【學個小詞】tab

最近老看到這個詞，用得好了挺地道，跟大家分享一下。

The AARP study finds that family members spend an average 20 hours a week providing care. Henley refuses to count, but his mom, Vicki, keeps tab.

That includes Mr. Zuckerberg, who apparently signed up to keep tabs on his new adversary.

字典：keep tab(s) (on someone or something) and keep track (of someone or something)Fig. to monitor someone or something; to follow the activities of someone or something.

By the time he arrived here to meet with 20 Republicans for afternoon coffee, he had already had lunch with 15 people in nearby Orange City, where his campaign  picked up the tab for the all-you-can-eat buffet at the Pizza Ranch.

字典：pick up the tab (for something) to pay money for something We shouldn't have to pick up the tab for the new road if only one family will be using it.

所有跟帖： 

• 謝謝文青，學習了keep tab on 和 pick up the tab for！ -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/23/2011 postreply 20:09:56

• 不錯，學習了。隻謝50%哈，第一個不知道，第二個知道。 -cha-cha- ♀ (48 bytes) () 07/23/2011 postreply 20:15:41

• 應該都行。字典上是把s放在括號裏的。 -非文學青年- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/23/2011 postreply 20:17:53

• I guess，may use “tabs”to monitor multiple activities -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/23/2011 postreply 20:26:58

• 有點道理，不確定。感覺tabs用得多好像。 -非文學青年- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/23/2011 postreply 22:20:27

• 謝謝。第一次見到，我真是孤陋寡聞啊。 -i999- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/23/2011 postreply 21:58:35

• 學習了，謝謝。 -婉蕠- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/24/2011 postreply 17:47:57

• 我的理解 -loofwolf- ♂ (635 bytes) () 07/24/2011 postreply 19:59:23

• 謝謝分享！pick up the tab我覺得是這樣理解，keep tabs不太確定。 -非文學青年- ♀ (617 bytes) () 07/24/2011 postreply 22:04:41