- on
- [ɔn]
1. prep
1) (indicating position) 在...上 [zài...shang]
*
it's on the table/wall — 它在桌上/墙上*
he put the book on the shelf — 他把书放到架子上*
the house is on the main road — 房子在主路旁*
to live on a farm/an island — 住在一个农场里/岛上*
on the left/right — 在左边/右边*
on the top floor — 在顶楼*
she was lying on her back/stomach — 她仰面躺着/俯卧着2) (indicating means, method, condition etc)*
on foot — 步行 [bùxíng]*
on the train/bus — [+ be, sit] 在火车/公共汽车上; [+ travel, go] 乘坐*
on the television/radio — 在电视上/广播中*
she's on the telephone — (engaged) 她正在打电话*
on the Internet — 在因特网上*
to be on antibiotics — 定期服用抗生素*
to be away on business — 出差3) (referring to time) 在 [zài]*
on Friday — 在星期五*
on Fridays — 在每个星期五*
on June 20th — 在6月20日*
on Friday, June 20th — 在6月20日，星期五*
on Christmas Day — 在圣诞日*
a week on Friday — 下个星期五*
on arrival — 到了后*
on seeing this — 看到这个以后4) (about, concerning) 关于 [guānyú]2. adv*
information on train services — 火车服务信息1) (clothes)*
to have one's coat on — 穿着外套 [chuānzhe wàitào]*
what's she got on? — 她穿着什么？2) (covering, lid etc)*
screw the lid on tightly — 把盖子旋紧 [bǎ gàizi xuánjǐn]3) (onwards, further)*
to walk/read on — 继续走/读 [jìxù zǒu/dú]*
from now/that day on — 从此/那一天以后3. adj*
on and on — 不停地1) (turned on) [+ machine, light, engine, tap] 打开的 [dǎkāi de]2) (happening)*
is the meeting still on? — 会议还在进行吗？ [huìyì háizài jìnxíng ma?]*
there's a good film on at the cinema — 电影院正在上映一部好电影*
the weather forecast will be on in a minute — 马上就有天气预报3) (inf)* that's not on! — 那可不行！ [nà kě bùxíng!]
English-Chinese new dictionary. 2014.
