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verb steɪsteɪ 1no object, usually with adverbial Remain in the same place. 停留，留下 you stay here and I'll be back soon 你呆在这里，我很快就回来。 Jenny decided to stay at home with their young child 詹尼决定留在家里陪他们的小孩。 he stayed with the firm as a consultant 他留在这家公司当顾问。 Example sentencesExamples - If Hernan decides to stay, I don't want him coming to me later and saying he wants to go.
- It was so hot we decided to stay outside at half time for our team talk.
- I could have stayed, but I decided that I wouldn't have been playing often enough.
- The gig was so successful the band decided to stay together, and since then Wards Xpress has released three albums.
- Irene decided to stay in Ireland for the time being and has starred in several of Bryan's shows since.
- As our building was hurricane safe and off the ocean, my husband and I decided to stay in our condo.
- We decided not to stay here, as there were better beaches to be found.
- He almost came here, as a lot of us did, and then he decided to stay in Canada.
- Anni was supposed to have been with him in the car that day but she decided to stay home with their two young children.
- Maddie, at the last minute, decided to stay behind and finish some work on deadline.
- Edward was scheduled to sit another of his exams on Monday and had decided to stay at home on Sunday to study.
- She decided not to stay at her home that night and later found it had been entered during the night and some pictures had been broken.
- This year they've decided to stay in their village because it just isn't safe to leave their home and head for Baghdad.
- He has decided to stay in Erinsborough, and he will be moving in with Lou.
- Several of the passengers decided to stay in that city and refused to go on to Little Rock.
- Lee decided to stay in New Zealand and her attention was drawn back into the arts.
- Alex's mother went to Greece for a holiday, met his father, fell in love, and decided to stay there.
- She later called to explain she had decided to stay at the Lancashire resort for longer.
- After a nap, we realise the march has begun without us and decide to stay in bed.
- It was up to the employee to decide whether to stay in a stressful job.
- 1.1stay for/to Delay leaving so as to join in (an activity)
留下，逗留 何不留下来吃午饭？ Example sentencesExamples - He joined them for the party and thanked everyone for staying to take part, in spite of the heavy snow.
- One remaining barfly stays to play video poker.
- He is even polite enough to invite me to stay for lunch, whereas five years ago he used to say no way was he feeding journalists.
- They appreciate the fact that people stayed to donate blood despite the long delay.
- He seems to be enjoying Brightman's performance, and stays for all three encores.
- Hart smiles broadly and stays to sign his latest book.
- It is expected she will stay to join members for lunch.
- One has tea and Easter eggs and chats and stays to watch the news, slowly abandoning all thought of exercise.
- We stayed for a few drinks and then joined the trail of people shuffling down the road.
- He speaks of an 84-year-old gentleman who comes into his post office once a week and stays to chat for an hour.
- It comes for lunch, stays for dinner, and sleeps on your couch overnight.
- He would play with his son on the lawn, stay for lunch and dinner, and drink a chilled martini or two.
- What often occurs is that a fan base shows up midway through the second half of the women's game and then stays for the entire men's game.
- Of course he refuses to leave, and stays to fight alongside a new set of unfamiliar comrades.
- Are you sure it's all right for me to stay for dinner though?
- My father had invited the entourage to stay to lunch, but they refused politely.
- Sam has done a fantastic job and we hope he stays to see his contract out at Bolton.
- I was surprised because nobody stays to hear the song in the closing credits.
- I stayed for lunch and then another mug of tea in the sun.
- Listen, I'm going to stay for dinner, and maybe longer.
- 1.2stay down (of food) remain in the stomach, rather than be thrown up as vomit.
（食物）留在胃里 he gagged but the sandwich stayed down Example sentencesExamples - Some cheese on toast stayed down, and come morning, I was starting to feel human again.
- I didn't have breakfast, but my lunch and dinner stayed down, so I think I'm well on the road to recovery.
- On the third day, some of the stuff stayed down as I sat in an easy chair, still hooked up to my IV-apparatus.
- His body wouldn't obey him, and any food he ate never stayed down for very long.
- The first priority is finding food which will stay down.
2no object, with complement or adverbial Remain in a specified state or position. 保持，维持 她保持冷静的能力。 tactics used to stay in power 继续掌权的策略。 I managed to stay out of trouble 我设法避免惹上麻烦。 Example sentencesExamples - At least he has managed to stay positive about things, and he has told us he will aim for the next World Cup.
- Good players manage to stay in a positive energy sector, no matter how the game's standing is.
- She was having some trouble staying alive.
- Well, of course the costs have continued to go up while the prices have stayed down.
- According to Edward's family, he had long reformed and had managed to stay out of trouble.
- I can only hope that those who believe in freedom can stay strong and maintain the edge we need to persevere.
- We just stayed up to watch the Oscars!
- How he manages to stay so calm and hold off his anger for so long is beyond me.
- She and her mother stayed up until midnight playing board games and drinking their tea.
- No one wanted to see him stay in power and gradually rebuild his military capability, yet there he is.
- What can any of us do to help our kids stay healthy?
- There's always been rumors that casinos pump oxygen into their casinos, so people stay awake more.
- Even though he finally understood that he would never see his mom again, he still stayed silent.
- How do people stay awake during the day?
- You just stay in school, do the right thing and work hard and compete and you'll win, all right?
- An independent adjudicator will now decide whether the school stays open or closes.
- How many guys stay healthy for a full season?
- All the big powers have managed to stay at peace so I suppose it achieved something.
- Hanging with older friends can work if you stay true to who you are.
- But he has trouble staying calm under pressure.
Synonyms remain (behind), stay behind, stay put wait, wait around, linger, stick, continue, be left, hold on, hang on, lodge, rest, delay, pause, stop informal hang around/round British informal hang about archaic bide, tarry continue to be, remain, keep, continue, persist in being, carry on being, go on being, rest 3no object (of a person) live somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest. （人）暂住，逗留 the girls had gone to stay with friends 那些女孩已去与朋友暂时住在一起。 Minton invited him to stay the night 明顿想留他过夜。 Example sentencesExamples - We stayed down there and our friends put us up in a hotel overnight, he added.
- Her parents are unable to care for her and the hospital she is temporarily staying in is poorly equipped.
- Do you mind if he stays with you while we go see your mother?
- I'll pay for your round-trip ticket and you can stay in the guest room at my house.
- The villas we stayed in were positioned half way up a hill.
- We're going to stay overnight at a hotel here.
- Call your house and tell them you're staying at a friend's house because you don't want to drive home and stay the night with me.
- The rest of the crowd consists of family friends whom Tristan doesn't know, as well as a couple of guests staying at the Inn through the holidays.
- We really are pleased with Rosaleen and hope she will continue to stay with us in Pound Street.
- The young people would stay there temporarily until a site was found to construct a purpose-built hostel for the scheme.
- The 30 people staying at the guest house had been woken up by the noise and he had told them it was not a normal occurrence here.
- At Mandarin Oriental hotels, people don't just stay the night, they feel part of a club.
- She is a special guest who stays at the hotel on her regular bi-annual visits to Pattaya.
- They all stayed with local families and a busy schedule of activities was organised.
- I usually stayed in the guest room with Terry during those days.
- I've been staying down South, but I have to head off again straight away and I don't want to be lugging this thing round.
- ‘Imagine that you have guests staying with you,’ he continued.
- They're staying in a friend's vacant apartment to save on costs.
- That night the four brothers stayed in the guest chambers of the castle.
- We stayed overnight at a hotel, and in the morning we went to a train station.
Synonyms visit spend some time, put up, stop, stop off, stop over, break one's journey holiday lodge, room, board, have rooms, be housed, be accommodated, be quartered, be billeted take up residence, take a room, settle North American vacation North American informal vacay formal sojourn archaic bide, abide - 3.1South African, Scottish Live permanently.
〈苏格兰，南非〉定居 你住在什么地方？ Example sentencesExamples - Although most of the inhabitants stay in shacks, they clearly take pride in their environment.
4with object Stop, delay, or prevent (something), in particular suspend or postpone (judicial proceedings) or refrain from pressing (charges) 停止；延缓；防止；暂缓执行（或推迟判决） there are some cases the Crown feels so serious they don't want to stay the charges Example sentencesExamples - The Rhode Island court will have to consider whether in the exercise of its own jurisdiction it should stay the proceedings before it.
- This is too narrow an approach to adopt when considering whether an application for judicial review should be stayed.
- For the following reasons, the Application to stay the Plaintiff's action is granted.
- Last, and in the alternative, the defendant seeks an order staying the enforcement of the summary judgment if granted.
- We are simply seeking to stay the proceedings on jurisdictional grounds.
- Accordingly the Divisional Court allowed the appeal, remitted the matter to the arbitrator and stayed the oppression remedy proceeding.
- A higher court stayed his acquittal and ordered him detained while the finding at trial was reconsidered.
- Well, I will make an order that those two matters be permanently stayed and that the plaintiffs pay the defendant's costs.
- The relief may consist of staying the foreclosure proceedings or providing for a decrease in the payments during the period of service.
- The first respondent applied for orders that the proceedings be stayed unless the applicant provides security for costs.
- If the claim is a provable one, then, as soon as the bankruptcy proceeding is set in motion all proceedings to collect on a debt are stayed.
- The respondent moves now to stay these proceedings including the pending trial.
- He subsequently applied to a judge of the Federal Court for an order staying the immigration inquiry pending the hearing of the judicial review.
- The justice stayed the execution of a warrant pending this application.
- After the high court order was stayed, the Supreme Court directed that all commercial and hired vehicles should turn gas vehicles, he added.
- I would not be minded to stay the execution of the District Court judgment in any circumstances.
- We come next to the abuse of process argument, and whether the judge should have stayed the indictment on the basis that the defendant could not have a fair trial.
- Does the English Court have Jurisdiction to stay the Part 20 Proceedings?
- The trial judge refused to stay the proceedings or to exclude evidence pursuant to section 78.
- The plaintiffs sought an order staying the Mayor's directive.
Synonyms postpone, put off, delay, defer, put back, hold over/off, carry over, reschedule, do later, shelve, stand over, pigeonhole, put/hold in abeyance, mothball adjourn, suspend, prorogue put off the evil day/hour North American put over, table, lay on the table, take a rain check on North American Law continue informal put on ice, put on the back burner, put in cold storage rare remit, respite delay, slow down, slow up, hold back, set back, keep back, hold up, postpone, put back, detain, decelerate, put a brake on, retard hinder, hamper, obstruct, inhibit, impede, handicap, hamstring, curb, check, restrain, restrict, arrest, interfere with, interrupt, encumber, clog British informal throw a spanner in the works of North American informal throw a monkey wrench in the works of rare trammel, cumber - 4.1 Assuage (hunger) for a short time.
暂时解除（饥饿） I grabbed something to stay the pangs of hunger 我抓了点东西吃，以暂时解除饥饿的折磨。 - 4.2literary Curb; check.
〈诗/文〉控制；中止，抑制 he tries to stay the destructive course of barbarism 他设法制止野蛮的破坏性行为。 - 4.3archaic no object, in imperative Wait a moment in order to allow someone time to think or speak.
〈古〉等候，等待 stay, stand apart, I know not which is which 等一等，站开些，我不知道哪个是哪个。
5literary with object Support or prop up. 〈诗/文〉支持，拥护；支撑 it did not matter to you whether the building was stayed up or not?
noun steɪsteɪ 1A period of staying somewhere, in particular of living somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest. （人）暂住，逗留 an overnight stay at a luxury hotel 在豪华饭店呆了一晚上。 Example sentencesExamples - It's not the first time the whale has checked out the gates during his stay.
- This trip is over a weekend and will include an overnight stay in a five-star hotel.
- The length of her stay in hospital will depend on the doctors' assessment of her condition, said a royal aide.
- What are your recipes for being a good guest, for weekend or overnight stays?
- Shocked by the state of the borough during his 10 month stay he decided to use the streets as a canvas for highlighting problems he saw.
- It would involve at most an overnight stay in hospital, he explained.
- He also says he has been four years in a job for which the average stay has been two years.
- In the mid 1980s she came home early from the annual royal stay in Scotland.
- When she returned for a brief stay, she ran into an old acquaintance.
- Visitors are able to rent the houses for the weekend or short midweek stays.
- The combination of comfortable accommodation, stunning scenery and fantastic hosts adds up to a more than memorable stay.
- During their stays abroad many American visitors to Europe also traveled together in small groups to share in the joys of discovery.
- Sligo also has one of the lowest average lengths of stay in hospital in the country at five days.
- All the money raised by the walk will help fund Jack and his parents' three-week stay at the John Tracy Clinic, in Los Angeles.
- He lost the gamble, however, as 55 per cent voted against his stay in power.
- Her relatives and friends want to wish her a good journey home to England and hope she had a pleasant and fun stay.
- Instead of leaving when their initial terms are over, many of the temporary visitors are extending their stays and even making Skipton their permanent home.
- He says it appears the resort is recruiting mainly from Brisbane and Sydney, with an average stay of six months.
- Comprehensive geriatric assessments can delay the onset of disability and decrease permanent nursing home stays.
- Chinese nationals were eligible to apply for residence or temporary stays in Taiwan if they met certain conditions, Chen said.
Synonyms visit, stop, stop-off, stopover, break, holiday, rest North American vacation formal sojourn 2literary A curb or check. 〈诗/文〉控制；中止，抑制 there is likely to be a good public library as a stay against boredom 很有可能会建一座很好的公共图书馆来打发无聊的时光。 - 2.1Law A suspension or postponement of judicial proceedings.
〔律〕（审判的）推迟，延缓 暂缓起诉。 Example sentencesExamples - I conclude that the trial judge erred in granting a stay of proceedings to each of the defendants.
- If the court is prepared to grant a stay then what the Claimants are effectively seeking is some kind of preliminary disclosure order.
- He will be given the chance to say his final words and a special telephone will be used to check for any last-minute stays of execution.
- The defence cited several cases involving extremely serious charges in which the appellate courts have ordered stays of proceedings because of delay.
- In my opinion, the application for a stay of proceedings in the Supreme Court of Victoria should be dismissed.
Synonyms postponement, putting off, delay, deferment, deferral, putting back, carrying over, rescheduling, shelving, pigeonholing, mothballing adjournment, suspension, prorogation North American tabling
3A device used as a brace or support. 支架，支柱；支撑物 - 3.1stayshistorical A corset made of two pieces laced together and stiffened by strips of whalebone.
〈史〉胸衣，紧身褡，紧身背心 Example sentencesExamples - To borrow the corset metaphor, it's clear that we need to loosen our stays rather than stiffen them further, if we are to achieve optimum comfort and good function.
- Thankfully the fashion gurus have stopped short of the tightly laced stays that warped the ribs of our great grand mothers.
- Products made from the animal were oil for lamps and candles whereas the bones were used for stays, corsets and collars.
- She ran as fast as her stays and petticoat would allow to that pond she could see so clearly in her mind.
- The favourite shaping material of stays was whalebone, cut into thin strips and sewn in a fan pattern to make the torso appear rounder.
4archaic mass noun Power of endurance. 〈古〉持久力，耐力 some men are always great at beginnings; but they have no stay in them
Phrasesbe here (or have come) to stay informal Be permanent or widely accepted. 〈非正式〉持久；被普遍接受 the private sector is here to stay and likely to expand 那个私营部门已经得到普遍认可并有可能扩大规模。 Example sentencesExamples - It has been accepted and has come to stay as a necessary facility of life.
- The private sector is here to stay, but can it be altered sufficiently to become of net positive value to society?
- It also reflects their failure to accept that devolved and decentralised government is here to stay.
- We certainly wouldn't be investing so heavily in the future of our pubs if we didn't think they were here to stay.
- So let us be mature, and accept that globalisation is here to stay.
- But coal is here to stay, because it is abundant and the alternatives are generally more expensive.
- In previous years the right wing of the union accepted that a divided civil and public service was here to stay.
- The organisation yesterday warned high oil prices were here to stay.
- Pay parking is a reality and like all the other charges which we have had to accept it is here to stay.
- Texting is not a passing phase in the technological age; it is here to stay.
stay the course (or distance) 1Keep going strongly to the end of a race or contest. （比赛或竞赛中）拼搏到底 critics predicted the car could not stay the distance Example sentencesExamples - Khao Kheow played from the yellow tees is always a good test of golf but when the wind blows, only the extra strong contenders manage to stay the course.
- Despite their age and torrential weather conditions, all but one of the cars have stayed the course.
- Despite the loss, coach Terzis remains upbeat and knows he has the players to stay the course.
- This is a big step up in distance but the trainer believes he will stay the course.
- It is endearing and more powerful that Rocky doesn't have the goal of winning against the champ, but merely to stay the distance and be standing at the end.
- It is a long haul for some of them but if they are willing to stay the course, it's there for them.
- Clearly, some big-name department stores will be unable to stay the course as the department store sector continues to distance itself from the shopping needs of consumers.
- For us, it's not about what we did early, but about staying the course.
- The advantage in the World Cup is with the team that stays the course to the grim end.
- 1.1Pursue a difficult task to the end.
坚持到底 success in small businesses requires determination to stay the course Example sentencesExamples - His plan here is to stay the course and hope for the best.
- If we do not stay the course through to a rebuilt nation - a task that may take the better part of a decade - early successes may later unravel.
- It means that leaders do not allow difficulties to weaken their resolve to stay the course.
- This will allow you to stay the course as we go through one of the most difficult investment periods in years.
- ‘Many concepts will fail, and staying the course will require leadership,’ they wrote.
- And as the time goes on, I think it's going to become more difficult for her to sort of stay the course.
- ‘Failure is not an option,’ is a favorite slogan of those who believe in staying the course in the post-maneuver phase of the campaign.
- I envy her the clarity of vision and the determination to stay the course, as far as her garden is concerned.
- And I'm more determined than ever that Australia should stay the distance and finish the tasks for which we have taken responsibility.
- I said then, that the market was going to work meaningfully higher and that the best course of action was to stay the course.
A delay in carrying out a court order. 延期执行 the prisoner was granted a stay of execution by the Supreme Court Example sentencesExamples - On 3 May 2002 the applicant sought a stay of execution of the Master's judgment for possession in favour of the respondent.
- The airline has been granted a stay of execution until May 15 to refinance itself after recording a £530m loss.
- In April 2002, the Supreme Court granted him a stay of execution 36 hours before he was due to be killed.
- According to the law, a request for a presidential pardon forces a stay of execution of a sentence until a decision is issued.
- Four justices of the Supreme Court were prepared to grant a stay of execution at the last moment, but five were required for a majority.
- A stay of execution may be granted but even then the defendant will have to persuade the court that there is a good reason why the claimant should not be paid.
- The death row inmate has been granted a stay of execution.
- The governor can grant a stay of execution when a condemned murderer's life is on the line.
- He was granted a stay of execution earlier this month when his lawyers filed a motion, claiming he had not exhausted all his appeals.
- On 12 th July, 2004, the appellant was granted permission to appeal and a stay of execution.
Remain somewhere without moving or being moved. （人，物）留在原地不动 she told Clarissa to stay put Example sentencesExamples - Not wanting to cause a scene, I stayed put and waited for the couple to continue on.
- Her job situation in Toronto changed, as did her plans to move, and she's stayed put.
- It looks at me when I turn towards it, but stays put.
- Another car gets through the lights behind them, but the remaining traffic stays put, having moved all of 5 metres forward.
- He stays put in Philadelphia, refusing to move to L.A. and play ball.
- He thinks about pushing off from the door, but he's still unsure of what to do with himself once he moves, so he stays put.
- Be aware that sometimes the safest thing you can do in a tall building fire is stay put and wait for the firefighters.
- As she walked away, she could feel his eyes following her every move, but he was staying put, standing behind her, watching her walk away.
- I was planning on staying put and waiting for the kids until Shawn's hand clasped around mine and pulled me along.
- Because of these costs, most homeowners would choose to stay put rather than move.
Said as an expression of good wishes by a person leaving. 〈南非〉 分别时离开者对留下者的表达语留得安好 Example sentencesExamples - Its use was intended to wish the Paramount Chief to stay well.
- We'll be back, and we'll be checking on him; in the meantime, stay well.
- May you go in peace and happiness, and stay well.
Phrasal VerbsRemain in a classroom or school at the end of teaching, especially to receive punishment. please stay behind after class – I would like to talk to you regarding your lateness Example sentencesExamples - He had to stay behind because he hadn't completed his homework.
- Danz cried because her new teacher said if they were naughty they'd have to stay behind for up to an hour.
Continue to study, work, or be somewhere after others have left. 继续学习（或工作）；继续留下 75 per cent of sixteen-year-olds stay on in full-time education 75％的16岁孩子继续接受全日制教育。 Example sentencesExamples - She stayed on to do a course in performance studies that changed her life.
- What do you think is going to happen to Education for the next two years if Michel stays on as Minister?
- If Luke Demspey stays on, we will have a proven manager at a time when the game is changing.
- If she stays on she has a better chance of going into further or higher education.
- Ruth now has to decide whether she wants to stay on with the police or continue her studies to become a lawyer.
- The decision is particularly difficult because if she stays on in Bulgaria she could forfeit her job in Cardiff.
- If he stays on as leader even after a defeat, it will be in the same spirit.
- So, he does a series or two and if he's a success, he stays on for a popular run.
- He came to Umist to study business and stayed on for a masters degree at Manchester Business School.
- When the doorman fails to return, the man stays on and moves seamlessly into the job.
- She stays on as an MP to get re-elected, despite her disillusionment.
- The government says it wants people to stay on at school and study for A-levels.
- The new deputy leader and former DL TD Liz McManus stays on as health spokeswoman.
- If he defies the board and stays on until the end of his contract, there is only one outside candidate who could possibly wait until then.
- Mr Latham said graduates were often put off staying on for further study for fear of incurring greater student debts.
- Talks to be held during the next seven days could decide whether he stays on at Kendal Town.
- Anyway, A-levels had to change because we have more people staying on to study them than ever before.
(of a guest or visitor) sleep somewhere, especially at someone's home, for the night. （客人或造访者呆在别人家里）过夜 children stay over at each other's houses more often than they did Example sentencesExamples - I'm going out tomorrow night and probably staying over at somebody's house, so it's likely to be a late night/early morning.
- The majority of occupiers stay over for one night and therefore the unit is occupied by an ever-changing group of up to five unrelated individuals.
- We had ten people staying over on Saturday night, which was lovely obviously, but which I think the cats found rather traumatic.
- And they wanted plenty of bedrooms so guests could stay over easily.
- I was sure I had bypassed that late snowstorm that hit Denver last night, when I stayed over at my cousin's.
- Why was Henry even staying over for two nights when he had a house across town?
- I stayed over on Saturday night, and we slept in the same bed.
- Whilst staying over for the night she said a number of incidents took place.
- Our plans were to stay over that night in Pontiac, in order to get the Amtrak mileage between Detroit and Pontiac.
- My friend was staying over for 2 nights from Miami.
- If you want to fly out on a weekday and fly back before the weekend, it costs a lot more then if you are prepared to stay over for the Saturday night.
- This would be very regrettable as I'm sure the local shops and restaurants, particularly in the evening, benefit from some visitors staying over.
- The hotel was nice, and I stayed over on Saturday night, but my upgraded ‘deluxe’ room turned out to be next to the elevator shafts.
- My mom already said I could have some people stay over for the night, and I choose you three.
- I stayed over with Mia at her sister's flat which was just a very short walk from the theatre.
- In an attempt to keep things ordinary, we asked some of his friends to stay over on Friday night.
- One night we were all staying over in a youth hostel located just next to a stretch of water.
- Visitors staying over weren't exactly out of the ordinary.
- One Friday night, the girls stayed over at Jamie's house.
- It was also mentioned that some supporters are taking in the Mayo Dance in Galway on the Friday night and staying over for the game on Sunday.
他们彻夜未眠。 Example sentencesExamples - I was getting excited about being a person who stays up late and hangs out for some night life.
- I tried to stay up and watch the curling on TV last night but I got bored and went to bed.
- One lady blamed the library for her sleepless nights, claiming once she has borrowed a good book she stays up all night till she finishes it.
- One night last week, 3 other female volunteers and myself stayed up quite late.
- I read half the book in one night, and the next night I stayed up all night to finish it.
- Having slept for most of yesterday, I stayed up all last night on the computer.
- He sleeps all day and stays up all night playing computer games.
- He loves to play chess, often bringing his board with him on the bus, or staying up all night playing Eduardo.
- I have stayed up for three days and three nights calling the number and getting no results.
- I'm staying up later and later every night just looking at weird things.
- They, as usual, had stayed up to wait for her and they wanted to know if she had had a good time.
- If the producer wants to change the user interface at the last minute, it's the programmer who stays up all night making the change.
- He gets more leg spasms during the night so he stays up gaming to take his mind off the pain.
- I was beyond tired, probably due to the fact that my mother had made me stay up all night waiting for Chris to get home.
- We had dinner in a beautiful restaurant and stayed up most of the night chatting and getting to know everyone.
- After that I was a milkman's assistant which generally meant staying up all night and sleeping all day.
- Some bad habits such as staying up late and surfing all night on the Net were also factors leading to hair loss in young people.
- Alfie stayed up last Thursday night to witness the historical result.
- Barb consoled her and stayed up with her all night watching movies with the lights off.
- We stayed up almost all night to write about it as it happened.
1Remain in the mind or memory of. 留在脑海里，记住 Gary's words stayed with her all evening 整个晚上她脑子里一直回想着加里说过的话。 Example sentencesExamples - Memories of it stayed with me for years, but I wish that I had kept a journal and made note of the details.
- Those who go away never return, but their memory stays with us forever.
- But his warm words of love stayed with her, filling her mind and making her heart sing.
- The experience and memories will no doubt stay with the boys forever.
- Although he went on to serve in North Africa, it is the memory of Dunkirk which stays with him above all else.
- What stays with you is the spaciousness and grace of these songs, not necessarily the individual sounds.
- It has been heartbreaking to lose so many times because it stays with you and leaves a bad taste in your mouth.
- The print words stayed with her and she pondered how to tell their tale.
- She knew she should just accept her cousin's death as natural, but an unsettled feeling continued to stay with her.
- And although I didn't understand what he meant at the time, the words stayed with me.
- The sun had gone for the time being but the memory of it stayed with me, sweet and languid, discouraging activity of any kind.
- When I was a camper in upstate New York, I experienced bullying and the memory of that has stayed with me always.
- I mention it for one reason: because that night over dinner, he said something that stays with me today.
- I have rescued just about every animal you can think of and it's those memories that will always stay with me.
- Make the last words stay with the listener long after you have left the spotlight.
- I think we're often a bit harsh on people who don't perform, so that sense of shame stays with people.
- ‘Once you have seen these patients in such pain, it is carved into you and stays with you for the rest of your life,’ said a relative of a lung cancer victim.
- But Madeline's words stayed with me for the rest of the morning and made their way into the afternoon with me.
- The pain from the blow would pass but the pain from the word stayed with him forever.
- It's not only the kind of film that stays with you long after the images fade to black, it is one of the most thought-provoking documentaries in a long time.
2Continue or persevere with (an activity or task) 持续；坚持 the incentive needed to stay with a healthy diet 保持健康的饮食所需的激励。 Example sentencesExamples - In the interests of continuity, the selectors would seem likely to stay with what they have got for at least one more match.
- However, it is clear from their display, if this group of players stay with it that silver is on the way in the near future.
- Why did you choose to stay with the American open-wheel racing?
- I think what helped us persevere and stay with it was that we kind of fell in love with our subjects.
- Retired in 2000, he still finds coaching second best to riding, but stays with it because it is as close as he can get.
- Was there a core of people organized and prepared to stay with a sustained campaign so as to provide continuity?
- No longer under its self-defined political imperative to alter core policy in the short term to win government, the party stays with the policy that so deeply offends most members.
- His brother, Graham, might have been an amateur international had he stayed with it.
- That being said, however, there are a few ways you can help condition your mind to stay with the task at hand.
- She said she was boosted by her team-mates, who urged her to stay with it as she moved on to the javelin.
- Conventional thinking says that if he stays with it for two more years, he'll be a polished, pro-ready quarterback.
- To avoid health problems, stay with balanced diets and fitness routines.
3(of a competitor or player) keep up with (another) during a race or match. （竞争者，参赛者）与…并驾齐驱，跟上（对手） Smith is so quick that an offensive tackle can't stay with him Example sentencesExamples - Freeman played cornerback in college and is fast enough to stay with wide receivers.
- Both players should be aggressive staying with the player they have switched without retreating.
- Another concern is that Payton appeared to wear down with the Lakers in the postseason, and he had trouble staying with speedy opposing players.
- Jamaal Tinsley and Kevin Ollie weren't strong enough or quick enough to stay with Kidd.
- Rodgers is a good athlete and has enough speed to stay with tight ends and running backs.
- McQuarters is a smooth athlete who lacks top speed, but he can stay with most receivers.
- He has the ability to chase down running plays, rush the passer and stay with most backs in coverage.
- Townsend is fast and athletic, which allows him to stay with the receiver and make plays.
- The linemen must do a better job of staying with their blocks until the play is over.
- Herndon had trouble staying with faster receivers and matching up with bigger ones.
- Rodgers has the speed to stay with atoning backs and the strength to match up with tight ends.
- If the defender in the middle opts to stay with Faulk, the clear-out receiver now is wide open.
- If Grissom fails, it will be interesting to see how long Lopes stays with him.
OriginLate Middle English (as a verb): from Anglo-Norman French estai-, stem of Old French ester, from Latin stare 'to stand'; in the sense 'support' (sense 5 of the verb and sense 3 of the noun), partly from Old French estaye (noun), estayer (verb), of Germanic origin. stationer from Middle English: In the Middle Ages stationers sold not stationery, writing materials but books. The word comes from medieval Latin stationarius, referring to a tradesman who had a shop or stall at a fixed location, as opposed to one who travelled around selling their wares. The ultimate source is Latin statio ‘standing’, which is also the root of stationary with an a, ‘not moving’ and station (Middle English). In medieval England selling parchment, paper, pens, and ink was a branch of the bookseller's trade, and in due course booksellers became known as stationers. Statue (Middle English) and related words come from the same Latin root as do stature (Middle English) which originally meant ‘height when standing’, status (late 18th century) ‘legal standing’, and statute (Middle English), a law that had been set up. The verb to stay (Late Middle English) is yet another word from the root. Staid (late 16th century) is an archaic past of stay, describing a character that is fixed in its ways.
Rhymesaffray, agley, aka, allay, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, astray, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, aye, bay, belay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, bouquet, brae, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, day, decay, deejay, dégagé, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, eh, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, faraway, fay, fey, flay, fray, Frey, fromage frais, gainsay, Gaye, Genet, giclee, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, halfway, hay, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, Na-Dene, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outstay, outweigh, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, pince-nez, play, portray, pray, prey, purvey, qua, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, slay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, straightaway, straightway, strathspey, stray, Sui, survey, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, trait, tray, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, waylay, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea noun steɪsteɪ 1A large rope, wire, or rod used to support a ship's mast, leading from the masthead to another mast or spar or down to another part of the ship. （桅杆的）支索 Example sentencesExamples - The mast will not come down until something else has broken because as long as all the stays and such are in place, the mast will stay.
- A few minutes later I was shinning up the mast to whip a flag halyard to the stays.
Synonyms strut, wire, brace, tether, prop, beam, rod, support, truss, buttress, pier, shaft, shore, stanchion, stake, stick, spike, post Nautical shroud - 1.1 A guy or rope supporting a flagstaff or other upright pole.
（旗杆等的）牵索，牵链；支撑旗杆（或别的竖直杆）的物体 Example sentencesExamples - The stays were prefabricated parallel wire cables.
- The cable stays were then stressed to their final length.
- Britannia footbridge has been lifted into place and the cable stays are being fitted to support the bridge.
- The solid awning was supported by vertical stays.
- 1.2 A supporting wire or cable on an aircraft.
（飞机的）拉杆，拉索
verb steɪsteɪ [with object]Secure or steady (a mast) by means of stays. 用支索支撑（桅杆），用牵索固定 Synonyms brace, tether, strut, wire, prop, support, truss, buttress, shore up, stake, stick
Phrases(of a sailing ship) be head to the wind while tacking. （帆船）在掉抢中，转向上风 Example sentencesExamples - For those boats which have a tendency to be in stays, it is useful not to ease the Genova sheet until the boat turns fully to the opposite tack.
- The flapping of the sails while the boat was in stays awoke my companion, who sat up and, in a weak and husky voice, asked me what was the matter.
- At one stage we were in stays, in a wind shadow behind an islet.
- The breeze was fresh, the ship was in stays.
- A boat that's heading dead into the wind is said to be in stays or in irons.
- By making short tacks, however, the Theseus brought her guns to bear with such effect that the fort fired only an occasional gun when the ship was in stays.
(of a sailing ship) fail in an attempt to go about from one tack to another. （帆船）掉抢失败，抢风失败 Example sentencesExamples - A wind change to the north about thirty minutes later forced the captain to tack, but the vessel missed stays and hung in the chains owing to a lack of way and a heavy swell.
- In beating through the entrance to the bay, she missed stays and struck the rocks on the north side, opposite Fort Point.
- In working out, the ship missed stays, and was driven amongst the rocks, where she was wrecked.
- You don't want to miss stays and be stuck dead in the water as a frigate fires a full broadside at your small sloop.
- At about 9 o'clock the wind hauled ahead and in missing stays she went ashore about a mile and a half below Port Sanilac.
- A vessel is said to miss stays when she fails to get through the wind whilst going about and ends up hung in irons.
- Despite carrying topsails she misses stays when we try and come about and I am forced to wear ship.
- When in 4 miles of land we attempted to tack but she missed stays, tried again and we went round about and we tried again to bout ship but whe missed stays twice over and then, wore ship.
- She was in charge of the pilot, but missed stays when too near the south sands, and struck where the Shark was wrecked 2 years before.
- She missed stays near the new harbour and was driven ashore on the north side of the bay where heavy surf was breaking.
OriginOld English stæg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stag, from a base meaning 'be firm'. verbstāsteɪ 1no object, usually with adverbial Remain in the same place. 停留，留下 you stay here and I'll be back soon 你呆在这里，我很快就回来。 Jenny decided to stay at home with their young child 詹尼决定留在家里陪他们的小孩。 he stayed with the firm as a consultant 他留在这家公司当顾问。 Example sentencesExamples - Maddie, at the last minute, decided to stay behind and finish some work on deadline.
- If Hernan decides to stay, I don't want him coming to me later and saying he wants to go.
- Irene decided to stay in Ireland for the time being and has starred in several of Bryan's shows since.
- It was up to the employee to decide whether to stay in a stressful job.
- This year they've decided to stay in their village because it just isn't safe to leave their home and head for Baghdad.
- She later called to explain she had decided to stay at the Lancashire resort for longer.
- Several of the passengers decided to stay in that city and refused to go on to Little Rock.
- As our building was hurricane safe and off the ocean, my husband and I decided to stay in our condo.
- Edward was scheduled to sit another of his exams on Monday and had decided to stay at home on Sunday to study.
- Anni was supposed to have been with him in the car that day but she decided to stay home with their two young children.
- She decided not to stay at her home that night and later found it had been entered during the night and some pictures had been broken.
- The gig was so successful the band decided to stay together, and since then Wards Xpress has released three albums.
- Lee decided to stay in New Zealand and her attention was drawn back into the arts.
- He almost came here, as a lot of us did, and then he decided to stay in Canada.
- It was so hot we decided to stay outside at half time for our team talk.
- I could have stayed, but I decided that I wouldn't have been playing often enough.
- Alex's mother went to Greece for a holiday, met his father, fell in love, and decided to stay there.
- We decided not to stay here, as there were better beaches to be found.
- After a nap, we realise the march has begun without us and decide to stay in bed.
- He has decided to stay in Erinsborough, and he will be moving in with Lou.
- 1.1stay for/to Delay leaving so as to join in (an activity)
留下，逗留 何不留下来吃午饭？ Example sentencesExamples - Of course he refuses to leave, and stays to fight alongside a new set of unfamiliar comrades.
- One remaining barfly stays to play video poker.
- Are you sure it's all right for me to stay for dinner though?
- Hart smiles broadly and stays to sign his latest book.
- He would play with his son on the lawn, stay for lunch and dinner, and drink a chilled martini or two.
- It comes for lunch, stays for dinner, and sleeps on your couch overnight.
- He seems to be enjoying Brightman's performance, and stays for all three encores.
- It is expected she will stay to join members for lunch.
- I was surprised because nobody stays to hear the song in the closing credits.
- One has tea and Easter eggs and chats and stays to watch the news, slowly abandoning all thought of exercise.
- He is even polite enough to invite me to stay for lunch, whereas five years ago he used to say no way was he feeding journalists.
- What often occurs is that a fan base shows up midway through the second half of the women's game and then stays for the entire men's game.
- Sam has done a fantastic job and we hope he stays to see his contract out at Bolton.
- We stayed for a few drinks and then joined the trail of people shuffling down the road.
- They appreciate the fact that people stayed to donate blood despite the long delay.
- My father had invited the entourage to stay to lunch, but they refused politely.
- Listen, I'm going to stay for dinner, and maybe longer.
- He joined them for the party and thanked everyone for staying to take part, in spite of the heavy snow.
- I stayed for lunch and then another mug of tea in the sun.
- He speaks of an 84-year-old gentleman who comes into his post office once a week and stays to chat for an hour.
- 1.2stay down (of food) remain in the stomach, rather than be thrown up as vomit.
（食物）留在胃里 he gagged but the sandwich stayed down Example sentencesExamples - I didn't have breakfast, but my lunch and dinner stayed down, so I think I'm well on the road to recovery.
- Some cheese on toast stayed down, and come morning, I was starting to feel human again.
- The first priority is finding food which will stay down.
- His body wouldn't obey him, and any food he ate never stayed down for very long.
- On the third day, some of the stuff stayed down as I sat in an easy chair, still hooked up to my IV-apparatus.
2no object, with complement or adverbial Remain in a specified state or position. 保持，维持 她保持冷静的能力。 tactics used to stay in power 继续掌权的策略。 I managed to stay out of trouble 我设法避免惹上麻烦。 Example sentencesExamples - We just stayed up to watch the Oscars!
- How he manages to stay so calm and hold off his anger for so long is beyond me.
- According to Edward's family, he had long reformed and had managed to stay out of trouble.
- All the big powers have managed to stay at peace so I suppose it achieved something.
- An independent adjudicator will now decide whether the school stays open or closes.
- She was having some trouble staying alive.
- No one wanted to see him stay in power and gradually rebuild his military capability, yet there he is.
- What can any of us do to help our kids stay healthy?
- You just stay in school, do the right thing and work hard and compete and you'll win, all right?
- At least he has managed to stay positive about things, and he has told us he will aim for the next World Cup.
- Good players manage to stay in a positive energy sector, no matter how the game's standing is.
- Even though he finally understood that he would never see his mom again, he still stayed silent.
- But he has trouble staying calm under pressure.
- She and her mother stayed up until midnight playing board games and drinking their tea.
- Well, of course the costs have continued to go up while the prices have stayed down.
- I can only hope that those who believe in freedom can stay strong and maintain the edge we need to persevere.
- How do people stay awake during the day?
- How many guys stay healthy for a full season?
- Hanging with older friends can work if you stay true to who you are.
- There's always been rumors that casinos pump oxygen into their casinos, so people stay awake more.
Synonyms remain, remain behind, stay behind, stay put continue to be, remain, keep, continue, persist in being, carry on being, go on being, rest 3no object (of a person) live somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest. （人）暂住，逗留 the girls had gone to stay with friends 那些女孩已去与朋友暂时住在一起。 Minton invited him to stay the night 明顿想留他过夜。 Example sentencesExamples - The rest of the crowd consists of family friends whom Tristan doesn't know, as well as a couple of guests staying at the Inn through the holidays.
- Her parents are unable to care for her and the hospital she is temporarily staying in is poorly equipped.
- I've been staying down South, but I have to head off again straight away and I don't want to be lugging this thing round.
- The young people would stay there temporarily until a site was found to construct a purpose-built hostel for the scheme.
- Call your house and tell them you're staying at a friend's house because you don't want to drive home and stay the night with me.
- We stayed down there and our friends put us up in a hotel overnight, he added.
- Do you mind if he stays with you while we go see your mother?
- We're going to stay overnight at a hotel here.
- She is a special guest who stays at the hotel on her regular bi-annual visits to Pattaya.
- I'll pay for your round-trip ticket and you can stay in the guest room at my house.
- The 30 people staying at the guest house had been woken up by the noise and he had told them it was not a normal occurrence here.
- At Mandarin Oriental hotels, people don't just stay the night, they feel part of a club.
- ‘Imagine that you have guests staying with you,’ he continued.
- We stayed overnight at a hotel, and in the morning we went to a train station.
- That night the four brothers stayed in the guest chambers of the castle.
- They all stayed with local families and a busy schedule of activities was organised.
- They're staying in a friend's vacant apartment to save on costs.
- We really are pleased with Rosaleen and hope she will continue to stay with us in Pound Street.
- The villas we stayed in were positioned half way up a hill.
- I usually stayed in the guest room with Terry during those days.
- 3.1Scottish, South African Live permanently.
〈苏格兰，南非〉定居 你住在什么地方？ Example sentencesExamples - Although most of the inhabitants stay in shacks, they clearly take pride in their environment.
4with object Stop, delay, or prevent (something), in particular suspend or postpone (judicial proceedings) or refrain from pressing (charges). 停止；延缓；防止；暂缓执行（或推迟判决） Example sentencesExamples - Accordingly the Divisional Court allowed the appeal, remitted the matter to the arbitrator and stayed the oppression remedy proceeding.
- If the claim is a provable one, then, as soon as the bankruptcy proceeding is set in motion all proceedings to collect on a debt are stayed.
- We come next to the abuse of process argument, and whether the judge should have stayed the indictment on the basis that the defendant could not have a fair trial.
- I would not be minded to stay the execution of the District Court judgment in any circumstances.
- We are simply seeking to stay the proceedings on jurisdictional grounds.
- The first respondent applied for orders that the proceedings be stayed unless the applicant provides security for costs.
- The plaintiffs sought an order staying the Mayor's directive.
- This is too narrow an approach to adopt when considering whether an application for judicial review should be stayed.
- He subsequently applied to a judge of the Federal Court for an order staying the immigration inquiry pending the hearing of the judicial review.
- Well, I will make an order that those two matters be permanently stayed and that the plaintiffs pay the defendant's costs.
- After the high court order was stayed, the Supreme Court directed that all commercial and hired vehicles should turn gas vehicles, he added.
- A higher court stayed his acquittal and ordered him detained while the finding at trial was reconsidered.
- For the following reasons, the Application to stay the Plaintiff's action is granted.
- The respondent moves now to stay these proceedings including the pending trial.
- Last, and in the alternative, the defendant seeks an order staying the enforcement of the summary judgment if granted.
- The justice stayed the execution of a warrant pending this application.
- The relief may consist of staying the foreclosure proceedings or providing for a decrease in the payments during the period of service.
- The Rhode Island court will have to consider whether in the exercise of its own jurisdiction it should stay the proceedings before it.
- The trial judge refused to stay the proceedings or to exclude evidence pursuant to section 78.
- Does the English Court have Jurisdiction to stay the Part 20 Proceedings?
Synonyms postpone, put off, delay, defer, put back, hold off, hold over, carry over, reschedule, do later, shelve, stand over, pigeonhole, hold in abeyance, put in abeyance, mothball delay, slow down, slow up, hold back, set back, keep back, hold up, postpone, put back, detain, decelerate, put a brake on, retard - 4.1 Assuage (hunger) for a short time.
暂时解除（饥饿） I grabbed something to stay the pangs of hunger 我抓了点东西吃，以暂时解除饥饿的折磨。 - 4.2literary Curb; check.
〈诗/文〉控制；中止，抑制 he tries to stay the destructive course of barbarism 他设法制止野蛮的破坏性行为。 - 4.3archaic no object, in imperative Wait a moment in order to allow someone time to think or speak.
〈古〉等候，等待 stay, stand apart, I know not which is which 等一等，站开些，我不知道哪个是哪个。
5literary with object Support or prop up. 〈诗/文〉支持，拥护；支撑
nounstāsteɪ 1A period of staying somewhere, in particular of living somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest. （人）暂住，逗留 an overnight stay at a luxury hotel 在豪华饭店呆了一晚上。 Example sentencesExamples - All the money raised by the walk will help fund Jack and his parents' three-week stay at the John Tracy Clinic, in Los Angeles.
- He says it appears the resort is recruiting mainly from Brisbane and Sydney, with an average stay of six months.
- The length of her stay in hospital will depend on the doctors' assessment of her condition, said a royal aide.
- The combination of comfortable accommodation, stunning scenery and fantastic hosts adds up to a more than memorable stay.
- Instead of leaving when their initial terms are over, many of the temporary visitors are extending their stays and even making Skipton their permanent home.
- When she returned for a brief stay, she ran into an old acquaintance.
- It's not the first time the whale has checked out the gates during his stay.
- In the mid 1980s she came home early from the annual royal stay in Scotland.
- Sligo also has one of the lowest average lengths of stay in hospital in the country at five days.
- Comprehensive geriatric assessments can delay the onset of disability and decrease permanent nursing home stays.
- Visitors are able to rent the houses for the weekend or short midweek stays.
- He lost the gamble, however, as 55 per cent voted against his stay in power.
- Her relatives and friends want to wish her a good journey home to England and hope she had a pleasant and fun stay.
- Chinese nationals were eligible to apply for residence or temporary stays in Taiwan if they met certain conditions, Chen said.
- It would involve at most an overnight stay in hospital, he explained.
- Shocked by the state of the borough during his 10 month stay he decided to use the streets as a canvas for highlighting problems he saw.
- What are your recipes for being a good guest, for weekend or overnight stays?
- He also says he has been four years in a job for which the average stay has been two years.
- During their stays abroad many American visitors to Europe also traveled together in small groups to share in the joys of discovery.
- This trip is over a weekend and will include an overnight stay in a five-star hotel.
Synonyms visit, stop, stop-off, stopover, break, holiday, rest 2literary A curb or check. 〈诗/文〉控制；中止，抑制 there is likely to be a good public library as a stay against boredom 很有可能会建一座很好的公共图书馆来打发无聊的时光。 - 2.1Law A suspension or postponement of judicial proceedings.
〔律〕（审判的）推迟，延缓 暂缓起诉。 Example sentencesExamples - The defence cited several cases involving extremely serious charges in which the appellate courts have ordered stays of proceedings because of delay.
- In my opinion, the application for a stay of proceedings in the Supreme Court of Victoria should be dismissed.
- I conclude that the trial judge erred in granting a stay of proceedings to each of the defendants.
- If the court is prepared to grant a stay then what the Claimants are effectively seeking is some kind of preliminary disclosure order.
- He will be given the chance to say his final words and a special telephone will be used to check for any last-minute stays of execution.
Synonyms postponement, putting off, delay, deferment, deferral, putting back, carrying over, rescheduling, shelving, pigeonholing, mothballing
3A device used as a brace or support. 支架，支柱；支撑物 - 3.1stayshistorical A corset made of two pieces laced together and stiffened by strips of whalebone.
〈史〉胸衣，紧身褡，紧身背心 Example sentencesExamples - She ran as fast as her stays and petticoat would allow to that pond she could see so clearly in her mind.
- Products made from the animal were oil for lamps and candles whereas the bones were used for stays, corsets and collars.
- Thankfully the fashion gurus have stopped short of the tightly laced stays that warped the ribs of our great grand mothers.
- The favourite shaping material of stays was whalebone, cut into thin strips and sewn in a fan pattern to make the torso appear rounder.
- To borrow the corset metaphor, it's clear that we need to loosen our stays rather than stiffen them further, if we are to achieve optimum comfort and good function.
4archaic Power of endurance. 〈古〉持久力，耐力
Phrasesbe here (or have come) to stay informal Be permanent or widely accepted. 〈非正式〉持久；被普遍接受 the Internet is here to stay Example sentencesExamples - It has been accepted and has come to stay as a necessary facility of life.
- But coal is here to stay, because it is abundant and the alternatives are generally more expensive.
- The organisation yesterday warned high oil prices were here to stay.
- The private sector is here to stay, but can it be altered sufficiently to become of net positive value to society?
- So let us be mature, and accept that globalisation is here to stay.
- We certainly wouldn't be investing so heavily in the future of our pubs if we didn't think they were here to stay.
- In previous years the right wing of the union accepted that a divided civil and public service was here to stay.
- It also reflects their failure to accept that devolved and decentralised government is here to stay.
- Pay parking is a reality and like all the other charges which we have had to accept it is here to stay.
- Texting is not a passing phase in the technological age; it is here to stay.
stay the course (or distance) 1Keep going strongly to the end of a race or contest. （比赛或竞赛中）拼搏到底 Example sentencesExamples - Despite their age and torrential weather conditions, all but one of the cars have stayed the course.
- Clearly, some big-name department stores will be unable to stay the course as the department store sector continues to distance itself from the shopping needs of consumers.
- Despite the loss, coach Terzis remains upbeat and knows he has the players to stay the course.
- Khao Kheow played from the yellow tees is always a good test of golf but when the wind blows, only the extra strong contenders manage to stay the course.
- It is a long haul for some of them but if they are willing to stay the course, it's there for them.
- This is a big step up in distance but the trainer believes he will stay the course.
- For us, it's not about what we did early, but about staying the course.
- It is endearing and more powerful that Rocky doesn't have the goal of winning against the champ, but merely to stay the distance and be standing at the end.
- The advantage in the World Cup is with the team that stays the course to the grim end.
- 1.1Pursue a difficult task or activity to the end.
坚持到底 Example sentencesExamples - And I'm more determined than ever that Australia should stay the distance and finish the tasks for which we have taken responsibility.
- And as the time goes on, I think it's going to become more difficult for her to sort of stay the course.
- This will allow you to stay the course as we go through one of the most difficult investment periods in years.
- ‘Many concepts will fail, and staying the course will require leadership,’ they wrote.
- ‘Failure is not an option,’ is a favorite slogan of those who believe in staying the course in the post-maneuver phase of the campaign.
- His plan here is to stay the course and hope for the best.
- If we do not stay the course through to a rebuilt nation - a task that may take the better part of a decade - early successes may later unravel.
- I envy her the clarity of vision and the determination to stay the course, as far as her garden is concerned.
- I said then, that the market was going to work meaningfully higher and that the best course of action was to stay the course.
- It means that leaders do not allow difficulties to weaken their resolve to stay the course.
(of a person or object) remain somewhere without moving or being moved. （人，物）留在原地不动 Example sentencesExamples - Because of these costs, most homeowners would choose to stay put rather than move.
- Not wanting to cause a scene, I stayed put and waited for the couple to continue on.
- He stays put in Philadelphia, refusing to move to L.A. and play ball.
- Her job situation in Toronto changed, as did her plans to move, and she's stayed put.
- It looks at me when I turn towards it, but stays put.
- He thinks about pushing off from the door, but he's still unsure of what to do with himself once he moves, so he stays put.
- I was planning on staying put and waiting for the kids until Shawn's hand clasped around mine and pulled me along.
- As she walked away, she could feel his eyes following her every move, but he was staying put, standing behind her, watching her walk away.
- Another car gets through the lights behind them, but the remaining traffic stays put, having moved all of 5 metres forward.
- Be aware that sometimes the safest thing you can do in a tall building fire is stay put and wait for the firefighters.
A delay in carrying out a court order. 延期执行 Example sentencesExamples - In April 2002, the Supreme Court granted him a stay of execution 36 hours before he was due to be killed.
- The death row inmate has been granted a stay of execution.
- He was granted a stay of execution earlier this month when his lawyers filed a motion, claiming he had not exhausted all his appeals.
- According to the law, a request for a presidential pardon forces a stay of execution of a sentence until a decision is issued.
- The governor can grant a stay of execution when a condemned murderer's life is on the line.
- On 3 May 2002 the applicant sought a stay of execution of the Master's judgment for possession in favour of the respondent.
- Four justices of the Supreme Court were prepared to grant a stay of execution at the last moment, but five were required for a majority.
- The airline has been granted a stay of execution until May 15 to refinance itself after recording a £530m loss.
- A stay of execution may be granted but even then the defendant will have to persuade the court that there is a good reason why the claimant should not be paid.
- On 12 th July, 2004, the appellant was granted permission to appeal and a stay of execution.
Phrasal VerbsContinue to study, work, or be somewhere after others have left. 继续学习（或工作）；继续留下 75 percent of sixteen-year-olds stay on in full-time education 75％的16岁孩子继续接受全日制教育。 Example sentencesExamples - Ruth now has to decide whether she wants to stay on with the police or continue her studies to become a lawyer.
- Talks to be held during the next seven days could decide whether he stays on at Kendal Town.
- The new deputy leader and former DL TD Liz McManus stays on as health spokeswoman.
- The government says it wants people to stay on at school and study for A-levels.
- If she stays on she has a better chance of going into further or higher education.
- If he defies the board and stays on until the end of his contract, there is only one outside candidate who could possibly wait until then.
- The decision is particularly difficult because if she stays on in Bulgaria she could forfeit her job in Cardiff.
- She stays on as an MP to get re-elected, despite her disillusionment.
- If he stays on as leader even after a defeat, it will be in the same spirit.
- Anyway, A-levels had to change because we have more people staying on to study them than ever before.
- She stayed on to do a course in performance studies that changed her life.
- Mr Latham said graduates were often put off staying on for further study for fear of incurring greater student debts.
- If Luke Demspey stays on, we will have a proven manager at a time when the game is changing.
- He came to Umist to study business and stayed on for a masters degree at Manchester Business School.
- When the doorman fails to return, the man stays on and moves seamlessly into the job.
- What do you think is going to happen to Education for the next two years if Michel stays on as Minister?
- So, he does a series or two and if he's a success, he stays on for a popular run.
(of a guest or visitor) sleep somewhere, especially at someone's home, for the night. （客人或造访者呆在别人家里）过夜 Example sentencesExamples - One Friday night, the girls stayed over at Jamie's house.
- And they wanted plenty of bedrooms so guests could stay over easily.
- Our plans were to stay over that night in Pontiac, in order to get the Amtrak mileage between Detroit and Pontiac.
- I stayed over with Mia at her sister's flat which was just a very short walk from the theatre.
- The hotel was nice, and I stayed over on Saturday night, but my upgraded ‘deluxe’ room turned out to be next to the elevator shafts.
- If you want to fly out on a weekday and fly back before the weekend, it costs a lot more then if you are prepared to stay over for the Saturday night.
- This would be very regrettable as I'm sure the local shops and restaurants, particularly in the evening, benefit from some visitors staying over.
- Why was Henry even staying over for two nights when he had a house across town?
- I'm going out tomorrow night and probably staying over at somebody's house, so it's likely to be a late night/early morning.
- It was also mentioned that some supporters are taking in the Mayo Dance in Galway on the Friday night and staying over for the game on Sunday.
- The majority of occupiers stay over for one night and therefore the unit is occupied by an ever-changing group of up to five unrelated individuals.
- In an attempt to keep things ordinary, we asked some of his friends to stay over on Friday night.
- One night we were all staying over in a youth hostel located just next to a stretch of water.
- Whilst staying over for the night she said a number of incidents took place.
- Visitors staying over weren't exactly out of the ordinary.
- My friend was staying over for 2 nights from Miami.
- We had ten people staying over on Saturday night, which was lovely obviously, but which I think the cats found rather traumatic.
- I was sure I had bypassed that late snowstorm that hit Denver last night, when I stayed over at my cousin's.
- I stayed over on Saturday night, and we slept in the same bed.
- My mom already said I could have some people stay over for the night, and I choose you three.
他们彻夜未眠。 Example sentencesExamples - Some bad habits such as staying up late and surfing all night on the Net were also factors leading to hair loss in young people.
- We stayed up almost all night to write about it as it happened.
- After that I was a milkman's assistant which generally meant staying up all night and sleeping all day.
- He gets more leg spasms during the night so he stays up gaming to take his mind off the pain.
- We had dinner in a beautiful restaurant and stayed up most of the night chatting and getting to know everyone.
- I was getting excited about being a person who stays up late and hangs out for some night life.
- If the producer wants to change the user interface at the last minute, it's the programmer who stays up all night making the change.
- Having slept for most of yesterday, I stayed up all last night on the computer.
- He sleeps all day and stays up all night playing computer games.
- They, as usual, had stayed up to wait for her and they wanted to know if she had had a good time.
- I have stayed up for three days and three nights calling the number and getting no results.
- I tried to stay up and watch the curling on TV last night but I got bored and went to bed.
- I'm staying up later and later every night just looking at weird things.
- One night last week, 3 other female volunteers and myself stayed up quite late.
- Alfie stayed up last Thursday night to witness the historical result.
- Barb consoled her and stayed up with her all night watching movies with the lights off.
- I was beyond tired, probably due to the fact that my mother had made me stay up all night waiting for Chris to get home.
- One lady blamed the library for her sleepless nights, claiming once she has borrowed a good book she stays up all night till she finishes it.
- I read half the book in one night, and the next night I stayed up all night to finish it.
- He loves to play chess, often bringing his board with him on the bus, or staying up all night playing Eduardo.
1Remain in the mind or memory of (someone) 留在脑海里，记住 Gary's words stayed with her all evening 整个晚上她脑子里一直回想着加里说过的话。 Example sentencesExamples - Those who go away never return, but their memory stays with us forever.
- But Madeline's words stayed with me for the rest of the morning and made their way into the afternoon with me.
- I think we're often a bit harsh on people who don't perform, so that sense of shame stays with people.
- Memories of it stayed with me for years, but I wish that I had kept a journal and made note of the details.
- The pain from the blow would pass but the pain from the word stayed with him forever.
- What stays with you is the spaciousness and grace of these songs, not necessarily the individual sounds.
- The print words stayed with her and she pondered how to tell their tale.
- It has been heartbreaking to lose so many times because it stays with you and leaves a bad taste in your mouth.
- The sun had gone for the time being but the memory of it stayed with me, sweet and languid, discouraging activity of any kind.
- ‘Once you have seen these patients in such pain, it is carved into you and stays with you for the rest of your life,’ said a relative of a lung cancer victim.
- I mention it for one reason: because that night over dinner, he said something that stays with me today.
- She knew she should just accept her cousin's death as natural, but an unsettled feeling continued to stay with her.
- I have rescued just about every animal you can think of and it's those memories that will always stay with me.
- Make the last words stay with the listener long after you have left the spotlight.
- The experience and memories will no doubt stay with the boys forever.
- Although he went on to serve in North Africa, it is the memory of Dunkirk which stays with him above all else.
- But his warm words of love stayed with her, filling her mind and making her heart sing.
- And although I didn't understand what he meant at the time, the words stayed with me.
- It's not only the kind of film that stays with you long after the images fade to black, it is one of the most thought-provoking documentaries in a long time.
- When I was a camper in upstate New York, I experienced bullying and the memory of that has stayed with me always.
2Continue or persevere with (an activity or task) 持续；坚持 the incentive needed to stay with a healthy diet 保持健康的饮食所需的激励。 Example sentencesExamples - That being said, however, there are a few ways you can help condition your mind to stay with the task at hand.
- Retired in 2000, he still finds coaching second best to riding, but stays with it because it is as close as he can get.
- Was there a core of people organized and prepared to stay with a sustained campaign so as to provide continuity?
- Why did you choose to stay with the American open-wheel racing?
- To avoid health problems, stay with balanced diets and fitness routines.
- In the interests of continuity, the selectors would seem likely to stay with what they have got for at least one more match.
- Conventional thinking says that if he stays with it for two more years, he'll be a polished, pro-ready quarterback.
- She said she was boosted by her team-mates, who urged her to stay with it as she moved on to the javelin.
- No longer under its self-defined political imperative to alter core policy in the short term to win government, the party stays with the policy that so deeply offends most members.
- His brother, Graham, might have been an amateur international had he stayed with it.
- I think what helped us persevere and stay with it was that we kind of fell in love with our subjects.
- However, it is clear from their display, if this group of players stay with it that silver is on the way in the near future.
3(of a competitor or player) keep up with (another) during a race or match. （竞争者，参赛者）与…并驾齐驱，跟上（对手） Example sentencesExamples - Freeman played cornerback in college and is fast enough to stay with wide receivers.
- Herndon had trouble staying with faster receivers and matching up with bigger ones.
- Both players should be aggressive staying with the player they have switched without retreating.
- The linemen must do a better job of staying with their blocks until the play is over.
- Another concern is that Payton appeared to wear down with the Lakers in the postseason, and he had trouble staying with speedy opposing players.
- Rodgers has the speed to stay with atoning backs and the strength to match up with tight ends.
- He has the ability to chase down running plays, rush the passer and stay with most backs in coverage.
- Townsend is fast and athletic, which allows him to stay with the receiver and make plays.
- If Grissom fails, it will be interesting to see how long Lopes stays with him.
- Jamaal Tinsley and Kevin Ollie weren't strong enough or quick enough to stay with Kidd.
- Rodgers is a good athlete and has enough speed to stay with tight ends and running backs.
- If the defender in the middle opts to stay with Faulk, the clear-out receiver now is wide open.
- McQuarters is a smooth athlete who lacks top speed, but he can stay with most receivers.
OriginLate Middle English (as a verb): from Anglo-Norman French estai-, stem of Old French ester, from Latin stare ‘to stand’; in the sense ‘support’ ( stay (sense 5 of the verb) and stay (sense 3 of the noun)), partly from Old French estaye (noun), estayer (verb), of Germanic origin. nounsteɪstā 1A large rope, wire, or rod used to support a ship's mast, leading from the masthead to another mast or spar or down to the deck. （桅杆的）支索 Example sentencesExamples - A few minutes later I was shinning up the mast to whip a flag halyard to the stays.
- The mast will not come down until something else has broken because as long as all the stays and such are in place, the mast will stay.
Synonyms strut, wire, brace, tether, prop, beam, rod, support, truss, buttress, pier, shaft, shore, stanchion, stake, stick, spike, post - 1.1 A guy or rope supporting a flagpole or other upright pole.
（旗杆等的）牵索，牵链；支撑旗杆（或别的竖直杆）的物体 Example sentencesExamples - Britannia footbridge has been lifted into place and the cable stays are being fitted to support the bridge.
- The stays were prefabricated parallel wire cables.
- The solid awning was supported by vertical stays.
- The cable stays were then stressed to their final length.
- 1.2 A supporting wire or cable on an aircraft.
（飞机的）拉杆，拉索
verbsteɪstā [with object]Secure or steady (a mast) by means of stays. 用支索支撑（桅杆），用牵索固定 Synonyms brace, tether, strut, wire, prop, support, truss, buttress, shore up, stake, stick
Phrases(of a sailing ship) be head to the wind while tacking. （帆船）在掉抢中，转向上风 Example sentencesExamples - By making short tacks, however, the Theseus brought her guns to bear with such effect that the fort fired only an occasional gun when the ship was in stays.
- The breeze was fresh, the ship was in stays.
- The flapping of the sails while the boat was in stays awoke my companion, who sat up and, in a weak and husky voice, asked me what was the matter.
- A boat that's heading dead into the wind is said to be in stays or in irons.
- For those boats which have a tendency to be in stays, it is useful not to ease the Genova sheet until the boat turns fully to the opposite tack.
- At one stage we were in stays, in a wind shadow behind an islet.
OriginOld English stæg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stag, from a base meaning ‘be firm’. |