To give space for more profitable products.
出自-2013年6月听力原文
Bedrooms and cars are the most obvious examples, but you can also rent camping spaces in Sweden, fields in Australia and washing machines in France
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
Before the internet, renting a surfboard, a power tool or a parking space from someone else was feasible, but was usually more trouble than it was worth
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
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N-VAR
空间;(空余的)地方
You use space to refer to an area that is empty or available. The area can be any size. For example, you can refer to a large area outside as a large open space or to a small area between two objects as a small space .
例句
Under the plan, bits of open space — fields, golf-course borders and small parks — will be preserved.
在这份规划里，一些开放空间——运动场、高尔夫球场边缘以及小公园——将得以保留。
...cutting down yet more trees to make space for houses...
砍掉更多的树，腾出空间来盖房子
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N-VAR
(活动或储藏用的)空间，场所，面积
A particular kind of space is the area that is available for a particular activity or for putting a particular kind of thing in.
例句
...the high cost of office space...
办公场所的高额成本
You don't want your living space to look like a bedroom...
你可不希望自己居住的地方看上去像个卧室。
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N-UNCOUNT
开阔;空旷
If a place gives a feeling of space, it gives an impression of being large and open.
例句
Large paintings can enhance the feeling of space in small rooms...
大型油画可以增加小房间的宽敞感。
The sense of space and emptiness is overwhelming.
巨大的空虚感汹涌袭来。
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N-UNCOUNT
(思考问题、个人成长所需的)时间，余地，空间
If you give someone space to think about something or to develop as a person, you allow them the time and freedom to do this.
例句
You need space to think everything over...
你需要时间把一切好好地考虑清楚。
We will give each other space to develop.
我们会给彼此留出发展的空间。
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N-UNCOUNT
(文件中用于讨论某个话题的)版面，篇幅
The amount of space for a topic to be discussed in a document is the number of pages available to discuss the topic.
例句
We can't promise to publish a reply as space is limited.
由于版面有限，我们不能保证把回复登载出来。
...some work which we couldn't include because of lack of space in this issue.
由于这期篇幅有限，我们无法收纳进来的一些文章
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N-SING
一段(时间);期间
A space of time is a period of time.
例句
They've come a long way in a short space of time...
他们在很短的时间之内就大老远地赶了过来。
I have known dramatic changes occur in the space of a few minutes with this method.
我知道用这种方法短短几分钟之内就能够产生急剧的变化。
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N-UNCOUNT
太空;外层空间
Space is the area beyond the Earth's atmosphere, where the stars and planets are.
例句
The six astronauts on board will spend ten days in space.
飞船上的6名宇航员将在太空度过 10 天。
...launching satellites into space.
发射人造卫星进入外层空间
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N-UNCOUNT
宇宙空间
Space is the whole area within which everything exists.
例句
She felt herself transcending time and space...
她感到自己正在穿越时空。
The physical universe is finite in space and time.
物质世界在时间和空间上是有限的。
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VERB
分隔;使有间隔
If you space a series of things, you arrange them so that they are not all together but have gaps or intervals of time between them.
例句
Women once again are having fewer children and spacing them further apart...
女人再次减少了生孩子的数量，而且生育之间相隔的时间也更长了。
His voice was angry and he spaced the words for emphasis.
他的声音里透着愤怒，为了强调，他一字一顿。
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PHRASE
直瞪瞪;茫然(直视)
If you are staring into space, you are looking straight in front of you, without actually looking at anything in particular, for example because you are thinking or because you are feeling shocked.
例句
He just sat in the dressing-room staring into space...
他直愣愣地坐在化妆间里。
Molly turned away and gazed off into space, a faraway look in her eyes.
莫莉转过脸去茫然瞪视，眼神似已飘到了远方。
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PHRASE
废物;无用之人
If you describe someone or something as a waste of space, you are indicating that you have a very low opinion of them.
例句
Even Sarah treated him as if he were a waste of space...
连萨拉对他都像是在对待一个废物。
Are we expected to believe those scribblings are art? This piece of trash was a waste of space.
我们难道真要把那些乱涂乱画当作艺术吗？这种垃圾留着都占地方。
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PHRASE
(新闻记者将进行后续报道时所说的话)请继续关注
Journalists write 'Watch this space' in order to indicate in an informal way that they will be giving more information about something in the future.
例句
Watch this space for details of our next event.
请继续关注我们对下一事件的详细报道。