pave
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++pave /peɪv/ verb [transitive] 1 TTRTBCto cover a path, road, area etc with a hard level surface such as blocks of stone or concrete 〔用石块或混凝土板〕铺〔路、地面等〕，铺砌，铺筑be paved with something The city centre streets are paved with dark local stone. 市中心街道用当地的深色石块铺砌而成。 a paved courtyard 地面铺砌过的院子n Grammar Pave is usually passive in this meaning.2 pave the way for something POSSIBLEto make a later event or development possible by producing the right conditions 为某事物铺平道路；为某事物创造条件 The Supreme Court decision paved the way for further legislation on civil rights. 最高法院的这一判决为公民权利方面的进一步立法铺平了道路。3. the streets are paved with gold RICHused to say that it is easy to become rich quickly in a particular place 遍地是黄金〔表示在某地能迅速发财〕→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
pave• Not only were the streets impeccably paved, clean and lined with inviting shops, they were flanked by bike lanes.• The road through the valley was only paved last year.• Two thousand sick and injured soldiers were laid like paving stones in four miles of corridors.• If both you and the other person can find something to laugh about together it paves the way for a harmonious transaction.• They merely pave the way for an increasing proportion of those emissions to come from the burning of imported coal.• The Ports Act 1991 has paved the way for this privatisation of the Trust Ports by competitive tender.Origin pave (1300-1400) Old French paver, from Latin pavire “to hit, press down with the foot”pave verb →n GRAMMAR1LDOCE OnlineChinese
area path, a to cover road, Corpus etc
pave
pave /peɪv/
verb [transitive usually passive]
pave with
The city centre streets are paved with dark local stone.
a paved courtyard
2. pave the way for something to make a later event or development possible by producing the right conditions:
The Supreme Court decision paved the way for further legislation on civil rights.
3. the streets are paved with gold used to say that it is easy to become rich quickly in a particular place
pave /peɪv/
verb [transitive usually passive] Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: paver, from Latin pavire 'to hit, press down with the foot'
1. to cover a path, road, area etc with a hard level surface such as blocks of stone or concreteLanguage: Old French
Origin: paver, from Latin pavire 'to hit, press down with the foot'
pave with
2. pave the way for something to make a later event or development possible by producing the right conditions:
3. the streets are paved with gold used to say that it is easy to become rich quickly in a particular place
