Street
英文釋義:a paved public road that only appears in a city or town, not in rural areas.
出現在城市或城鎮(不在農村)的公共道路。
Usually there are shops/stores or houses along both sides of astreet which facilitates public interaction.
通常有商店或房子沿著街道兩旁,方便人們活動。
例句:
It was 6pm and the streets were busy with people going home from work.
下午6點,街上擠滿了下班回家的人。
After the guilty verdicy, there were riots on the streets.
宣判有罪後,街上發生了騷亂。
Road
英文釋義:a route or way on land between two places that has been paved to allow travel by transport.
在兩個地方之間鋪設的一條道路,具備交通工具通行的條件。
According to the OECD, a road is a line of communication (travelled way) using a stabilized base other than rails or air strips open to public traffic, primarily for the use of road motor vehicles running on their own wheels
根據經濟合作與發展組織的說法,road是一種使用基本陸地的公共運輸線路,而不是鐵道或空中,主要是供那些用輪子行駛的公路機動車輛使用。
Traditionally a road was a way to travel between two points, usually other towns or distant places. Over time, a road that once connected two towns or villages that were close to each other is still called a road even though now those two towns or villages became part of the same larger city. That is why roads are normally long and important routes in a city.
傳統上,road是聯繫兩點之間的交通方式,通常是跟其他城鎮或遠距離的地方。隨著時間的推移,曾經連接兩個相鄰的城鎮或村莊的道路現在仍然被稱為road,儘管現在這兩個城鎮或村莊已經成為同一個更大的城市的一部分。這就是為什麼road通常是城市中又長又重要的路線。
例句:
The farm is two miles south of the main road.
農場在主路以南兩英里處。
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
一片樹林裡分出兩條路,而我——我選擇了人跡更少的那條路,這使一切都不同了。
Nowadays you may hear people informally use the word road as a synonym of street. This is fine and people will understand what you are talking about if you use either of the words.
現在你可能會聽到人們非正式地用road作為street的同義詞。這都是可以的,隨便你用這兩個詞中的哪一個,人們都會明白你在說什麼。
A street however normally has shopsstores or houses along both sides of it which facilitates public interaction. A road may also have buildings on either side though its main function is as a transportation route, a way of getting from one place to another, especially between towns. Outside of the city they are called roads.
street通常在兩旁有商店或房子,方便人們活動。雖然road的主要功能是作為從一個地方到另一個地方的交通路線,特別是城鎮之間,但有時候它的兩邊也可能有建築物。城外的路叫「road」。
When a street (or road) is being repaired, it is called road works, not street works.
當道路被修復時,它被稱為road works,而不是street works。
例句:
Make sure you look both ways when you cross the street. (Here you could also use road instead of street)
過馬路時一定要向兩邊看。(這裡你也可以用road代替street)
I think I will be late to work because of all the road works on the way.
我想我上班要遲到了,因為路上有很多地方修路。
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