Leave是英语中的一个常见词。在初中英语教材中,leave具有名词和动词两种词性,下面我们就来看一下它的含义和用法:
一、leave用作名词
1.意为“假期”,是可数名词,常与介词on连用。例如:
The students are on leave.
学生们正在休假。
Every worker has a twenty-day home leave each year.
每个工人每年都享有20天的探亲假。
The doctor suggests that she should take a short leave of absence.
医生建议她请假短时期休息一下。
2.意为“被许可”,是不可数名词,常用于“ask leave to do sth.”结构,意为“请求同意做某事”。例如:
The teacher has their leave to do what they like.
老师允许他们自由活动。
She asked leave to visit our company.
她请求参观我们的公司。
二、leave用作动词
1.意为“离开(某处),出门,出发(到……)”,常用短语有leave...for...(离开……到……去),leave for...(到……去)。例如:
When we reached the stat