我常聽到book a ticket,但是可以用order a ticket嘛?
希望有人可以說一下兩者的差異及用法。

"to order (something)" [定購/叫菜等]
e.g. He ordered a coat from the tailor.
e.g. He ordered some fish from the grocer's.
e.g. Call up the butcher and order some meat.
e.g. We'll order some extra corn in addition to our sixty pounds.
e.g. I would like to order two copies of that book.
e.g. I have ordered you some new clothes.
e.g. Have you ordered your meal yet?
e.g. It's time we ordered dinner.
e.g. Let's order dessert when the waitress comes backs.
e.g. He ordered a glass of beer.
e.g. Do you know the number of books ordered?

"to book (something/someone)" [訂(票/座住/房間等]
e.g. I believe it's terribly crowded, so you'd have to book seats.
e.g. She had booked us on that flight to Taiwan.
e.g. I wonder if you can get some tickets and book some tables for me.
e.g. They had booked a number of rooms there in Futari Hotel.
e.g. So the Hall was booked for another meeting.
e.g. He had booked a passage from New York to London.
e.g. The secretary has already booked speakers for five of the eight meetings.
e.g. I've booked Bill to do my hair.
e.g. Mary has booked John to be her photographer on that project.

Hth.

So we cant use "order a ticket", right?

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It depends.

This problem is that u might be "translating" chinese into english, when u r using english, the statement has to follow the logic and custom of english, not other language, for example, 中式英文
or , singlish, etc

please look at the example futari gave >>

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e.g. I wonder if you can get some tickets and book some tables for me."


However, this phase appears in daily occasion, for example: "When you order a ticket from Delta Airlines, do they mail it to you?" ( http://au.answers.yahoo.com/answers2/frontend.php/question?qid=20080217181125AAHwa5T )

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Well, as SoutheLily has said, it all depends on the context, like when we're "ordering" a book online, we usually use the verb "order" and not "book"; in your case, "to order (for) your ticket(s)" is quite a common use.
(Hope someone would come up with clearer explanations.)

Btw, are there any differences between these two sentences?
1) I've ordered a yacht last Friday.
2) I've booked a yacht last Friday.

And, between these two Chinese terms?
1) 定購
2) (預)訂

futari wrote:
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1) I've ordered a yacht last Friday.
2) I've booked a yacht last Friday.

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i would guess that

1) the speaker is buying a yacht, the order was given last friday

2) the speaker is renting a yacht and reserved a yacht last friday, it might be for a special activity, perhaps a birthday party

that's what i see, what do u guys see?

Right you are, SoutheLily, but that's not meant for you to answer. You're too good for this kind of questions.