greet

greet — verb

1. to use friendly words or actions to show you are happy to see someone you know.

1.動詞及物A2
釋義

to use friendly words or actions to show you are happy to see someone you know. This verb can also describe how people respond to an event, decision, or piece of news — for example, greeting a change with anger or greeting an announcement with excitement.

例句

Élise greeted each guest at the door with a warm smile and a firm handshake.

greet + with + noun phrase (manner of greeting)

Rohan greeted his grandmother by giving her a long hug at the train station.

greet + by + gerund phrase

同義詞
  • welcome

    warmer and more personal; often involves inviting someone in rather than just saying hello

  • receive

    more formal and neutral; can mean simply to be there when someone arrives

  • acknowledge

    less warm; means to show you have noticed someone, often with just a nod or brief word

  • hail

    enthusiastic and usually public; often used for calling out to someone from a distance

反義詞
  • ignore

    deliberately not greet or acknowledge someone

  • snub

    to insult someone by refusing to greet them

文法句型

greet + noun (person being welcomed)

greet + noun + with + noun (manner or reaction)

greet + noun + by + gerund

用法筆記

Frequently used with 'with' to indicate the manner or emotional tone of the greeting or reaction. Never omit the direct object: 'She greeted' is incomplete — you must say who or what she greeted.

常見錯誤

❌I greeted to my friend at the party.
✅I greeted my friend at the party.
💡'greet' is transitive and does not take a preposition after it.
❌The loud music greeted my ears when I walked in.
✅The loud music greeted me when I walked in.
💡'greet' takes a person as its object, not a body part.

2. If a view, noise, or odour is what you first notice upon entering a place, that

2.動詞及物B1
釋義

If a view, noise, or odour is what you first notice upon entering a place, that thing can be described as greeting you. The word captures the immediate impression a location gives to someone who arrives there.

例句

When Mizuki opened the bakery door, a wonderful smell of fresh bread greeted her.

active: [smell] + greet + person

At the hilltop, Tuan and Isabela were greeted by a stunning view of the lake.

passive: be greeted by + [sight]

同義詞
  • meet

    more general; 'met by silence' works in the same structure

  • confront

    more negative; suggests something unpleasant or challenging

  • strike

    more sudden; 'the smell struck me as I walked in'

文法句型

be greeted by + noun (sight/sound/smell)

[sight/sound/smell] + greet + noun (person)

用法筆記

Distinguish from sense 1: here the subject is always a sensory thing (sight, sound, smell) or a condition (silence, mess, chaos), never a person doing the greeting. Most natural in the passive structure 'be greeted by + noun'.

常見錯誤

❌I greeted the beautiful garden when I arrived.
✅I was greeted by the beautiful garden when I arrived.
💡for this sense, the sensory thing does the greeting; the person is on the receiving end.