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桌子;臺子
A table is a piece of furniture with a flat top that you put things on or sit at.
例句
She was sitting at the kitchen table eating a currant bun...
她正坐在餐桌旁，吃著葡萄干圓面包。
I placed his drink on the small table at his elbow.
我把他的飲料放在他肘邊的小桌子上。
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(飯店的)飯桌，餐桌
If you ask for a table in a restaurant, you want to have a meal there.
例句
I'd like a table for two at about 8:30, please...
我想訂一張 8:30 左右的雙人桌。
I booked a table at the Savoy Grill...
我在薩沃伊燒烤店訂了張桌子。
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VERB
正式提出，提交(議案)
If someone tables a proposal, they say formally that they want it to be discussed at a meeting.
例句
They've tabled a motion criticising the Government for doing nothing about the problem.
他們提交了一項動議，批評政府在該問題上無所作為。
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擱置(提案、計劃)
If someone tables a proposal or plan which has been put forward, they decide to discuss it or deal with it at a later date, rather than straight away.
例句
We will table that for later.
那個問題我們留到以后再討論吧。
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表;表格;目錄
A table is a written set of facts and figures arranged in columns and rows.
例句
Consult the table on page 104...
參閱 104 頁的表格。
Other research supports the figures in Table 3.3.
其他研究也可證實表 3.3 中的數據。
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(1 至 12 的)乘法表
A table is a list of the multiplications of numbers between one and twelve. Children often have to learn tables at school.
例句
He didn't know his eleven-times table...
他不知道11的乘法口訣。
I attempted to learn my tables.
我努力背誦乘法表。
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PHRASE
提交討論;擺到桌面上
If you put something on the table, you present it at a meeting for it to be discussed.
例句
This is one of the best packages we've put on the table in years...
這是我們幾年來提交的最好的幾套方案之一。
It means that all the options are at least on the table.
這就意味著，至少所有的選擇都已經擺到了桌面上。
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PHRASE
扭轉局面;轉敗為勝
If you turn the tables on someone, you change the situation completely, so that instead of them causing problems for you, you are causing problems for them.
例句
The only question is whether the President can use his extraordinary political skills to turn the tables on his opponents.
唯一的問題是，總統能否運用他杰出的政治手腕化被動為主動，擊敗對手。