词汇精选：greet的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

v.

问候，迎接，招呼；称呼 [T]

例句：

Most interviewers greet the applicant with a handshake.

面试的雇主大都会与应聘者握握手。

例句：

We warmly greet your resounding victories.

我们热烈祝贺你们的辉煌胜利。

（以特定方式）接受；对...作成反应 [T]

例句：

The audience greet his speech with loud cheer.

听众对他的演讲报以高声欢呼。

例句：

It is unlikely that this suggestion will be greeted enthusiastically in the Baltic States.

该提议不大可能在波罗的海诸国得到热烈响应。

呈现在...前；被...所感知 [T]

例句：

When we reached the top of the hill a magnificent view of the sea greeted us.

当我们抵达山顶时，一片壮丽的海景映入眼帘。

例句：

As we walked into the house we were greeted by a wonderful smell of baking.

我们走进房间的时候，烤东西的香气扑鼻而入。

二、词义辨析：

address,greet,salute,hail,welcome

这些动词均有“欢迎、致敬，致意，招呼”之意。address侧重打招呼的方式或指所使用的称谓。greet常指友好而热诚地欢迎。salute正式用词，指用敬礼、亲吻或挥帽等动作向他人致意或问候，尤指以某种礼节欢迎某人。hail主要指怀着敬意欢迎某人，侧重欢快轻松和嘈杂。也指隔得较远的高声招呼。welcome多指热情的官方的或正式的迎接或欢迎，但也指一般的欢迎。

三、参考例句：

We always greet each other like that.

我们总是这样问候对方。

We warmly greet your resounding victories.

我们热烈祝贺你们的辉煌胜利。

Arabs greet each other by touching noses.

阿拉伯人通过触碰鼻子来互相问好。

The audience greet his speech with loud cheer.

听众对他的演讲报以高声欢呼。

Most interviewers greet the applicant with a handshake.

面试的雇主大都会与应聘者握握手。

Most interviewers greet the applicant with a handshake.

面试的雇主大都会与应聘者握握手。

Bowing to greet a lady is now an obsolete custom.

如今，见面向女士行鞠躬礼已是过时的习俗。

He made his way through the crowd to greet us.

他穿过人群向我们打招呼。

Cats greet humans the same way they would greet fellow, friendly cats — with an upright tail that demonstrates affection for their owners, says The Independent's Heather Saul.

喵星人欢迎人类的方式和它们欢迎同类的方式一样，友好的喵星人会竖直尾巴表达对主人的喜爱之情，希瑟-扫罗在《独立报》上说。

The dog greet its master with a wag of its tail.

狗摇著尾巴迎接主人。