pave
美音:
[peıv
]英音:
[peıv
]v.铺
难易程度:
pave为六级词汇
词形变化:
名词:paver 动词过去式:paved 过去分词:paved 现在分词:paving 第三人称单数:paves
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pave
/peɪv; pev/
v
1 [esp passive 尤用于被动语态
*Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth (with sth) cover (a surface) with flat stones or bricks 用石或砖铺(路)
*The path is paved with concrete slabs. 这条路是用混凝土板铺成的.
2 (idm 习语) ,pave the `way (for sb/sth) create a situation in which sth specified is possible or can happen (为某人[某事物])创造条件, 做准备
*His economic policies paved the way for industrial expansion. 他的经济政策为工业的扩展铺平了道路. the road to hell is paved with good intentions => road.
pave
v [T usually passive][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;Origin: paver, from
Latin pavire
'to hit, press down with the foot']
to cover a path, road, area etc with a hard level surface such as blocks of stone or
concretepave with The city centre streets are paved with dark local stone. a paved courtyardpave the way for sthto make a later event or development possible by producing the right conditions
The Supreme Court decision paved the way for further legislation on civil rights.the streets are paved with goldused to say that it is easy to become rich quickly in a particular place