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(duì)那些急切想拯救我們的人最好要帶著一顆機(jī)警的心。因?yàn)槟呐率亲钚〉亩骰荻际怯袃r(jià)簽的。

——《絕望主婦》

一、你知道tag有幾種含義嗎？

n.

1.標(biāo)簽；標(biāo)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(jià)目標(biāo)簽上的錯(cuò)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(jì)劃在新生兒身上安置電子追蹤器，防止嬰兒被拐賣(mài)。

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3.稱(chēng)呼；稱(chēng)號(hào) [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(guó)，爵士樂(lè)不再是精英人物的專(zhuān)利，它正吸引著越來(lái)越多的聽(tīng)眾。

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4.（引用自書(shū)籍、講演、文章的）短語(yǔ)，說(shuō)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(biāo)簽于，在…上做記號(hào) [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(biāo)簽，否則的話，我們就忘了哪個(gè)是哪個(gè)了。

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2.將…描述成；用…來(lái)稱(chēng)呼；把…稱(chēng)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(biāo)簽”的意思

label, tag

這兩個(gè)名詞均含“標(biāo)簽”之意。

label指上面標(biāo)明貨主姓名、地址及貨物名稱(chēng)、重量、尺寸等內(nèi)容的標(biāo)簽。

tag多指臨時(shí)系上的標(biāo)簽。

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三、你知道tag和哪些詞更搭嗎？

price tag

n. 價(jià)格標(biāo)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(yǔ),時(shí)髦用語(yǔ)

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dog tag

n. 狗牌, <美俚>(戰(zhàn)時(shí)掛在士兵頸上的)身份識(shí)別牌

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tag along

尾隨

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四、學(xué)會(huì)tag的用法了嗎？做個(gè)小測(cè)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(biāo)有姓名的簽條。 ?