詞彙精選：suite的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
（總稱）隨員，隨從 [U,C]
例句：
When Virabumi's capital was taken some members of the suite of the Chinese envoy were killed there.
當威拉布彌的首都被佔領時，中國使團的一些隨從人員在那裏被害。
套房 [C]
例句：
The family has booked the penthouse suite for two weeks .
這個家庭已預定了兩週的樓頂公寓套房。
例句：
Yes, I always reserve a suite.
是的，我總是預定一間套房。
一套傢俱（【美】[sut]）[C]
例句：
Surveying her suite in the Russell Senate office Building, Clinton, 54, declares that she has moved on.
環視一下她在拉塞爾參議員辦公大樓裏的傢俱, 54歲的希拉里稱自己在走向新的生活。
例句：
The suite will add a touch of class to your bedroom.
這套傢俱會給你的臥室增添一些典雅氣質。
系列，套，組
例句：
Tschaikovsky's ballet is probably the most popular suite of its kind in music.
柴可夫斯基的《胡桃夾子組曲》也許是這一類樂曲中最受人們歡迎的一部了。
【音】組曲
例句：
The suite is a composite of themes for various parts of the opera.
這組曲是這部歌劇不同部分的主題的合成篇。
例句：
Witnesses are asked about a suite of features, like crooked mouth, pointy nose and so on.
目擊者會被問到一系列特徵，比如歪嘴巴，尖鼻子等。
二、詞義辨析：
lodging,accommodation,apartment,flat,suite
這些名詞均有“住處”之意。lodging常用lodgins,指臨時租借的房間或宿舍。accommodation泛指各種居住住所，一般指暫時下榻之地。apartment通常指佔用或居住時間較長的成套房間，在美國比較常用。flat多用於英國、澳大利亞和新西蘭。指同一層建築物上組成一個居住單元的幾個房間。quarters指某一部分人集中的居住區。suite可泛指任何設備完善的一套房間，但多指包括起居室、臥室和浴室的陳設較豪華的套間。
三、參考例句：
The suite is for the honeymoon couple.
這套房是爲新婚夫婦設的。
He brought a three-piece suite for his new house.
他爲新房子買了三件一套的傢俱。
A spanish suite was being played when Jim came home.
吉姆回來的時候，收音機正在播誦西班牙的組曲。
The suite was larger and more luxuriously furnished.
這套房間更寬敞，陳設更豪華。
The family has booked the penthouse suite for two weeks.
這個家庭已預定了兩週的樓頂公寓套房。
I suggest we fit you up with an office suite.
我建議我們給你配備一間辦公套房。
I hope everything in the suite was to your liking.
我希望套房內所有的一切都合你的心意。
The master bedroom has its own en suite bathroom.
主臥室帶有獨立衛生間。
Witnesses are asked about a suite of features, like crooked mouth, pointy nose and so on.
目擊者會被問到一系列特徵，比如歪嘴巴，尖鼻子等。
She has rented a suite of rooms on the ground floor.
她租了一套底層的房間。
