give sb a warm embrace
embrace 作名词时可数，常用 give sb an embrace 表示“拥抱某人”。
She gave her grandmother a warm embrace at the door.
她在门口热情地拥抱了祖母。
接受；采纳；接纳；包围；环绕；包含；包容；用手臂环绕某人并将其拉近胸前的动作；拥抱；拥抱(表示问候或亲爱时抱住他人的动作)
a hug; the action of putting your arms around someone
用手臂环绕某人并将其拉近胸前的动作；拥抱
An act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest; a hug.
拥抱(表示问候或亲爱时抱住他人的动作)
the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)
部分或完全围绕某人或某物的围绕
An enclosure partially or fully surrounding someone or something.
包含或环绕的状态
the state of taking in or encircling
完全接受
Full acceptance (of something).
亲密而保护性的接纳
a close affectionate and protective acceptance
包容或包含的行为
An act of enfolding or including.
After the long trip, Maya gave her mother a warm embrace at the door.
长途旅行结束后，玛雅在门口给了母亲一个温暖的拥抱。
用法提示：embrace 作名词，意为“拥抱”，在句中作 gave 的直接宾语。
AI contextual example
They stood in a tight embrace, not wanting to say goodbye.
他们紧紧地拥抱在一起，不想说再见。
用法提示：embrace 是名词，表示“拥抱”，在介词短语 in a tight embrace 中作宾语。
AI contextual example
His embrace was so warm that all her worries disappeared.
他的拥抱那么温暖，她所有的担忧都消失了。
用法提示：embrace 作名词，用作句子的主语，意为“拥抱”。
AI contextual example
embrace 作名词时可数，常用 give sb an embrace 表示“拥抱某人”。
She gave her grandmother a warm embrace at the door.
她在门口热情地拥抱了祖母。
in an embrace 表示正处于拥抱的状态。
The couple stood in a warm embrace on the platform.
那对情侣在站台上紧紧相拥。
embrace 也可指对想法、变化等的接纳与拥护。
Her embrace of the new technology surprised her colleagues.
她对这项新技术的接纳让同事们很惊讶。
grammar · medium
易错句子He gave me a embrace at the airport.
正确表达He gave me an embrace at the airport.
embrace 的读音以元音音素 /ɛ/ 开头，所以不定冠词要用 an，而不是 a；汉语没有冠词，学习者常常一律用 a，忽略了 a/an 取决于后面的发音。
grammar · medium
易错句子They greeted each other with warm embrace.
正确表达They greeted each other with a warm embrace.
embrace 作名词表示“拥抱”这一动作时是可数名词，单数形式前必须加冠词或限定词；汉语名词前不需要冠词，所以容易把 a 漏掉。
grammar · medium
易错句子She held her baby in her embraces.
正确表达She held her baby in her embrace.
表示“把某人抱在怀里”这一持续的状态时，embrace 用单数；embraces 指多次、彼此分开的拥抱动作，用在这里会改变原意。
热情的拥抱
She greeted her grandmother with a warm embrace.
她用热情的拥抱迎接祖母。
紧紧的拥抱
He held her in a tight embrace.
他紧紧地把她抱在怀里。
告别时的拥抱
They shared a farewell embrace before boarding the train.
上火车前，他们互相拥抱告别。
充满爱意的拥抱
The mother wrapped her son in a loving embrace.
母亲充满爱意地抱住了儿子。
含泪的拥抱
The sisters fell into a tearful embrace.
姐妹俩含着泪拥抱在一起。
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