的意思。它们的区别是:
guest指旅馆、饭店等的顾客; shopper指商店里的顾客; customer则是针对某一商店而言的顾客。
谐音记忆法
该死的。该死的“客人”来了,我不想看见他们。
词源词缀法
来自PIE*ghos,陌生人,客人,词源同host,hospitable.
单词用法
guest是可数名词,基本意思是“客”,指受到热情款待来访(住〕者,也可作“旅客”“宿客”解。guest还可指“客串演员”,指特约的演出者或受特别邀请访问某地、参加某会议的人。guest在句中有时可作定语。
近似单词
guess v.猜
A sitting room can be transformed into a guest bedroom simply by adding a sofabed.
加上一张沙发床,客厅便变成了客房。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》She prefaced her remarks with a few words of welcome to the guest speaker.
她先说了几句话作为开端,以表示欢迎演讲者.
来源:《简明英汉词典》The duke was surprised by his wife's omission from the guest list.
公爵对他的夫人未在获邀宾客之列感到意外。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》A few guest houses had "No Vacancies" notices in their windows.
有几家旅社在窗户上贴出了“客满”的告示。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Ah, Julia, my dear, here is our guest. May we have some tea?
喂,朱莉娅,亲爱的,来客人了。沏点茶好吗?
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Mrs. Green has baked cakes, and Mr. Green has bought a small present for every little guest.
格林夫人已烤好了蛋糕, 格林先生还为每个小客人各买了一个小礼物.
来源:《简明英汉词典》Mr Guest refused to let them in and now faces a criminal charge of obstruction.
格斯特先生因为将他们拒之门外,现在面临妨碍公务的刑事指控。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》在寒冷的早晨,供暖系统会在客人起床前把温度调得暖和舒适。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》The guest got very drunk so they bundled him into a taxi and sent him home.
那位客人喝得酩酊大醉,于是他们把他塞进一辆计程车,送他回家.
来源:《简明英汉词典》He didn't like the food, but he made a pretence of eating some of it as he was a guest.
他不喜欢这道菜, 但因为他是客人,所以假装吃了一些.
来源:《简明英汉词典》Your way of doing things at the moment seems to be a reversal of the order of host and guest.
你现在的作法似乎是喧宾夺主。
来源:汉英大词典微语录 · 句子大全
微语录 · 句子大全
微语录 · 经典语录
微语录 · 爱情句子
微语录 · 伤感句子
微语录 · 爱情句子