1. belong to属于;归…所有;是…的一部分;是…的成员;属于(参加了某团体);属于(某个类别、类型或群体); 源于(某个时代):投身于
The islands belong to Spain.
这些岛屿隶属西班牙。
The house had belonged to her family for three or four generations.
这套房子归她们家有三四代人了。
The future belongs to democracy.
未来属于民主。
The property belongs to her by right.
这份财产依法归她所有。
The contents of shipwrecks belong to the state.
一切沉船中的物品均属国家所有。
He deduced that the two children belonged to the couple.
他推断这俩小孩是这对夫妇的。
I used to belong to a youth club.
我过去是一个青年俱乐部的成员。
He belongs to an exclusive club.
他参加的是一个上层人士俱乐部。
It is inappropriate for a judge to belong to a discriminatory club.
法官参加一个带歧视性的俱乐部是不合适的。
Have you ever belonged to a political party?
你加入过什么政党吗?
Lions and tigers belong to the cat family.
狮子和老虎属于猫科。
Lions belong to the cat family.
狮属于猫科。
I realized that he and I belonged to different worlds.
我意识到我和他不是一路人。
She belonged to a high-minded group of ladies who met and discussed Works of Literature.
她属于那群道德高尚的女性,她们会聚在一起讨论文学作品。
The idea of cloning extinct life forms still belongs to science fiction.
克隆已经灭绝的生物的想法仍旧只限于科幻小说中。
While the two are only days apart in age they seem to belong to wholly different generations
尽管这两人年龄上只相差几天,他们却好像是属于完全不同时代的人。
The pictures belong to an era when there was a preoccupation with high society.
这些画出自一个人人向往上流社会的时代。
I would only belong to an environmental movement if it was explicitly non-violent.
我只会投身明确宣称采用非暴力手段的环境保护运动。
2.belong in 适合放(待,用)在某处
This piece really belongs in the concert hall
这曲子很适合在音乐厅演奏。
A man of his ability belongs in teaching.
像他这样有能力的人适合于教书。
She belonged in France not in New England.
她适合待在法国,不适合待在新英格兰。
I don't belong in a place like this.
我不适合这样一个位置。
I belong in this town.
我适合住在本城。
A telephone belongs in every home.
每个家庭都适合有个电话。
This glass belongs in the cupboard.
这个玻璃杯应放在碗橱里。
The book belongs on that shelf. 这本书应放在那个架子上。
This chair belongs in the living room. 这把椅子应放在起居室里。
根据需要,这里的in可以用on under代换。表示某人或某物在某地方或场合正适合。
belong with 和……住在一起
A child belongs with its mother. 小孩应与母亲生活在
一起。
He belongs with me.
他是我的。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》