【stay音标】 英[steɪ] 美[steɪ]
【单词释义】 stay是什么意思：
vt.&vi.停留；停止；坚持；抑制
vi.继续处于某种状态
n.停留；逗留；延期；倚靠；忍耐
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] stays [第三人称单数] stays
[单词现在分词] staying
[单词过去式] stayed
[单词过去分词] stayed
【stay形近词/近似词】
essay n.散文；随笔
okay v.赞成或同意；批准
anyway adv.无论如何；尽管
play n.[U]玩耍；游戏 v. 玩；演奏；参加；播放；扮演；担任
decay v.（使）腐烂，腐朽；衰败
【单词例句】
◇ Everyday, while the lazy, ugly stepsisters played they teased Cinderella. Cinderella always stayed up late cleaning and washing the laundry. "Cinderella! Clean my shoes." Cinderella always wore tattered clothes and worked all day doing housework.
每一天，懒惰的、丑陋的姐妹都会嘲笑灰姑娘。灰姑娘每天洗衣服打扫屋子到很晚。“灰姑娘!擦擦我的鞋。”灰姑娘总是穿着破烂的衣服，整天马不停蹄地做家务。
---- Cinderella
◇ They said, "We will live here. You, Benjamin, you are the youngest and weakest. You shall stay at home and keep house. We others will go and get things to eat."
他们说：“我们就住在这里。便雅明，你是我们当中年纪最小、身子最弱的，所以你就呆在家里看家，我们其他人出去找吃的东西。”
---- The Twelve Brothers
◇ "Provided the music has a calm, regular beat, it can actually help us to stay calm, reducing our stress, slowing our heart rate, and moderating our pulse," says Dr. Spelman. "This makes it easier for us to focus on the task at hand rather than entering into 'flight or fight' mode, in which it can be very difficult to think clearly because of our elevated levels of adrenaline and cortisol."
斯佩尔曼博士表示：“如果背景音乐的节拍比较平静、有规律，它实际上可以帮助我们保持平静，减轻我们的压力，减缓我们的心跳，调节我们的脉搏。这使我们更容易专注于手头的任务，而不是进入‘逃跑或战斗’模式，在这种模式下，由于肾上腺素和皮质醇水平升高，我们会很难清晰地思考问题。”
---- Listening to classical music at work boosts productivity
◇ While staying hydrated is important -- doing so keeps our joints lubricated, helps prevent infections, and carries nutrients to our cells -- in most situations people don't need to worry too much about how hydrating their beverages are.
尽管补水很重要——可以保持关节润滑，帮助防止感染，将营养输送到细胞——不过，在大多数情况下人们不需要太担心饮料的补水效果。
---- Which drink is best for hydration? Hint: It isn't water
◇ Both terms were simple and evocative, but for some reason, only spring had staying power in Britain.
两个词都是既简单又形象，但是出于某种原因，只有spring在英国流传了下来。
---- The reason why Americans refer to Autumn as fall?
◇ NASA will allow private citizens to stay at the International Space Station (ISS) for month-long getaways at a cost of about $35,000 per night, the US space agency said on Friday.
美国国家航空航天局上周五（2019年6月7日）表示，将允许普通民众在国际空间站停留一个月，费用为每晚大约3.5万美元（约合24.2万元人民币）。
---- NASA to open space station to private citizens
◇ I suggested that they should stay at "bed and breakfast" houses, because this kind of accommodation gives a foreign visitor a good chance to speak English with the family. My friends listened to my advice, but they came back with some funny stories.
我建议他们应该住在“住宿加早餐”的房子里，因为这种住宿方式给了外国游客一个与家人说英语的好机会。我的朋友们听了我的建议，但他们回来时讲了一些有趣的故事。
---- The difference between vacaciones and holidays
◇ Skipping breakfast has long been espoused by celebrities as a diet trick. Joanna Lumley says cutting out breakfast has helped her stay slim in older age. Recently, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said he never eats breakfast, only dinner - and that he skips all food altogether on Saturdays - as part of a routine that he claims is meditative.
不吃早餐一直被一些名人奉为减肥妙招。乔安娜·林莉说，不吃早餐帮助她在年老时还能保持苗条。最近，推特首席执行官杰克·多西说他从不吃早餐，只吃晚餐，而且在周六禁食，这属于其例行冥想的一部分。
---- Skipping breakfast could raise risk of heart disease by 87%
◇ Myth 1: To stay in shape, you only need to work out once or twice a week.
流言1：为了保持体形，你只需要一个礼拜锻炼一次或者两次。
---- Common fitness misconceptions
◇ You don't have to stay with the family. You can stay in a hotel. You're adults. If you do stay in the home, you know your parents well enough — know the ground rules and don't push it.
你不必非得在家里过夜。你们可以住酒店。你们是成年人了。如果你真的在家过夜，你应该很了解你的父母——知道他们的底线，并且不要逾越。