vacation的基本意思是“假期,休假”,主要用于大学停课放假长达多周的假日或法院停止开庭,在美式英语中,凡是较长时间的休假都可用这个词。
在固定短语on vacation中, vacation前不用冠词; 在get a vacation, spend a vacation, take a vacation等短语中, vacation须用不定冠词a; 而在long vacation,Christmas vacation等短语前通常有定冠词the。
一般很少在vacation前加the。They are on vacation.他们正在度假中。
I know you want to come here on vacation too one day!
我知道你也想有一天来这里度假!
Last month,she and her parents went on vacation.
上个月,她和父母去度假了。
Who wants to go on a vacation in this house?
愿意去这次旅行的吗?
In fact,this is the perfect time to be on a vacation.
事实上,现在正是度假的绝佳时期。