I can put you up for a couple of days. My apartment is big enough for two people.


你可以在我这里住几天。我的公寓可以住两个人。

1. put someone up留宿某人

I wanted to know if she could put me up for a few days

我想知道她能否让我住几天。

He can put up here for the night.

他今晚可以在这里住宿。


Hundreds of junior civil servants have to be put up in hotel rooms and temporaryhostels

数百名初级文职官员只能被安排到旅馆和临时青年招待所过夜。

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He decided that he would drive back to town instead of putting up for the night atthe hotel.

他决定开车回镇上，不在旅馆过夜。

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put something up把……悬挂起来；出资

They're putting new street signs up

他们正在悬挂新的路标。

The cafe owner has put up the required 'no smoking' signs, but thinks hisresponsibility stops there

咖啡馆老板已经按规定贴上了“禁止吸烟”的标志，但是他认为自己的责任就止于此。


The merchant banks raise capital for industry. They don't actually put it up themselves.

商业银行为产业界募集资金。事实上他们自己并不出资。

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They know he would put their taxes up.

他们知道他会增加对他们的征税。

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Wells was supposed to put up half the money, but later backed out.

韦尔斯本应当出一半的钱，但后来他食言了。

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2. a couple of一对；两三个；几个

（意思广泛而模糊，既可指两个，也可指多个。指同类中的两个时，不强调成对，也不构成一个整体，谓语动词一般用复数。）

I spent a couple of days sight-seeing in Guilin.

我在桂林盘桓了几天，观光了名胜。

I had a monumental run-in with him a couple of years ago.

几年前，我和他大吵了一架。

He had lent the bungalow to the Conrads for a couple of weeks.

他把那间平房借给康拉德一家住了两三个星期。

I'm still in the air force, though I'll be demobbed in a couple of months.

我还在空军部队服役，不过几个月之后我就要复员了。

It only lasted a couple of years, as far as I know

据我所知，它仅仅维持了两三年。

A couple of fuzzy pictures have been published.

有几张模糊的照片刊登了出来。

She sold me a couple of live lobsters.

她卖了几只活龙虾给我。

We'd been lounging around, chewing the fat for a couple of hours.

我们东游西逛，瞎扯了两三个钟头。


My dad had a couple of Bob Dylan and Beatles songbooks lying around thehouse.

我爸爸有几本鲍勃·迪伦和披头士乐队的歌集不知道扔家里什么地方了。

All I want is to have some peace and quiet and spend a couple of nice days withmy grandchildren

我就想清静一下，和孙子孙女们一起好好呆几天。

I'm broke, Livy, and I owe a couple of million dollars

我破产了，莉薇，而且我欠了几百万美元的债。

I think the trouble will clear up in a couple of days.

我想问题几天内就会解决。

They hugged each other like a couple of lost children

他们相互紧抱在一起，就像一对迷路的孩子。

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I found a couple of boots in the bedroom but they don't make a pair.

我在卧室里找到了两只靴子，但它们不是一对。

a pair of scissors/shoes/trousers

一把剪刀/一双鞋子/一条裤子

A pair of dancers are performing on the dance floor.

一对舞伴正在舞池里表演。

注意与a pair of区别：这个词指由同一种材料制成的两个配套的物体，属于一个不可分割的整体，缺少其中之一则无法使用，谓语动词用单数还是复数取决于这两者是一个整体还是两个事物或人的组合。

3. enough

adj，足够的，修饰可数名词或不可数名词，可以放在名词前面,也可以放在名词后面；

adv，足够地,修饰形容词、副词、动词,并放在其后。


enough 可当限定词、代名词和副词用，意为「足够(的/地)」，其主要句型为:

enough for somebody/something、

enough to do something

enough for somebody/something to do something。


enough 当限定词时后接复数可数名词或不可数名词。例如：


The conference room has enough seats for everyone. (会议室有足够的座位给每个人坐)


enough 当代名词意为「足够；太多」，其后经常接「of + 所有格名词或特指的名词」(所谓特指的名词，就是名词的前面加上the, that, this, these, those或所有格，如my, John's 等等)。例如：

If enough of you are interested, we'll organize a trip to the theatre.

如果你们中有足够多的人感兴趣，我们就组织去看一场戏。


have had enough (of sth/sb)

对…已厌烦透了；再也忍受不住；受够了


I've had enough of driving the kids around.

我已厌烦驾车带孩子们到处去。


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A: Have you had enough? (A：吃饱了吗？)


B: Yes, thanks. (B：吃饱了，谢谢)

This suitcase will carry enough clothes for a week.

这个衣箱可装足够一个星期穿用的衣服。

He mustered up enough courage to attack the difficulty.

他鼓起足够的勇气去攻克难关。

I have enough material to curtain all the windows.

我有足够的料子把所有的窗户都挂上窗帘。

She is old enough to make her own decision. 她已经长大了，可以自己做决定了。

Liu Xiang runs fast enough.刘翔跑得足够快了。（修饰副词fast）

The room is big enough.这个房间足够大了（修饰形容词big）

15 minutes is enough time for you to have a coffee.你喝杯咖啡15分钟足够了。

I have enough money to pay for the taxi.我有足够的钱付车费。

Have we got enough sandwiches for lunch?我们午餐的三明治够吃吗？

The book is easy enough for you to read. 这本书很简单，你们可以看懂。

There'll be time enough to relax when you've finished your work. 当你完成工作后会有足够的时间放松。

Enough is enough.适可而止。（谚语）