2008年5月上旬,年已61的好萊塢資深女星蘇珊莎蘭登(Susan Sarandon)對媒體表示,她保持身材的方法不是靠整形而是靠運動。她說:
I would rather rely on my fitness regime than plastic surgery to stay slim.
(我寧可靠我的健身課而不靠整形手術來保持苗條。)
英文stay一字這個動詞後面接形容詞時,通常是作「保持某種狀態」解。stay slim意思是「保持苗條」。stay+adjective這個句型用途廣泛,讀者不能不知。再來看以下例句:
She wants to stay pretty.
(她想要保持美麗。)
He plays golf to stay young.
(他藉打高爾夫來保持年輕。)
Don’t stay fat. You should take some more exercise.
(別這樣胖下去。你要多運動。)
How do you stay fit ?
(你如何保健?)
She stayed awake until her son came home.
(她兒子回家之前,她一直都沒睡。)
The weather has stayed bad for a couple of days.
(壞天氣已持續了好幾天。)
英文stay這個動詞後面有時也可接名詞,例如stay dinner,意思是「留下來用晚餐」。這是stay for(或to)dinner的省略用法。再來看以下例句:
It was raining. We asked her to stay dinner.
(外面在下雨。我們要她留下來用晚餐。)
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