home代表什么意思(home表示什么意思)

a roof over your head

定义

一个住的地方。

示例

He was so poor that he didn't have a roof over his head.

他穷得连个栖身之所都没有。

charity begins at home

定义

慈善始于家庭是一句谚语。这意味着,在决定照顾别人之前,一个人应该首先关心自己的家庭。

示例

Take care of your children before volunteering in any association. Charity begins at home.

close to home

定义

如果某件事离你很近,它就会影响到你个人。If something is close to home, it affects you personally.

示例

His criticism was a bit too close to home. She couldn't bear the way he talked about her work.

他的批评有点太切中要害了。她无法忍受他谈论她工作的方式。

drive something home

定义

你通过强调某件事向某人明确表示某事的重要性。

If you drive something home, you make it clear to someone by emphasizing its importance.

例句:

She repeated the point several times just to drive the lesson home.
He hoped this really drives the importance of thinking critically home to his students.

go home in a box

定义

死后被运回家,to die and be shipped home

例子

Those soldiers are too young. It's a pitty that they go home in a box.

hit home

定义

如果某件事击中了要害(hits home),它是有意义的,或者强烈地影响或引起某人的共鸣。If something hits home, it makes sense or strongly affects or resonates with someone.

例句:

I don’t think the message really hit home with the crowd.
The manager’s remarks in the meeting clearly hit home because everybody started to make positive changes in their work since then.
The president's speech stroke home.