| 词组 | stay |
| 释义 | stay verb to reside US, 1973.► stay awaketo use amphetamines or methamphetamine continuously. A vague euphemism US, 1989.► stay looseto remain calm US, 1959stay away 1. stay away to deliberately not go to a place: During the strike up to 90% of the workers were reported to have stayed away.+ from Local authorities have warned people to stay away from the river as a health precaution.■ SIMILAR TO: keep away2. stay away usually in commands to deliberately avoid seeing someone or trying to form a relationship with them: "I wish you'd just go away," Rachel shouted, "and stay away!"+ from Jack had warned her to stay away from Derek because he couldn't be trusted.■ SIMILAR TO: keep away stay away from stay away from sth to avoid doing or getting involved in something, especially something that is not good for you: I had hoped that my children would stay away from acting as a profession. After his death, Jonathon's family held a press conference, begging others to stay away from drugs.■ SIMILAR TO: keep away from stay behind stay behind to remain somewhere when other people have left: As a punishment, several of the children had to stay behind after school. I stayed behind to prepare my speech while the others went off for the day. stay down 1. stay down if food that you have eaten stays down, you are able to eat it and it stays in your stomach instead of coming back up and making you sick: I've only been giving her liquids - nothing else will stay down.2. stay down • stay down sth BrE if a child stays down at school, he or she has to repeat a year at school, instead of moving up to the next class: Matt's teacher said that if he didn't improve he might have to stay down next year.stay down a class/year Research has shown that many youngsters with behavioural problems have stayed down a class at least once. stay in stay in to remain at home, especially in the evening: Sarah hadn't been out for a long time, preferring to stay in and look after Bradley.■ SIMILAR TO: stop in■ OPPOSITE: go out stay off 1. stay off sth • stay off BrE to not go to school or work, especially because you are ill: You don't look well at all - I think you'd better stay off and go back to bed.stay off school/work When my mother came out of hospital, she still had to stay off work for two or three weeks.2. stay off sth • stay off to not drink, eat, or take something that is bad for you, for example alcohol or drugs: If you are expecting a baby, the best advice is to stay off alcohol altogether. He's trying very hard to stay off drugs now.■ SIMILAR TO: keep off3. stay off if weight stays off after you have succeeded in losing it, you do not get fatter and heavier again: I can lose weight quite easily, but it never stays off.4. stay off sth to avoid talking about a particular subject, especially because it might upset someone: I think we'd better try and stay off politics■ SIMILAR TO: keep off especially BrE stay on 1. stay on to stay in a place longer than other people or longer than you planned: Why don't you stay on and have dinner with us, if you're not in any hurry? Lesley decided to stay on in Greece and try to find a teaching job.2. stay on to continue working for longer than expected or planned, either in your usual job or in a different one: James's contract was finished, but he agreed to stay on for a further six months.+ as Everyone was pleased that Andrew Stavenger was staying on as managing director of the company.3. stay on BrE to continue to study at school or university instead of leaving to get a job: I wish I'd stayed on and gone to university but my family didn't encourage it. stay out 1. stay out to not come home at night, or to come home late, especially when someone is expecting you: Phil had never stayed out without phoning me before, so I was really worried. At home there were always rows if Lisa stayed out late with her friends.■ SIMILAR TO: stop out BrE informal■ OPPOSITE: stay in2. stay out (on strike) if workers stay out, they continue to refuse to work because of an argument with their employer about pay, working conditions etc: Teachers in some places stayed out on strike for several weeks. ► compare come out BrE stay out of stay out of sth to not become involved in a situation, activity, discussion etc: This is a very unpleasant business, and if I were you I'd stay out of it. Stephen had always made it one of his goals to stay out of debt and never borrow money.■ SIMILAR TO: keep out of, steer clear of stay over stay over to spend the night at someone else's house instead of going home: We were all invited to bring sleeping bags and stay over after the party. I'm staying over at a friend's house tonight.■ SIMILAR TO: sleep over stay up stay up to go to bed later than usualstay up late It was Saturday night and we'd decided to stay up late and watch the horror movie on TV.stay up all night (=not go to bed at night at all) The essay was due in the next day, and I had to stay up all night to finish it. stay with stay with to continue to use, do, have etc a particular thing, instead of stopping or changing to something new: It's a very long book but stay with it - it's really worth reading. It's important to stay with a fitness programme long enough to feel the benefits of it.■ SIMILAR TO: stick with
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