cable

A：Mom, can we get cable TV or a satellite dish?
      妈妈，我们可以装有线电视或者卫星电视吗？

cable是什么意思

B：It costs money, dear. What’s wrong with the regular television stations?
      亲爱的，那可很贵呢。一般的电视台有什么不好？

cable的翻译

A：The shows are dull and they’re too many advertisements.
      这些节目都很没趣，而且广告太多了。

B：Well, you already watch too much TV instead of doing your homework, anyway.
      哦，你可是光看那么多电视不做作业了。

cable的近义词

A：There ’re educational stations too. I could learn while I watched TV.
      （卫星电视）也有教育电视台嘛。我可以一边看电视一边学习。

B：Well, that’s true, but you’d probably only watch cartoons and action movies.
      哦，那倒是真的。可是你可能只会看卡通片或动作片哦。

A：No I wouldn’t…can’t we get cable? Everybody has cable.
      不，我不会的。我们不可以装有线电视吗？家家都有。

B：Well, if everybody jumped off a bridge, would you jump too?
      那么，如果人人都跳河，你也跟着跳吗？

A：Mom!!!! Please. All my friends have had it for years.
      妈妈！拜托，我的朋友们几年前就有了。

B：Get new friends.
      那就交一些新朋友。

A：Why are you always so mean?
      你为什么总是这么小气？

B：Because you’d end up spoiled rotten if I wasn’t.
      如果我不这样的话你肯定会被我宠得不行的。

A：I could help pay for it.
      那我也可以出一部分钱嘛。

B：Let’s see how your grades are this semester, and maybe I’ll talk to your father about it.
      我们看看你这个学期考得怎么样，然后我倒可以和你爸爸商量一下。

A：O.K. Thanks, Mom!
      好的，谢谢妈妈。

1. 电线;电缆
    A cable is a thick wire, or a group of wires inside a rubber or plastic covering, which is used to carry electricity or electronic signals.

    e.g. ...overhead power cables.
           高架电缆
    e.g. ...strings of coloured lights with weatherproof cable.
           搭在防风雨的绝缘电线上的串串彩灯

2. 钢缆;缆绳
    A cable is a kind of very strong, thick rope, made of wires twisted together.

    e.g. ...the heavy anchor cable...
           沉重的锚链
    e.g. Steel cable will be used to replace worn ropes.
           将用钢缆替换磨损的绳索。

3. 有线电视
    Cable is used to refer to television systems in which the signals are sent along underground wires rather than by radio waves.

    e.g. They ran commercials on cable systems across the country...
           他们在全国的有线电视网上投放商业广告。
    e.g. The channel is only available on cable.
           这个频道只有有线电视才能收看。

4. 同 telegram
    A cable is the same as a telegram .

    e.g. She sent a cable to her mother.
           她给母亲发了封电报。

5. 给…发电报
    If you cable someone, you send them a message in the form of a telegram.

cable

    e.g. 'Don't do it again,' Franklin cabled her when he got her letter...
           富兰克林收到她的信后给她拍了封电报,说:“别再那么做了。”
    e.g. She had to decide whether or not to cable the news to Louis.
           她得决定要不要将这个消息电告路易斯。

6. 给…安装有线电视
    If a country, a city, or someone's home is cabled, cables and other equipment are put in place so that the people there can receive cable television.

    e.g. In France, 27 major cities are soon to be cabled...
           法国有27座大城市不久将安装有线电视。
    e.g. In the UK, 254,000 homes are cabled.
           在英国,有254,000户住户安装了有线电视。

7. see also: cabling