It's always best to be wary of those eager to come to our rescue. Because even the smallest of favors carries a price tag.

——Desperate Housewifes

對那些急切想拯救我們的人最好要帶著一顆機警的心。因為哪怕是最小的恩惠都是有價簽的。

——《絕望主婦》

一、你知道tag有幾種含義嗎？

n.

1.標簽；標牌 [C]?a small piece of paper, cloth, plastic, etc. attached to sth to identify it or give information about it

She altered the mistake on the price tag.

她改正了價目標簽上的錯誤。

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2.（電子）追蹤器 [C] digital traker

A hospital is to fit newborn babies with electronic tags to foil kidnappers.

一家醫(yī)院計劃在新生兒身上安置電子追蹤器，防止嬰兒被拐賣。

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3.稱呼；稱號 [C]?name or phrase that is used to describe a person or thing in some way

In Britain, jazz is losing its elitist tag and gaining a much broader audience.

在英國，爵士樂不再是精英人物的專利，它正吸引著越來越多的聽眾。

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4.（引用自書籍、講演、文章的）短語，說法 [C]?a short quotation or saying in a foreign language

5.（兒童玩的）捉人游戲 [U]?a children's game in which one child chases the others and tries to touch one of them

The kids are playing tag over there.

小孩子正在那兒玩捉人游戲。

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v.

1.加標簽于，在…上做記號 [T]?to fasten a tag onto sth / sb

Tag the bottles now or we' ll forget which is which.

把這些瓶子加上標簽，否則的話，我們就忘了哪個是哪個了。

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2.將…描述成；用…來稱呼；把…稱作 [T]?to give sb / sth a name that describes what they are or do

The boy was tagged a failure.

這男孩被人叫做不及格生。

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3.緊跟 [I]?to go somewhere following sb

The dog tagged along after me.

狗緊跟著我。

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二、詞義辨析：哪些詞匯能表示“標簽”的意思

label, tag

這兩個名詞均含“標簽”之意。

label指上面標明貨主姓名、地址及貨物名稱、重量、尺寸等內容的標簽。

tag多指臨時系上的標簽。

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三、你知道tag和哪些詞更搭嗎？

price tag

n. 價格標簽

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tag end

n. 末端,雜亂的東西

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tag line

n. 收尾語,時髦用語

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dog tag

n. 狗牌, <美俚>(戰(zhàn)時掛在士兵頸上的)身份識別牌

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tag along

尾隨

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四、學會tag的用法了嗎？做個小測試鞏固一下

He put name _____ on all his shirts.
他給自己所有的襯衣都縫上了標有姓名的簽條。 ?