take-home
take-home — collocation
1. to accompany a person or deliver an item to their usual place of residence
to accompany a person or deliver an item to their usual place of residence
Kenji offered to take Layla home after the birthday party ended.
object between 'take' and 'home': take + person + home
The librarian let Wei take the reference books home for one night only.
take + thing + home: object is an inanimate thing
Imani took home a box of leftover supplies from the office move.
Rohan took his neighbour home after her car broke down on the highway.
Could you take these library books home and return them next week?
- bring home
emphasises the destination more than the journey; 'bring' focuses on arrival
- drive home
specifically by car or vehicle
- escort home
more formal; implies accompanying for safety
- take away
removing something from home rather than bringing it to home
文法句型
take + object + home
take + object + home + [prepositional phrase]
用法筆記
Object can appear either between 'take' and 'home' (take someone home) or after 'home' (take home something). With longer objects the second pattern sounds more natural.
常見錯誤
take-home — adjective
1. describing work or tasks that students complete at home instead of inside the cl
describing work or tasks that students complete at home instead of inside the classroom
The biology teacher gave us a take-home exam that was due the following Monday.
take-home exam: work completed outside the classroom
Students prefer take-home assignments because they can work at their own speed without time pressure.
The take-home project asked each child to interview an older relative and write a short report.
The history teacher gave a take-home test over the winter holiday break.
- takeaway (exam)
British English only; less common than 'take-home'
- in-class (exam)
refers to exams written inside the classroom
文法句型
take-home + noun
always hyphenated when used as an adjective
用法筆記
Always hyphenated when placed before a noun (take-home exam, take-home assignment). Frequently used in academic contexts.
常見錯誤
2. describing the amount of money a worker keeps after taxes and other deductions h
describing the amount of money a worker keeps after taxes and other deductions have been removed from their earnings
After health insurance and income tax, Camila's take-home pay was about thirty-eight thousand dollars.
take-home pay: salary after deductions
When Jae-won calculated his monthly take-home income, he realised he could afford a better apartment.
The job advertisement listed the take-home salary as forty-two thousand pounds per year.
Workers at the factory complained that their take-home wages had dropped after the new tax rules.
- net (pay)
more formal than 'take-home pay'; 'net pay' is the standard accounting term
- gross (pay)
salary before deductions; the opposite of net/take-home pay
文法句型
take-home + noun
always hyphenated when used as an adjective
用法筆記
Always hyphenated when placed before a noun (take-home pay, take-home salary). Typically used when discussing net earnings versus gross salary.