journey

noun

/ˈdʒɜːni/

/ˈdʒɜːrni/

an act of travelling from one place to another, especially when they are far apart（尤指长途）旅行，行程
- They went on a long train journey across India.他们乘火车作了一次横跨印度的长途旅行。
- to begin/continue/complete a journey开始/继续/完成旅程
- Many refugees made the journey alone.许多难民独自旅行。
- Did you have a good journey?你一路顺利吗？
- the outward/return journey外出/返程旅行
- We broke our journey (= stopped for a short time) in Madrid.我们途中在马德里作了短暂的停留。
- (British English) Don't use the car for short journeys.短途旅行就别开车。
- It's a day's journey by car.开车的话要走一天。
- The average journey time is about 50 minutes.平均行程时间50分钟左右。
- on a journey She took her sister with her to keep her company on the journey.她带着妹妹在旅途中陪伴她。
- journey from… Devizes is a two-hour journey from London.从伦敦出发有两个小时的路程。
- journey to… It is unclear why he embarked on his final journey to Vienna.不清楚他为什么要踏上去维也纳的最后一程。
- (British English) I'm afraid you've had a wasted journey (= you cannot do what you have come to do).对不起，你白跑一趟了。
- (informal) Bye! Safe journey! (= used when somebody is beginning a journey)再见！一路平安！
Synonyms trip
trip
- journey
- tour
- expedition
- excursion
- outing
- day out
These are all words for an act of travelling to a place.
- trip an act of travelling from one place to another, and usually back again:
  a business trip出差
  a five-minute trip by taxi五分钟的出租车车程
- journey an act of travelling from one place to another, especially when they are a long way apart:
  a long and difficult journey across the mountains漫长而艰难的翻山旅行
trip or journey?用 trip 还是 journey？A trip usually involves you going to a place and back again; a journey is usually one-way. A trip is often shorter than a journey, although it does not have to be: a trip to New York • a round-the-world trip. It is often short in time, even if it is long in distance. Journey is more often used when the travelling takes a long time and is difficult. In North American English journey is not used for short trips (British English) Don't use the car for short journeys.
- tour a journey made for pleasure during which several different places are visited:
  a tour of Bavaria巴伐利亚之旅
- expedition an organized journey with a particular purpose, especially to find out about a place that is not well known:
  the first expedition to the South Pole首次去南极的探险
- excursion a short trip made for pleasure, especially one that has been organized for a group of people:
  We went on an all-day excursion to the island.我们到岛上去游览了一整天。
- outing a short trip made for pleasure or education, usually with a group of people and lasting no more than a day:
  The children were on a day’s outing from school.孩子们正进行为期一天的校外短途旅行。
- day out a trip to somewhere for a day, especially for pleasure:
  We had a day out at the beach.我们在海滩玩了一天。
Patterns
- a(n) foreign/overseas trip/journey/tour/expedition
- a bus/coach/train/rail trip/journey/tour
- to go on a(n) trip/journey/tour/expedition/excursion/outing/day out
- to set out/off on a(n) trip/journey/tour/expedition/excursion
- to make a(n) trip/journey/tour/expedition/excursion
Wordfinder
- commute
- departure
- destination
- excursion
- expedition
- itinerary
- journey
- pilgrimage
- safari
- travel
- measures to cut the number of car journeys into the city减少汽车进城次数的措施
- He is planning a journey through Europe this summer.他计划今年夏天去欧洲旅行。
- Slaves were crammed onto ships for the dangerous journey across the Atlantic.奴隶们被塞进船上，准备进行穿越大西洋的危险旅程。
- Dawn was breaking as we set out on the last leg of our journey.破晓时分我们踏上了最后一段旅程。
- Few people have made this journey and lived to tell the tale.很少有人能走完这段旅程并活下来向他人讲述其中的故事。
- He made the emotional journey back to the house he grew up in.他的思绪回到了那所伴他长大的房子。
- He wrote a column chronicling his journeys around the Americas.他撰写了专栏，记录自己在美洲各地的旅行。
- Her search took her on an incredible journey across the world.她的搜寻把她带上了一次非凡的环球之旅。
- The bus driver told us where to change buses for our onward journey.公共汽车司机告诉我们应在哪儿换车以继续我们的行程。
- The bus journey from London to Athens took 60 hours.乘公共汽车从伦敦到雅典花了60 小时。
- The journey continued in silence.旅程在沉默中继续。
- The journey takes about five hours.这一旅程大约要花5 个小时。
- They continued their journey on foot.他们继续徒步旅行。
- They doubted that he would survive the journey to the nearest hospital.他们不知道他能否撑到最近的医院。
- They were on a journey to the Far East.他们当时正在远东旅行。
- This is the story of the first astronauts and their journey into the unknown.这是讲述首批宇航员及其探索未知世界之旅的故事。
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Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- long
- marathon
- short
- …
verb + journey
- go on
- have
- make
- …
journey + verb
- take (somebody)
- begin
- end
- …
journey + noun
- time
preposition
- on journey
- journey by
- journey of
- …
phrases
- be tired after a journey
- be tired from a journey
- a leg of a journey
- …
a long and often difficult process of personal change and development旅程：个人变革和发展的漫长且通常是艰难的过程
- I was excited by the character's journey in the film.我对电影中角色的旅程感到兴奋。
- journey (from something) (to something) The book describes a spiritual journey from despair to happiness.这本书描述了从绝望到高兴的心理变化过程。

词源Middle English: from Old French jornee ‘day, a day's travel, a day's work’ (the earliest senses in English), based on Latin diurnum ‘daily portion’, from diurnus ‘daily’, from dies ‘day’.