核心含义
本义为“占据某个位置”,引申为“发生”或“举行”。核心义项有二:一是“发生”,指事件、事故等出现,如“The accident took place at noon.”;二是“举行”,指会议、活动等按计划进行,如“The meeting will take place tomorrow.”。二者皆强调事件在特定时空中的存在,区别在于后者带有计划性。引申逻辑:从具体空间占位,抽象为时间上的“发生”,再进一步用于正式场合的“举行”。
英 /teɪk pleɪs/美 /teɪk pleɪs/
v. 动词(不及物)
发生;举行;进行
本义为“占据某个位置”,引申为“发生”或“举行”。核心义项有二:一是“发生”,指事件、事故等出现,如“The accident took place at noon.”;二是“举行”,指会议、活动等按计划进行,如“The meeting will take place tomorrow.”。二者皆强调事件在特定时空中的存在,区别在于后者带有计划性。引申逻辑:从具体空间占位,抽象为时间上的“发生”,再进一步用于正式场合的“举行”。
take 源自古英语 tacan,意为“抓住”;place 源自拉丁语 platea,意为“街道”或“空地”。组合后字面意为“抓住位置”,即“就位”,后演变为“发生”。记忆时可联想:事件“抓住”了某个时间或地点,即“发生”。
该词组广泛用于正式与非正式场合。日常口语中表示“发生”,如“What took place?”;新闻报道中常用来客观陈述事件,如“The protest took place in the capital.”;学术写作中用于描述研究过程或实验,如“The experiment took place under controlled conditions.”;法律文本中表示“举行”或“发生”,语气正式;商务邮件中用于安排会议等,如“The presentation will take place at 3 PM.”。不同场合语气差异不大,但正式场合更常与“will”或“is scheduled to”连用。
take place 为不及物动词短语,不能带宾语,无被动语态,如不能说“The event was taken place”。常用于一般现在时、一般过去时和将来时,如“The festival takes place every year.”。常见句型:主语(事件/活动)+ take place + 时间/地点状语。注意与“take one's place”区分,后者意为“就位”。易错点:误用被动语态,或与“happen”混淆时忽略其计划性。
与“happen”相比,“take place”更正式,且常含计划或安排之意,如“The wedding took place on a sunny day.”(计划中的),而“happen”多指偶然发生,如“An accident happened.”。与“occur”相比,“occur”更正式,可用于抽象事物,如“A thought occurred to me.”,而“take place”更侧重具体事件。与“hold”相比,“hold”是及物动词,主动语态指“举办”,被动语态“be held”与“take place”同义,但“take place”更简洁。
语域中性偏正式,适用于大多数语境。无明确褒贬色彩,但用于负面事件时语气客观。常见误用:其一,使用被动语态(“was taken place”);其二,与“take place”混淆“take the place of”(代替);其三,误用为及物动词,如“take place a meeting”(应为“the meeting takes place”)。注意“take place”不用于进行时态,如不说“is taking place”,而用一般时。
The conference will take place in Shanghai next month.
Great changes have taken place in the city over the past decade.
The ceremony took place at the church on Saturday.
Where did the accident take place?
The meeting is scheduled to take place at 9 a.m. tomorrow.
The story takes place in a small village during the war.