Question

一个英语单选题--------高手帮忙

It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s, came to the hospital. I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry as he had an appointment（约会）at 9:30 am.
The nurse had him take a（36）_________ in the waiting area, telling him it would be at least 40 minutes before some one would be able to see him. I saw him looking at his watch and decided, since I was not busy—my patient didn’t turn up at point hours, I would exam his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment.

36、A：seat B：break

答案是seat。但我觉得选break更好。高手给予合理的解释，谢谢

Answer 1

take a seat 和 take a break放进来语法都没错，这里主要是看意思了。
take a break，中文翻译成“休息一会儿”，但实际上是打断正在进行的活动来休息的意思，break本身就是打断。所以take a break的意思其实是“中场休息”，你带到句子里就发现用这个不合适了。本来就没开始什么，何来打断呢。
所以take a seat，坐下，放在这里比较合适。

Answer 2

seat 名词：座位，职位；动词：就职，就座
break：名词：裂口，中间休息 动词：打破，折断；中止，破坏，违规，透露；打破（记录）
The nurse had him take a（36）_________ in the waiting area。这句英文的中文意思是护士让他在等候厅坐一下，固定搭配take a seat 。选A

Answer 3

A,结合语境和上下文看，明显是让人坐着等一会，不是让人休息一会
另外，不要纠结语法，这道完形填空不是考你固定搭配，因为就搭配上而言A和B都没有问题，那就要结合上下文去选最合适的一个，切记完形填空不能钻牛角尖

Answer 4

take a break短暂休息一下的意思。一般用于忙了一段时间以后，再take a break这样的句子中。所以上文take a seat更好。

Answer 5

选A没错
take a seat 算固定搭配 休息一会

break
一般固定搭配是 have a break

追问

我记得 都有。have a seat = take a seat have a break = take a break

追答

have一般指代已经完成的动作，意思是你已经有了一个座位

take是短暂性动词，一般指代这个动作，还未完成

看原文可以知道，护士告诉他要他去 等候区休息，但这件事还没完成