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To pave a surface means to cover it with a hard, flat material like concrete, asphalt, or stone, usually to make a road, path, or sidewalk that people or cars can travel on safely. There's also a common expression, "to pave the way," which means to make it easier for something to happen in the future by doing important preparation first — "Her research paved the way for later scientists."
鋪路、鋪平(道路)
同家族的字
- pavementshares the same root — the paved surface itself, especially a sidewalk in British English
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
paveverb/peɪv/
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To cover something with paving slabs.
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To cover with stone, concrete, blacktop or other solid covering, especially to aid travel.
- They paved Paradise and put up a parking lot.
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To pave the way for; to make easy and smooth.
- After two weeks Miguel began to circulate freely about the city in his truck, albeit with the long, chrome-plated pistol cocked and ready on his lap. It wouldn't be for three more years that Gonzo would tell Miguel about the secret leverage that paved his path to freedom.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。