way station

英 [ˈweɪ steɪʃn]

美 [ˈweɪ steɪʃn]

n.  (长途旅行中的)小站，小饭馆

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牛津词典

noun

• （长途旅行中的）小站，小饭馆
  a place where people stop to eat or rest during a long journey

柯林斯词典

• (长途旅程中暂时停留休息的）小站
  Away stationis a place where people stop to eat and rest when they are on a long journey.
• (铁路上大站之间的)小站
  Away stationis a small station between two large stations on a railway.

英英释义

noun

• a small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal
  Synonym:whistle stopflag stop
• a stopping place on a journey
  1. there is a stopover to change planes in Chicago
  Synonym:stopover

双语例句

• Can you tell me the nearest way to the station?
  你能告诉我去火车站最近的路吗？
• We had to walk all the way from the station to the hotel.
  我们不得不一直从车站走到旅馆。
• Due to his help, I found the way to train station.
  因为他的帮助，我找到了去火车站的路。
• Humanitarian agencies are setting up a way station in a small, remote mountain town in Chad.
  人道主义机构正在乍得一个偏远的小镇上设立一个中转站。
• A child came up to me and showed me the way to the station.
  一个孩子走上前来，指点我到车站去的路。
• By the time you are a grown adult and a professional football player, though, athletic misbehaviour signals something else besides one's presence at a way station on the path to moral maturity.
  尽管他已经成年并成为了一个职业足球运动员，但到这之前，在他走向心理成熟的途中，他的不正当举止也标志了一些除了个人行为以外的其他东西。
• It was described the overall solution of Station Integrated Information Management System. According to the main features such as one position many duties, small and unbalance in freight transportation quantity, big difference in network communication environment, mis System was specially designed for way station.
  阐述车站综合管理信息系统小站版的总体解决方案，针对小型车站一岗多职、货运量小而不均衡、网络通讯环境差异较大等特点研制适用于小型车站的车站综合管理信息系统。
• The excellent achievements of way station training are a sign of Chinese army modernization.
  小站练兵成绩优异，是中国陆军开始向现代转型的标志。
• Whereafter, they all keep in silent on the way to railway station.
  然后他们一直沉默，走到了火车站。
• The potential for abuse is whether the way station becomes a hiding spot, either to reduce taxes at the end of the journey or to launder criminal money.
  滥用的可能性在于这个小站是否成为逃税之所，要么是为了减少到达旅途终点时的缴税，要么是为了漂洗犯罪所得。