with open arms的意思是“热情地”, with open hands则是“花钱大手大脚地”的意思。例如:
We welcomed these foreign guests with open arms.我们热情地欢迎这些外宾。
Susan spends her money with open hands.苏珊花钱大手大脚。
be open表示“正开着”这一状态, open是形容词; be opened指“被打开”这一动作, opened是动词open的过去分词。试比较:
The door is open.
门是开着的。
The door was opened by force.
门被强行打开了。
这两个动词都可表示“开始”,但open还可表示“开业”,而begin无此义。
词源词根法
来自古英语open,打开,升起,来自Proto-Germanic*upana,向上,竖立,来自PIE*upo,向上,词源同up,over.
adj.
v.
常用短语
open up打开;开发;开始;展示,揭露
in the open在户外;在野外
open the door开门
in open公开地
单词解说
open的基本意思是“开着的,开放的”,也可作“坦率的,无偏见的”解。作“空旷的,开阔的”解时,在句中只充当定语。作“开始营业的,(职位等)空缺的”解时,在句中作表语。
open作表语时,后面经常跟to或with短语,open在句中还可充当宾语补足语。
They left themselves wide open to accusations of double standards and hypocrisy.
他们使自己陷于被人指责搞双重标准和虚伪不实的境地。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Good listeners even sit in an open way: relaxed, arms loose...
善于倾听的人甚至坐姿也很坦荡端正:身体放松,双臂自然下垂。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Banks closed on Friday afternoon and did not open again until Monday morning.
银行星期五下午关门,直到星期一上午才营业。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》The rebels have opened the road from Monrovia to the Ivory Coast...
叛乱分子已经开放了从蒙罗维亚到象牙海岸的道路。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》He had always been open with her and she always felt she would know if he lied...
他对她总是坦诚相待,她也一直觉得如果他说谎,自己一定能察觉。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Officers will also continue their search of nearby open ground.
警察还将继续在附近的开阔地带搜寻。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Hearing the case in open court is only one part of the judicial process.
公开审理这一案件只是司法程序的一部分。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》...a gang of three who'd apparently been lying in wait for him to open the shop.
显然一直潜伏着等待他打开店门营业的3人团伙
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》They are open to suggestions on how working conditions might be improved.
他们愿意就如何改善工作条件听取各种意见。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》When I opened my eyes I saw a man with an axe standing at the end of my bed...
我睁开眼睛时,看见一个手持斧头的男人站在床尾。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》The solid rank of police officers lining the courtroom opened to let them pass.
把法庭围得水泄不通的一队警察让开一条路让他们通过。
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