take-home
take-home — 搭配詞
1. to accompany a person or deliver an item to their usual place of residence
帶回;送回
把人或物帶到其住處
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.
生日派對結束後,Kenji 主動開車送 Layla 回家。
object between 'take' and 'home': take + person + home
The librarian let Wei take the reference books home for one night only.
圖書館員破例讓 Wei 把參考書帶回家一晚。
take + thing + home: object is an inanimate thing
Imani took home a box of leftover supplies from the office move.
辦公室搬遷時,Imani 把一箱用剩的物品帶回家。
Rohan took his neighbour home after her car broke down on the highway.
鄰居的車在高速公路拋錨後,Rohan 開車送她回家。
Could you take these library books home and return them next week?
你可以把這些圖書館的書帶回家,下週再還嗎?
- 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 — 形容詞
1. describing work or tasks that students complete at home instead of inside the cl
帶回做的
學生在家完成的課業
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.
生物老師出了一份帶回家做的考試,下週一前要交。
take-home exam: work completed outside the classroom
Students prefer take-home assignments because they can work at their own speed without time pressure.
學生比較喜歡帶回家做的作業,因為可以按自己的步調完成,沒有時間壓力。
The take-home project asked each child to interview an older relative and write a short report.
這份帶回家的專題作業要求每個孩子訪問一位年長的親屬,並寫一篇簡短的報告。
The history teacher gave a take-home test over the winter holiday break.
歷史老師在寒假出了一份帶回家做的測驗。
- 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
實領
扣除稅金後的薪資
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.
扣除健保和所得稅後,Camila 的實領薪資大約是三萬八千美元。
take-home pay: salary after deductions
When Jae-won calculated his monthly take-home income, he realised he could afford a better apartment.
Jae-won 算了一下每月的實領收入後,發現自己租得起更好的公寓。
The job advertisement listed the take-home salary as forty-two thousand pounds per year.
徵才廣告上標示的實領年薪為四萬二千英鎊。
Workers at the factory complained that their take-home wages had dropped after the new tax rules.
工廠工人抱怨新稅制上路後,他們的實領薪資減少了。
- 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.