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watch television
I like to watch television after dinner.
晚饭后我喜欢看电视。
电视
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
电视
the broadcasting of visual images of stationary or moving objects
I like to watch television after dinner.
晚饭后我喜欢看电视。
一种电子通信媒介,允许实时传输视觉图像,通常还有声音
An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound.
传送静止或移动物体的视觉图像的广播方式
broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; ; - Ernie Kovacs
一种配备屏幕和扬声器的家用电子娱乐设备,用于接收电视信号并以视听形式显示。
An electronic home entertainment device equipped with a screen and a speaker for receiving television signals and displaying them in audio-visual form.
在远距离点之间传输物体(静止或移动)图像的电通信系统
a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points
We watch television every evening after dinner.
我们每天晚饭后看电视。
AI contextual example
She bought a new television for her bedroom.
她给卧室买了一台新电视。
AI contextual example
There is nothing good on television tonight.
今晚电视上没什么好节目。
AI contextual example
Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done
电视是一种媒介,因为它既不罕见,也非制作精良。
WordNet
I like to watch television after dinner.
晚饭后我喜欢看电视。
There is a good movie on television tonight.
今晚电视上有一部好电影。
提具体设备时常用television set
We bought a new television set last week.
上周我们买了一台新电视机。
Not this
I bought some television yesterday.
Use this
I bought a television yesterday.
当'television'指电视机（具体设备）时是可数名词，应用不定冠词'a'；而'some television'常用于指电视节目或电视媒体（不可数概念）。
Not this
I like to look at television in the evening.
Use this
I like to watch television in the evening.
英语中'看电视'习惯用动词'watch'，而'look at'通常用于静态地看某物，不适用于观看电视节目。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
看电视
I like to watch television in the evening.
我喜欢晚上看电视。
在电视上
The news was broadcast on television.
新闻在电视上播出了。
电视节目
This television show is very popular.
这个电视节目很受欢迎。
电视连续剧
She has watched all episodes of the television series.
她看完了这部电视连续剧的所有集。
电视屏幕
The image on the television screen was clear.
电视屏幕上的图像很清晰。
电视新闻
I get my daily news from television news.
我每天从电视新闻获取新闻。
Ernie Kovacs的经典双关语，讽刺电视的'medium'一词既指媒介又指五分熟的牛排。
The comedian joked that television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done.
这位喜剧演员开玩笑说电视是一种媒介，因为它既不是三分熟也不是全熟。
来自Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy的歌曲《Television, the Drug of the Nation》，批判电视对大众的麻醉作用。
The song's chorus repeats 'Television, the drug of the nation' as a critique of media addiction.
歌曲的副歌重复'电视，国家的毒品'，批判媒体成瘾。
Use television naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
将‘tele’联想为‘远的’，‘vision’联想为‘视觉’，合起来就是‘电视’。
[object Object]
The words 'vision', 'division', and 'provision' share the same ending '-vision' as in 'television', but note that the stress falls on different syllables. 'Conclusion' and 'confusion' share the '-sion' spelling but have different preceding vowel sounds, so they are not perfect rhymes.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.