belong

verb
🔊/bɪˈlɒŋ/
🔊/bɪˈlɔːŋ/
not used in the progressive tenses不用于进行时
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they belong
🔊/bɪˈlɒŋ/
🔊/bɪˈlɔːŋ/
he / she / it belongs
🔊/bɪˈlɒŋz/
🔊/bɪˈlɔːŋz/
past simple belonged
🔊/bɪˈlɒŋd/
🔊/bɪˈlɔːŋd/
past participle belonged
🔊/bɪˈlɒŋd/
🔊/bɪˈlɔːŋd/
-ing form belonging
🔊/bɪˈlɒŋɪŋ/
🔊/bɪˈlɔːŋɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. [intransitive] + adv./prep. to be in the right or suitable place应在(某处)
    • Where do these plates belong (= where are they kept)?这些盘子该放在哪里?🔊🔊
    • Are you sure these documents belong together?你肯定这些文件应放在一起吗?🔊🔊
    • Several of the points you raise do not belong in this discussion.您提出的几点要点不属于本讨论范围。
    • A person like that does not belong in teaching.这样的人不属于教学。
  2. [intransitive] to feel comfortable and happy in a particular situation or with a particular group of people适应;合得来
    • I don't feel as if I belong here.我在这里感觉格格不入。🔊🔊
    Topics Feelingsb1
  3. Word OriginMiddle English: from be- (as an intensifier) + the archaic verb long ‘belong’, based on Old English gelang ‘at hand, together with’.