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N-VAR
空間;(空余的)地方
You use space to refer to an area that is empty or available. The area can be any size. For example, you can refer to a large area outside as a large open space or to a small area between two objects as a small space .
例句
Under the plan, bits of open space — fields, golf-course borders and small parks — will be preserved.
在這份規劃里，一些開放空間——運動場、高爾夫球場邊緣以及小公園——將得以保留。
...cutting down yet more trees to make space for houses...
砍掉更多的樹，騰出空間來蓋房子
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N-VAR
(活動或儲藏用的)空間，場所，面積
A particular kind of space is the area that is available for a particular activity or for putting a particular kind of thing in.
例句
...the high cost of office space...
辦公場所的高額成本
You don't want your living space to look like a bedroom...
你可不希望自己居住的地方看上去像個臥室。
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N-UNCOUNT
開闊;空曠
If a place gives a feeling of space, it gives an impression of being large and open.
例句
Large paintings can enhance the feeling of space in small rooms...
大型油畫可以增加小房間的寬敞感。
The sense of space and emptiness is overwhelming.
巨大的空虛感洶涌襲來。
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N-UNCOUNT
(思考問題、個人成長所需的)時間，余地，空間
If you give someone space to think about something or to develop as a person, you allow them the time and freedom to do this.
例句
You need space to think everything over...
你需要時間把一切好好地考慮清楚。
We will give each other space to develop.
我們會給彼此留出發展的空間。
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N-UNCOUNT
(文件中用于討論某個話題的)版面，篇幅
The amount of space for a topic to be discussed in a document is the number of pages available to discuss the topic.
例句
We can't promise to publish a reply as space is limited.
由于版面有限，我們不能保證把回復登載出來。
...some work which we couldn't include because of lack of space in this issue.
由于這期篇幅有限，我們無法收納進來的一些文章
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N-SING
一段(時間);期間
A space of time is a period of time.
例句
They've come a long way in a short space of time...
他們在很短的時間之內就大老遠地趕了過來。
I have known dramatic changes occur in the space of a few minutes with this method.
我知道用這種方法短短幾分鐘之內就能夠產生急劇的變化。
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N-UNCOUNT
太空;外層空間
Space is the area beyond the Earth's atmosphere, where the stars and planets are.
例句
The six astronauts on board will spend ten days in space.
飛船上的6名宇航員將在太空度過 10 天。
...launching satellites into space.
發射人造衛星進入外層空間
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N-UNCOUNT
宇宙空間
Space is the whole area within which everything exists.
例句
She felt herself transcending time and space...
她感到自己正在穿越時空。
The physical universe is finite in space and time.
物質世界在時間和空間上是有限的。
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VERB
分隔;使有間隔
If you space a series of things, you arrange them so that they are not all together but have gaps or intervals of time between them.
例句
Women once again are having fewer children and spacing them further apart...
女人再次減少了生孩子的數量，而且生育之間相隔的時間也更長了。
His voice was angry and he spaced the words for emphasis.
他的聲音里透著憤怒，為了強調，他一字一頓。
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PHRASE
直瞪瞪;茫然(直視)
If you are staring into space, you are looking straight in front of you, without actually looking at anything in particular, for example because you are thinking or because you are feeling shocked.
例句
He just sat in the dressing-room staring into space...
他直愣愣地坐在化妝間里。
Molly turned away and gazed off into space, a faraway look in her eyes.
莫莉轉過臉去茫然瞪視，眼神似已飄到了遠方。
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PHRASE
廢物;無用之人
If you describe someone or something as a waste of space, you are indicating that you have a very low opinion of them.
例句
Even Sarah treated him as if he were a waste of space...
連薩拉對他都像是在對待一個廢物。
Are we expected to believe those scribblings are art? This piece of trash was a waste of space.
我們難道真要把那些亂涂亂畫當作藝術嗎？這種垃圾留著都占地方。
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PHRASE
(新聞記者將進行后續報道時所說的話)請繼續關注
Journalists write 'Watch this space' in order to indicate in an informal way that they will be giving more information about something in the future.
例句
Watch this space for details of our next event.
請繼續關注我們對下一事件的詳細報道。