dinner at/in + 地点或时间
不及物用法，意思相当于 dine，即“吃晚饭”。
They dinnered at a quiet restaurant last night.
他们昨晚在一家安静的餐馆吃了晚饭。
吃晚餐；用餐
dinners — third person singular of dinner
为某人提供晚餐；请某人吃晚餐；为(某人)提供晚餐；请客
to eat dinner; to dine
吃晚餐；用餐
To eat a dinner; to dine.
为(某人)提供晚餐；请客
To provide (someone) with a dinner; to dine.
一般现在时
He dinners at his grandmother's every Sunday.
他每个星期天都在祖母家吃晚饭。
一般过去时
We dinnered at a quiet restaurant last night.
我们昨晚在一家安静的餐厅吃了晚饭。
现在完成时
They have dinnered together many times.
他们已经一起吃过很多次晚饭了。
dinner 作动词表示“吃晚饭”或“为…提供晚饭”，是规则动词。
We dinnered at a cozy café by the river.
我们在河边一家舒适的咖啡馆吃了晚餐。
用法提示：这里 dinnered 是动词 dinner 的过去式，表示“吃晚餐”。
They were dinnering on the terrace when the storm broke.
暴风雨来临时，他们正在露台上用餐。
用法提示：这里 dinnering 是动词 dinner 的现在分词，表示正在进行的“用餐”动作。
He dinners with his mother every Thursday.
他每个星期四都和母亲一起吃晚餐。
用法提示：这里 dinners 是动词 dinner 的第三人称单数形式，表示习惯性的“吃晚餐”动作。
不及物用法，意思相当于 dine，即“吃晚饭”。
They dinnered at a quiet restaurant last night.
他们昨晚在一家安静的餐馆吃了晚饭。
及物用法，表示为某人提供晚餐，即“请某人吃晚饭”。
The host dinnered his guests in the garden.
主人为客人们在花园里准备了晚餐。
grammar · medium
易错句子I ate a dinner at home last night.
正确表达I ate dinner at home last night.
表示“吃晚饭”这一日常用餐行为时，dinner 作不可数名词，前面不加 a/an；a dinner 指的是正式的宴会、晚宴。这里误加冠词是汉语量词“一顿晚饭”的直接迁移。
grammar · medium
易错句子I dinner at seven every evening.
正确表达I have dinner at seven every evening.
现代英语表示“吃晚饭”这个日常动作时，用 have/eat dinner 这样的“动词+名词”搭配，dinner 的动词用法已属古旧罕见，日常不用。汉语“吃晚饭”不区分词性，学习者容易把 dinner 直接当动词，造出 I dinner 这样的句子。
grammar · medium
易错句子We eat three dinners a day.
正确表达We eat three meals a day.
dinner 只指一天中的主餐（通常指晚饭），不能泛指“一餐/一顿饭”；泛指任何一餐要用 meal。误用源于汉语“一日三餐”中“餐”的语义范围被直接套到 dinner 上。
一起共进晚餐
The whole family dinners together every Sunday.
全家人每周日一起共进晚餐。
与朋友一起用餐
She often dinners with friends after work.
她下班后常与朋友一起用餐。
在家吃晚餐
We usually dinner at home on weeknights.
工作日晚上我们通常在家吃晚餐。
在餐馆用餐
They dinnered at a restaurant last night.
他们昨晚在一家餐馆用餐。
由…设宴款待
The visiting guests were dinnered by the mayor.
来访的客人受到市长的宴请。
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