belong

1. V-I If something belongs to you, you own it. 屬於[no cont]

The house had belonged to her family for three or four generations. 這座房子屬於她家已有三四代了。

2. V-I You say that something belongs to a particular person when you are guessing, discovering, or explaining that it was produced by or is part of that person. (某人) 所做; 所有[no cont]

The handwriting belongs to a male. 這筆跡出自一名男子之手。

3. V-I If someone belongs to a particular group, they are a member of that group. 是…的成員[no cont]

I used to belong to a youth club. 我曾是一個青年俱樂部的成員。

4. V-I If something or someone belongs in or to a particular category, type, or group, they are of that category, type, or group. 屬 (某一類別、類型、群)[no cont]

The judges could not decide which category it belonged in. 法官們無法決定它屬於哪一類別。

5. V-I If something belongs to a particular time, it comes from that time. 源自於; 屬於 (某一時期)[no cont]

The pictures belong to an era when there was a preoccupation with high society. 這些圖片源於上層社會佔據主流的時代。

6. V-I If you say that something belongs to someone, you mean that person has the right to it. 有權擁有[no cont]

...but the last word belonged to Rosanne. …但最後的決定權歸羅桑所有。

7. V-I If you say that a time belongs to a particular system or way of doing something, you mean that that time is or will be characterized by it. (時代) 具有…的特征[no cont]

The future belongs to democracy. 未來將是民主的時代。

8. V-I If a baby or child belongs to a particular adult, that adult is his or her parent or the person who is looking after him or her. (小孩) 爲…所監護[no cont]

He deduced that the two children belonged to the couple. 他推斷這兩個孩子是那對夫婦的。

9. V-I If a person or thing belongs in a particular place or situation, that is where they should be. 屬於 (某地或環境情形)[no cont]

You don't belong here. 你不屬於這裡。

They need to feel they belong. 他們需要有歸屬感。