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本帖最后由 brianleeeee 于 2017-4-13 13:22 编辑
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the subway American English the railway system that runs under the ground below a big city. British people use the underground when talking about the railway system in London, and many systems outside the US :
· the New York subway
· We got on the next subway train.
the underground British English the railway system that runs under the ground below a big city :
· the London underground
· an underground map
· It’s quickest to travel by underground.
the tube British English informal the railway system that runs under London :
· We took the tube to Trafalgar Square.
· a crowded tube train
the metro used especially to talk about the railway system that runs under Paris. Also used about some other city’s systems, for example Moscow, Washington DC and Newcastle :
· the Paris Metro
· Moscow’s metro stations
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BRITISH/AMERICAN 英式/美式英语
UNDERGROUND / SUBWAY / METRO / TUBE
■ A city’s underground railway/railroad system is usually called the underground(often the Underground) in BrE and the subway in NAmE. Speakers of BrE also use subway for systems in American cities and metro for systems in other European countries. The Metro is the name for the systems in Paris and Washington, D.C. London’s system is often called the Tube. 城市的地铁系统在英式英语中通常称为 underground （常作 the Underground），在美式英语中为 subway。说英式英语的人指美国城市的地铁亦用 subway，而指其他欧洲国家的地铁则用 metro。the Metro 为巴黎和华盛顿市的地铁名称；伦敦的地铁通常称作 the Tube。 |
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