吃晚餐究竟是 have dinner 还是 eat dinner ？

【两者的区别】

have dinner表示的是邀请别人吃晚餐，是非常正式的；

而eat dinner却表示只要填饱肚子就可以，随便应付一下。

【例句】

If you want I'll invite my stepsister and her to have dinner with us.

如果你愿意的话，我会请我那个姐姐，还有她和我们一起吃晚饭。

Do we stay late at the office to finish a memo, or put it off to the next day so that we can have dinner with the family?

我们是不是当天必须在办公室做一个小的备忘录，哪怕再晚都要完成？ 或者把它推迟到第二天做那样我们就能回家和家人共进晚餐？

Mom, when are we going to eat dinner?

妈妈，我们什么时候吃晚饭啊？

【扩展】

1.drink soup≠喝汤，正确表达：喝汤=eat soup

因为外国人喝的汤跟我们平时喝的一点也不一样，他们的汤往往都是非常的粘稠，里面会放奶油、肉、蔬菜这种需要咀嚼的东西。

He can eat soup just fine with that mustache.

他的小胡子并不碍他喝汤。

In one experiment, he had unsuspecting subjects eat soup from bowls that continually refilledfrom the bottom.

在他所做的一个实验中，他让一组事先毫不知情的参与者喝汤，同时不断地从碗底部给他们添汤。

2.eat medicine≠吃药，正确表达：吃药=take medicine

上面说啦，eat有咀嚼的意思，但是我们吃药的时候并不咀嚼呀，不然那得多苦。

Her doctor says she has to rest and take medicine twice a day.

医生说她必须休息，并且每天要吃两次药。

Take medicine only as directed, at the right time, and for the full length of your prescribed treatment.

严格按医嘱正确服药，并服完整个疗程。