home

bring something home to

make (someone) realize the full significance of something

使完全意識(shí)到

her first-hand account brought home to me the pain of the experience.

她的第一手?jǐn)⑹鍪刮艺媲械馗惺艿侥欠N經(jīng)歷的痛苦。

close (或 near) to home

(of a remark or topic of discussion) relevant or accurate to the point that one feels uncomfortable or embarrassed

（言詞，論題）令人不快；令人尷尬

come home

(Golf)play the second nine holes in a round of eighteen holes

(高爾夫)打后九穴。 比較 go out（見(jiàn) go）

come home to someone

(of the significance of something) become fully realized by someone

（事情的重要性）已完全被人意識(shí)到

the full enormity of what was happening came home to Sara.

薩拉完全意識(shí)到了正在發(fā)生的一切暴行。

drive (或 hammer 或 press 或 ram) something home

make something clearly and fully understood by the use of repeated or forcefully direct arguments

（通過(guò)反復(fù)、直白的論述來(lái)）清楚有力地表達(dá)

hit (或 strike) home

(of a blow or a missile) reach an intended target

（拳頭，導(dǎo)彈）擊中目標(biāo)，命中目標(biāo)

home and dry

(美 home free, 新西蘭 home and hosed)(chiefly Brit.)having successfully achieved or being within sight of achieving one's objective

(主英)大功告成；成功在望

at 3–0 up they should have been home and dry.

以3比0領(lǐng)先的情況下他們本來(lái)應(yīng)該取勝的。

a home from (或 北美

a place where one is as happy, relaxed, or comfortable as in one's own home

家外之家

home is where the heart is

(proverb)your home will always be the place for which you feel the deepest affection, no matter where you are

(諺)心之所在即為家；金窩銀窩，不如自家的狗窩

home, James (and don't spare the horses)!

(dated)used as a humorous way of exhorting the driver of a vehicle to drive home quickly

(舊)［催促駕駛員的幽默用 語(yǔ)］快點(diǎn)兒，老兄（別心疼馬呀）！

home sweet home

used as an expression of one's pleasure or relief at being in or returning to one's own home

（用于表達(dá)在家里或回家后的喜悅和放松的心情）在家真好；幸虧在家；終于到家了

set up home

(Brit.)start living somewhere on a permanent basis

(英)定居；安家

the couple set up home in Chelsea eight years ago.

這對(duì)夫婦八年前在切爾西定居。

when ——'s at home

(Brit.)used to add humorous emphasis to a question about someone's identity

(英)（用于詢問(wèn)某人身份時(shí)加強(qiáng)幽默語(yǔ)氣）…是何許人也

who's Peter when he's at home?.

那位彼得是何許人也？。

at home

Available to receive visitors

可待客的

at home on Thursdays.

周四可待客

Comfortable and relaxed; at ease

舒適的和輕松的；安逸的

at home in diplomatic circles.

在外交場(chǎng)合輕松自如

Feeling an easy competence and familiarity

可以勝任的，熟練自如的

at home in French.

對(duì)法語(yǔ)運(yùn)用自如