belong
verb /bɪˈlɒŋ/
/bɪˈlɔːŋ/
not used in the progressive tenses动词形式
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they belong | /bɪˈlɒŋ/ /bɪˈlɔːŋ/ |
| he / she / it belongs | /bɪˈlɒŋz/ /bɪˈlɔːŋz/ |
| past simple belonged | /bɪˈlɒŋd/ /bɪˈlɔːŋd/ |
| past participle belonged | /bɪˈlɒŋd/ /bɪˈlɔːŋd/ |
| -ing form belonging | /bɪˈlɒŋɪŋ/ /bɪˈlɔːŋɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to be in the right or suitable place
应在（某处） - Where do these plates belong (= where are they kept)?
这些盘子该放在哪里？ - Are you sure these documents belong together?
你肯定这些文件应放在一起吗？ - Several of the points you raise do not belong in this discussion.
你提出的几个问题不属于这次讨论。 - A person like that does not belong in teaching.
那样的人不适合教书。
- Where do these plates belong (= where are they kept)?
- [intransitive] to feel comfortable and happy in a particular situation or with a particular group of people
适应；合得来 - I don't feel as if I belong here.
我在这里感觉格格不入。
- I don't feel as if I belong here.
词源Middle English: from be- (as an intensifier) + the archaic verb long ‘belong’, based on Old English gelang ‘at hand, together with’.