1.avenue在英式英语中指从城市通往郊区的林阴道,尤指乡间通往私人别墅宅门的林阴小路,通常两旁栽有树木; 在美式英语中则指城市中两旁有树或高楼的大街,暗示具有某种雄伟程度,用起来比较随便。在美国的一些大城市(比如纽约),通常把南北走向的街称为 avenue,把东西走向的街称为 street。
2.作以上两义解时avenue常缩略作Ave.或ave.。
3.avenue引申可表示为“途径,手段”。
4.“在大街上”,英式英语常用in,美式英语常用on。

The Fifth Avenue is a famous shopping center in New York.第五大街是纽约著名的购物中心。
One of the world's most beautiful avenues is the Champs Elysees in Paris. 巴黎的香榭丽舍大街是世界最美的大街之一。
The avenues of Tokyo are crowded with shoppers on Sundays.星期天东京的各条大街上挤满了购物的人群。
A broad avenue of lime trees led up to a grand entrance with huge oak doors. 一条栽有酸橙树的宽阔林阴道通向巨大的橡木门的雄伟入口。
The best avenue to success is hard work.获得成功的最佳途径是勤奋。
Only two avenues are open to us—either we accept his offer or we give up the fight completely. 我们只有两种选择——要么接受他的提议,要么完全放弃战斗。
No sooner was one promising avenue closed than a hundred more opened.一条充满希望的途径刚被堵住,便有一百条新的途径打开了。
We must explore every avenue before admitting defeat. 在承认失败之前,我们必须探索一切途径。
We should explore every avenue in the search for an answer to this problem. 我们要寻求解决这个问题的各种方法。
The governments are exploring several avenues to reach a peace agreements. 各国政府在多方寻求达成和解的途径。
The canal is a great avenue of commerce. 这条运河是商业大动脉。
Book are avenues to knowledge.书籍是获得知识的渠道。
The avenue is lined with boutiques.这街道的两旁有许多精品店。
He drove slowly. The avenue was crowded with people. 他慢慢地开车,因为大街上挤满了人。
You can find my house along the avenue.沿着林阴道你能找到我的家。
People love to walk down the avenues of Paris.人们喜欢沿巴黎的大街散步。
Many people walked down the avenue through the centre of the park.许多人沿林阴道穿过公园中心。
Many London theatres are in Shaftesbury Avenue.伦敦的许多戏院坐落在沙夫茨伯里大街上。
He knew how the traffic congested at the junction of Seventh Avenue and Forty-second Street.他知道在第7街和第42街交叉处交通是多么拥挤。
He lives on Third Avenue.他住在第三大街上。

avenue, alley, expressway, highway, lane, road, street
参见road条。

［同义词］   broad street, parkway, treelined road,access, approach, chance, course, direction; opportunity, gate, gateway, outlet, passage, passageway, path, pathway, road, route, way
［反义词］   alley, lane