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单词 journey
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Definition of journey in English:

journey

nounPlural journeys ˈdʒəːniˈdʒərni
  • 1An act of travelling from one place to another.

    an eight-hour train journey
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Often his journeys involve long treks through remote regions, giving him time to look and think.
    • This is not a problem on short journeys but on a long haul it can literally become a pain in the neck.
    • Several travelled long journeys to pay their respects and sympathize with the family.
    • Jumbo jets that fly passengers on long haul journeys across the world will not be coming to Southampton Airport.
    • It may be a long journey, but a journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
    • I would finish each day dripping with sweat, the return journey was nearly all up hill.
    • It means rail passengers will no longer have to transfer to buses for journeys around Stockport.
    • Of course not all train journeys are mere holiday excursions laid on for the benefit of time-rich tourists.
    • I bought a paper on the return journey last night and had a go at the crossword.
    • It was also said that one leg of a planned flight involved a journey from Manchester.
    • I had to get off the bus halfway through my journey, find another bus and return home to check.
    • We follow the mysterious journey of a man who walks into a town that rejects him.
    • He was halfway through on his return journey when a light flicked on in the passageway.
    • The journey begins and ends in London, and has stops in 30 cities along the way.
    • Travelling to and from work also frequently involves long journeys in a fixed position.
    • I went on two train journeys, the first to go and visit my mother, and the second to return to London again.
    • To add insult to injury, many journeys could be walked in 20 minutes or less.
    • Passengers were warned to leave extra time for their journeys but some people missed their flights.
    • The trip is marked down as a return journey, but it is not known when he went back to the capital.
    • The first part of my trip was the train journey from Edinburgh to London with a stinking cold.
    Synonyms
    trip, expedition, period of travelling, tour, trek, voyage, cruise, safari, ride, drive, transfer
    crossing, passage, flight
    travels, wandering, roaming, roving, globetrotting
    odyssey, pilgrimage
    excursion, outing, jaunt
    rare peregrination
    1. 1.1 A long and often difficult process of personal change and development.
      her spiritual journey towards Roman Catholicism
      I was excited with my character's journey in the film
      Example sentencesExamples
      • My journey into the subject started when I had the good fortune to enroll in Irwin Silverman's third year undergraduate course on the topic.
      • For celebrated Chinese director Zhang Yimou, The Road Home represents a short journey on a path not previously taken in his career.
      • I have hurt so many people on my journey through addiction.
      • She then offers you information about where to find support and resources as you begin the journey toward your child's wellness.
      • Now, though, she would begin a new journey, a new life, if one as old as she could ask for such a thing.
      • The people of Ngati Tuwharetoa in the Bay of Plenty are reaching the end of a long journey of acceptence.
      • Many such enterprises appear to involve a journey through a tunnel with a bright light at the end.
      • Then he should have prepared his reader for the journey they were embarking upon.
      • Inheritance follows Monika and Helen on their difficult, personal journeys and I was glad the camera afforded me the chance to share their experience.
      • My journey with sound essences began in 1998.
      • But I nary not mention my displeasure and dread and off we embarked to Spencer's Plaza on a journey of discovery.
      • I know that there has got to be a reason for everything, and the way we come to love one another can be a painful journey.
      • Through that, the album reads like a journey into darkness and back to scorching sunlight.
      • His new book, Death by Meeting, is a journey into meeting hell.
      • He then sets out on a long journey to clear his name.
      • Contemporary dance is each artiste's journey of enquiry, Jayachandran observed.
      • Don's inner journey is released.
      • He travels out to Africa incognito to re-deliver the feathers personally: a perilous journey of redemption.
      • His highly charged exchanges with Patterson Joseph as Othello, take the audience on a gripping journey, culminating in a moving climax. "
      • Hedman has been on a journey of self-discovery.
verbjourneys, journeying, journeyed ˈdʒəːniˈdʒərni
  • no object, with adverbial of direction Travel somewhere.

    they journeyed south
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Advance bookings exceeded all expectations and well over 1,000 anglers journeyed to the resort to compete.
    • He traveled the world, and everywhere he journeyed, he offered help and kindness.
    • A number of people from Castlerea journeyed to Manchester for the funeral.
    • It's been 33 years since humans have set foot on the moon or journeyed beyond the close orbit of the Earth.
    • Family members, together with some friends, journeyed to England for the funeral ceremonies.
    • But he has other reasons for journeying to a part of the world which he ‘loves everything about.’
    • These carriages journeyed on railways throughout the country and traveled to the most remote villages.
    • We will have to spend a few hours journeying down in a bus, which is bound to take its toll.
    • A number of the family have journeyed from England while Nora and her husband are over from Chicago.
    • Karen contacted her landlord who immediately journeyed from Blackpool.
    • They journeyed to and from Dublin Airport and were blessed with excellent weather on their vacation.
    • People journeyed from various parts of the country to pay their respects.
    • It must have been heart-breaking for them leaving homes and families and journeying to this strange land.
    • By journeying to Baghdad, Mr. Bush signaled that such a commitment exists.
    • Family relations and friends journeyed to England for the ceremonies.
    • They journeyed back to Bombay for their wedding and later settled in Bridgewater, NJ.
    • She journeyed home on a regular basis over the years, always liking to keep in touch with her native village and district.
    • In the middle of July gone by, she journeyed to America to meet friends and enjoy a vacation and had a marvellous time.
    • Then they would be journeying to Iran, Turkey and then Greece.
    • Last week we journeyed to Bridlington and Scarborough to reminisce about bygone summer holidays.
    Synonyms
    travel, go, voyage, sail, cruise, fly, hike, trek, ride, drive, make one's way, wend one's way
    go on a trip, take a trip, go on an expedition, go on an excursion, go on a tour, tour, go on safari
    globetrot, backpack
    roam, rove, ramble, wander, meander
    rare peregrinate

Derivatives

  • journeyer

  • noun
    • It was quickly and quietly that the two journeyers traveled to the Commons.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • She was somewhat bewildered by the new feeling, but felt a duty to care for her fellow journeyer.
      • With a swift movement he snapped the little journeyer's head.
      • They also wanted to leave some for the other journeyers that would come along.
      • For example, the only weapons the journeyers learned about were to catch their dinner.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French jornee 'day, a day's travel, a day's work' (the earliest senses in English), based on Latin diurnum 'daily portion', from diurnus (see diurnal).

Rhymes

attorney, Burney, Czerny, Ernie, ferny, gurney, Verny
 
 

Definition of journey in US English:

journey

nounˈjərnēˈdʒərni
  • 1An act of traveling from one place to another.

    she went on a long journey
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It may be a long journey, but a journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
    • He was halfway through on his return journey when a light flicked on in the passageway.
    • Several travelled long journeys to pay their respects and sympathize with the family.
    • The journey begins and ends in London, and has stops in 30 cities along the way.
    • Travelling to and from work also frequently involves long journeys in a fixed position.
    • Often his journeys involve long treks through remote regions, giving him time to look and think.
    • The trip is marked down as a return journey, but it is not known when he went back to the capital.
    • We follow the mysterious journey of a man who walks into a town that rejects him.
    • Passengers were warned to leave extra time for their journeys but some people missed their flights.
    • Of course not all train journeys are mere holiday excursions laid on for the benefit of time-rich tourists.
    • I bought a paper on the return journey last night and had a go at the crossword.
    • I had to get off the bus halfway through my journey, find another bus and return home to check.
    • This is not a problem on short journeys but on a long haul it can literally become a pain in the neck.
    • It means rail passengers will no longer have to transfer to buses for journeys around Stockport.
    • I went on two train journeys, the first to go and visit my mother, and the second to return to London again.
    • I would finish each day dripping with sweat, the return journey was nearly all up hill.
    • The first part of my trip was the train journey from Edinburgh to London with a stinking cold.
    • Jumbo jets that fly passengers on long haul journeys across the world will not be coming to Southampton Airport.
    • To add insult to injury, many journeys could be walked in 20 minutes or less.
    • It was also said that one leg of a planned flight involved a journey from Manchester.
    Synonyms
    trip, expedition, period of travelling, tour, trek, voyage, cruise, safari, ride, drive, transfer
    1. 1.1 A long and often difficult process of personal change and development.
      her spiritual journey towards Roman Catholicism
      I was excited with my character's journey in the film
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I have hurt so many people on my journey through addiction.
      • For celebrated Chinese director Zhang Yimou, The Road Home represents a short journey on a path not previously taken in his career.
      • He then sets out on a long journey to clear his name.
      • His new book, Death by Meeting, is a journey into meeting hell.
      • Through that, the album reads like a journey into darkness and back to scorching sunlight.
      • I know that there has got to be a reason for everything, and the way we come to love one another can be a painful journey.
      • His highly charged exchanges with Patterson Joseph as Othello, take the audience on a gripping journey, culminating in a moving climax. "
      • Hedman has been on a journey of self-discovery.
      • Then he should have prepared his reader for the journey they were embarking upon.
      • Contemporary dance is each artiste's journey of enquiry, Jayachandran observed.
      • My journey with sound essences began in 1998.
      • My journey into the subject started when I had the good fortune to enroll in Irwin Silverman's third year undergraduate course on the topic.
      • Don's inner journey is released.
      • The people of Ngati Tuwharetoa in the Bay of Plenty are reaching the end of a long journey of acceptence.
      • Inheritance follows Monika and Helen on their difficult, personal journeys and I was glad the camera afforded me the chance to share their experience.
      • He travels out to Africa incognito to re-deliver the feathers personally: a perilous journey of redemption.
      • Many such enterprises appear to involve a journey through a tunnel with a bright light at the end.
      • But I nary not mention my displeasure and dread and off we embarked to Spencer's Plaza on a journey of discovery.
      • Now, though, she would begin a new journey, a new life, if one as old as she could ask for such a thing.
      • She then offers you information about where to find support and resources as you begin the journey toward your child's wellness.
verbˈjərnēˈdʒərni
  • no object, with adverbial of direction Travel somewhere.

    they journeyed south
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Karen contacted her landlord who immediately journeyed from Blackpool.
    • They journeyed to and from Dublin Airport and were blessed with excellent weather on their vacation.
    • Then they would be journeying to Iran, Turkey and then Greece.
    • In the middle of July gone by, she journeyed to America to meet friends and enjoy a vacation and had a marvellous time.
    • It's been 33 years since humans have set foot on the moon or journeyed beyond the close orbit of the Earth.
    • He traveled the world, and everywhere he journeyed, he offered help and kindness.
    • They journeyed back to Bombay for their wedding and later settled in Bridgewater, NJ.
    • We will have to spend a few hours journeying down in a bus, which is bound to take its toll.
    • She journeyed home on a regular basis over the years, always liking to keep in touch with her native village and district.
    • A number of people from Castlerea journeyed to Manchester for the funeral.
    • Family relations and friends journeyed to England for the ceremonies.
    • It must have been heart-breaking for them leaving homes and families and journeying to this strange land.
    • Last week we journeyed to Bridlington and Scarborough to reminisce about bygone summer holidays.
    • People journeyed from various parts of the country to pay their respects.
    • Family members, together with some friends, journeyed to England for the funeral ceremonies.
    • Advance bookings exceeded all expectations and well over 1,000 anglers journeyed to the resort to compete.
    • These carriages journeyed on railways throughout the country and traveled to the most remote villages.
    • But he has other reasons for journeying to a part of the world which he ‘loves everything about.’
    • A number of the family have journeyed from England while Nora and her husband are over from Chicago.
    • By journeying to Baghdad, Mr. Bush signaled that such a commitment exists.
    Synonyms
    travel, go, voyage, sail, cruise, fly, hike, trek, ride, drive, make one's way, wend one's way

Origin

Middle English: from Old French jornee ‘day, a day's travel, a day's work’ (the earliest senses in English), based on Latin diurnum ‘daily portion’, from diurnus (see diurnal).

 
 
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