guest

noun

/ɡest/

Idioms

a person that you have invited to your house or to a particular event that you are paying for客人；宾客
- They only use the dining room when they have guests.他们只有在有客人的时候才使用餐厅。
- She had invited six guests to dinner.她邀请了六位客人来吃饭。
- She felt that she had to entertain her guests.她感到不得不招待她的客人。
- There were more than 100 wedding guests.婚礼宾客超过100人。
- as a guest I went to the theatre club as Helen's guest.海伦请我去戏剧俱乐部看戏了。
- He was the guest of honour (= the most important person invited to an event).他是贵宾。
- Liz was not on the guest list.利兹不在邀请之列。
see also house guest
- We have guests staying this weekend.这周末我家有客人来住。
- She tactfully discouraged their uninvited guests from staying longer.她巧妙地使这些不请自到的客人知趣儿，没有再待下去。
- She was treated as an honoured guest.她被当作贵客款待。
- The banquet was attended by 200 guests.200 位来宾出席了这次宴会。
- The best man and his assistants welcomed the reception guests as they arrived.男傧相和他的助手迎候来参加婚宴的客人。
- The best man welcomed the wedding guests as they arrived.男傧相迎候来参加婚宴的客人。
- The refugees were made to feel like unwanted guests in the country.这个国家令难民们感到他们并不受欢迎。
- When we have guests, they usually sleep in the study.来我们家的客人通常睡在书房里。
- You are always a welcome guest in our house.随时欢迎您来我们家作客。
- You're the guest—you can choose what we watch.你是客人－你看什么，我们就看什么。
- He did his best to make the guests feel at home.他尽力让客人有宾至如归的感觉。
- He was the ideal dinner party guest.他是理想的晚宴客人。
- How many guests are coming tonight?今晚有多少客人要来？
- I got the feeling that this guest was particularly unwelcome.我觉得这位客人特别不受欢迎。
- She had invited over 100 guests.她邀请了100多位客人。
- Some of the wedding guests were staying in the hotel.有些出席婚礼的宾客住在旅馆里。
- The guests gathered for dinner on the terrace.客人们聚集在露台上吃晚餐。
- Their names were not on the guest list.宾客名单上没有他们的名字。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- house
- honoured/honored
- welcome
- …
verb + guest
- be
- have
- invite
- …
guest + noun
- bathroom
- bed
- bedroom
- …
a person who is staying at a hotel, etc.旅客；房客
- We have accommodation for 500 guests.我们有可供 500 位客人住宿的房间。
- Guests should vacate their rooms by 10.30 a.m.房客应在上午 10:30 以前腾出房间。
- guests at the Grand Hotel格兰德酒店的客人
see also paying guestTopics Holidaysa2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- hotel
- frequent
- regular
- …
(especially North American English) a customer in a restaurant客人：餐厅的顾客
- Restaurant guests can enjoy suberb views across the bay as they dine.餐厅客人在用餐时可以欣赏海湾对面的suberb景观。
a famous person or performer who takes part in a television show, concert or other entertainment特别嘉宾；客串演员
- a guest star/artist客串明星/艺术家
- Our special guest tonight is…今晚我们的特别嘉宾是…
- He made a guest appearance on the show.他在这个节目里客串出场。
- Guest artists from all over Europe will take part in the concert.来自欧洲各地的艺人嘉宾将参加这个音乐会。
- Movie star Matt Damon is one of the special guests on tonight's show.影星马特・达蒙是今晚节目的特邀嘉宾之一。
- Our next guest is a bona fide television star.我们的下一位嘉宾是一位名副其实的电视明星。
- She made a rare guest appearance on the programme.她非常难得地在这个节目中客串演出。
Topics TV, radio and newsb1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- special
- featured
- mystery
- …
guest + noun
- star
- artist
- conductor
- …
phrases
- our next guest
a person who is invited to a particular place or organization, or to speak at a meeting特邀嘉宾
- a guest speaker特邀演讲人
- as a guest The scientists are here as guests of our government.出席的科学家是我国政府的贵宾。
- The athlete was chief guest at the schools sports day.这个运动员是学校运动会的主宾。
- Li was there as the guest of the President.李以总统客人的身份出席。
- My father was the guest of honour at the dinner.我父亲在那次晚宴上是贵宾。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- distinguished
- important
- chief
- …
verb + guest
- greet
- welcome
- accommodate
- …
guest + verb
- arrive
- attend something
guest + noun
- book
- list
phrases
- a guest of honour/honor
- somebody’s personal guest

词源Middle English: from Old Norse gestr, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gast and German Gast, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin hostis ‘enemy’ (originally ‘stranger’).

Idioms

be my guest

(informal) used to give somebody permission to do something that they have asked to do请便；随便
- ‘Do you mind if I open the window?’ ‘Be my guest.’“你介意我打开窗户吗，”。请便。