watch television
I like to watch television after dinner.
晚饭后我喜欢看电视。
电视
televisions — plural of television
一种电子通信媒介,允许实时传输视觉图像,通常还有声音；传送静止或移动物体的视觉图像的广播方式；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。；在远距离点之间传输物体(静止或移动)图像的电通信系统；通过电视媒介集体播放的节目
the broadcasting of visual images of stationary or moving objects
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
通过电视媒介集体播放的节目
Collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television.
接收电视信号并在屏幕上显示的电子设备
an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen
We watch television every evening after dinner.
我们每天晚饭后看电视。
用法提示：television 在此句中为不可数名词，泛指电视节目或广播内容，不带冠词。
AI contextual example
She bought a new television for her bedroom.
她给卧室买了一台新电视。
用法提示：television 为可数名词，指电视机设备，此处用单数、带不定冠词 a。
AI contextual example
There is nothing good on television tonight.
今晚电视上没什么好节目。
用法提示：television 在 on television 固定搭配中为不可数名词，表示正在播出的电视节目。
AI contextual example
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。
TV是television的常用缩写，适用于非正式场合；在正式写作中应使用全称。
telly是英式英语中的非正式用语，在美式英语中较少使用；带有口语色彩。
the box是较随意的俚语表达，尤指电视机或电视节目；不建议用于正式场合。
grammar · medium
易错句子I bought some television yesterday.
正确表达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）。
grammar · medium
易错句子I like to look at television in the evening.
正确表达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。
与电视相对的媒体，仅传输音频
指电视机或电脑的显示屏，但不指电视系统或节目本身。
指计算机的显示器，与电视不同，通常不用于播放电视节目。
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。
tele- (far) + vision (sight)
tele- (far) + phone (sound)
vis (see) + -ual (adjective suffix)
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.