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categorize [sth/sb], also UK: categorise [sth/sb]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (classify [sth], [sb]) | 将…分类 jiāng … fēn lèi |
| | 将…归类 jiāng … guī lèi |
| Christa is difficult to categorize because her interests are so varied. |
categorize [sth/sb], also UK: categorise [sth/sb] vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (define, describe [sth], [sb]) | 给…标示分类
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| We can categorize the flowers by their size, color, shape, and fragrance. |
categorize [sth/sb] as [sth], also UK: categorise [sth/sb] as [sth] v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (define, describe [sth], [sb] as [sth]) | 将…分类 jiāng … fēn lèi |
| Based on Eli's fashion, we categorized him as an outdoors type. |
catheterize [sb], also UK: catheterise [sb]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (insert a catheter into [sb]) | 将导管插入
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| (人) | 给...插导管
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cauterization, also UK: cauterisation nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (heat-sealing a wound) | 烧灼伤口消毒 shāo zhuó shāng kǒu xiāo dú |
| | 烧灼伤口止血 shāo zhuó shāng kǒu zhǐ xiě |
cauterize [sth], also UK: cauterise [sth]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (wound: seal with heat) | 对(伤口)进行烧灼处理 duì shāng kǒu jìn xíng shāo zhuó chǔ lǐ |
cellular telephone, also UK: mobile telephone nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | formal (mobile phone) | 手机 shǒu jī |
center [sth], also UK: centre [sth]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (move to middle) | 使…位于正中 shǐ wèi yú zhèng zhōng |
| He centered the painting on the wall. |
centralization, also UK: centralisation nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (system of federal government) | 中央集权制 zhōng yāng jí quán zhì |
| The centralization of government is a point of debate between the Republican and Democratic parties. |
centralization, also UK: centralisation nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (focus, concentration on a point) | 集中 jí zhōng |
| The centralization of the woman in the painting emphasizes her importance. |
centralize [sth], also UK: centralise [sth]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (make [sth] central) | 集中 jí zhōng |
| | 聚集 jù jí |
| | 中心化
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| The city planners decided to centralize the hospital and government buildings. |
| 城市规划者们决定集中医院和政府建筑。 |
centralized, also UK: centralised adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (having power in one place) | 中央集权的
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channel-surf, also UK: channel-hop viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | informal (change TV channels) | 不断换电视频道
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channelization, also UK: channelisation nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | mainly US (directing [sth] along a narrow course) | 渠(管)道化
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| | 槽化 cáo huà |
| | 槽化 cáo huà |
channelize, channelize [sth], also UK: channelise [sth] vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | mainly US (channel, direct) | 疏导 shū dǎo |
| | 分导 fēn dǎo |
| | 形成沟渠以分流
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characterization, also UK: characterisation nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (description, depiction) | 描述 miáo shù |
| | 描绘 miáo huì |
| Their characterization of me as a crook is unfair. |
characterization, also UK: characterisation nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (fiction: creation of characters) (小说) | 性格刻画,性格塑造
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| No one surpasses Charles Dickens for characterization. |
characterize [sth], also UK: characterise [sth]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (be typical of [sth]) | 成为…的特征 chéng wéi de tè zhēng |
| | 成为…的特性 chéng wéi de tè xìng |
| Hot days and cool nights characterize the summers here. |
characterize [sth] as [sth], also UK: characterise [sth] as [sb] vtr + prep | (depict, portray [sth]) | 描绘…的特征 miáo huì de tè zhēng |
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| The mood in the debate could be characterised as hostile. |
be characterized by [sth], also UK: be characterised by [sth] v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (have as an identifying trait) | 以…为特征
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| Summers here are characterized by hot days and cool nights. |
| 这里夏季的特点是日间炎热、夜晚凉爽。 |
chargrilled, char-grilled, also US: charbroiled adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (cooked on a charcoal grill) | 炭烤的
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chef's hat, also US: chef hat nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (white starched hat worn by a chef) | 厨师帽
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chicken-hearted, chickenhearted, also UK: chicken-livered adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | figurative (cowardly) (比喻) | 胆小的,怯懦的
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cicatrize, also UK: cicatrise viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (heal, scar over) | 结疤 jié bā |
| | 结痂 jié jiā |
| | 愈合 yù hé |
cigarette, also US: cigaret nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (smoking) | 香烟 xiāng yān |
| Some people make their own cigarettes. |
cigarette holder, also US: cigaret holder nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (tube for holding cigarette when smoking) | 烟斗 yān dǒu |
| The 1920s were perhaps the heyday of the cigarette holder; these days one hardly ever sees them. |
cigarette lighter, also US: cigaret lighter nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (device producing flame to light cigarettes) | 打火机 dǎ huǒ jī |
| He uses his cigarette lighter to pop off the tops of beer bottles. |
cipher, also UK: cypher nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (code) | 暗号 àn hào |
| | 密码 mì mǎ |
| The message doesn't make sense; I think it's written in a cipher. |
cipher, also UK: cypher nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (coded message) | 用密码写成的信息 yòng mì mǎ xiě chéng de xìn xī |
| | 密码信 mì mǎ xìn |
| | 密码电报 mì mǎ diàn bào |
| The military is working to crack the cipher intercepted from the enemy. |
cipher, also UK: cypher nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (unimportant person) | 不重要的人 bú zhòng yào de rén |
| | 无足轻重者
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cipher [sth], also UK: cypher [sth]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (encode [sth]) | 把…译成密码 bǎ yì chéng mì mǎ |
| Cipher the message so that no one but us can understand it. |
cipher, also UK: cypher viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (write in code) | 用暗号写 yòng àn hào xiě |
| | 用密码写 yòng mì mǎ xiě |
| Specialists in cryptography are able to cipher and to break codes. |
| 密码学专家能够撰写、破解密码。 |
circularize [sth], also UK: circularise [sth]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (make [sth] circular) | 使成圆形 shǐ chéng yuán xíng |
| | 使成环形 shǐ chéng huán xíng |
| Matt circularized the strip of wood. |
circularize [sth], also UK: circularise [sth] vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (publicize [sth] using circulars) | 分发 fēn fā |
| | 传阅 chuán yuè |
circularize, also UK: circularise viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (send circulars) | 分发传单
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| | 分发通知 fēn fā tōng zhī |
civilization, also UK: civilisation nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (developed society) | 文明 wén míng |
| | 文明国家,文明社会
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| Little is known of the early civilizations in this area. |
| 我们对这一地区的早期文明知之甚少。 |
civilization, also UK: civilisation nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (process of civilizing) | 文明化(过程)
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| Early explorers sometimes attempted civilization of tribes they encountered. |
civilization, also UK: civilisation nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (home comforts) (现代生活的) | 文明设施,现代舒适设施
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| The best thing about camping is returning to civilization at the end of it. |
civilization, also UK: civilisation nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (culture, society) | 文明 wén míng |
| | 文化 wén huà |
| | 社会文化 shè huì wén huà |
| In college, Jackson took a course on African civilization. |
civilize [sb], also UK: civilise [sb]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (refine socially) | 使文明 shǐ wén míng |
civilized, also UK: civilised adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (culture: developed) | 开化的 kāi huà de |
| | 文明的 wén míng de |
| There is evidence of civilized cultures in Europe dating back thousands of years. |
civilized, also UK: civilised adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (refined, cultured) | 有教养的 yǒu jiào yǎng de |
| | 有修养的 yǒu xiū yǎng de |
| I prefer spending time with my mom's side of the family because they are more civilized than my dad's side. |
civilized, also UK: civilised adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (society: enlightened) (社会) | 开明的,文明的
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| Europe emerged from the Dark Ages and became civilized beginning around the 14th century. |
civilized, also UK: civilised adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (tamed, controlled) | 驯化的 xùn huà de |
| | 控制的 kòng zhì de |
| | 文明的 wén míng de |
| You need to act in a more civilized way and stop shouting. |
clean slate, also UK: clean sheet nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | figurative (fresh start) | 从头再来 cóng tóu zài lái |
clock in, also UK: clock on vi phrasalphrasal verb, intransitive: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning and not taking direct object--for example, "make up" [=reconcile]: "After they fought, they made up." | (start work) | 打卡上班 dǎ kǎ shàng bān |
| | 记录上班时间
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| Steven clocks in at 7 every morning. Don't forget to clock in when you get to work. |
close-up, also US: closeup nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (film shot: up close) (电影镜头: 近距离拍摄) | 特写镜头 tè xiě jìng tóu |
| The actress said that she was ready for her close-up. |
close-up, close shot, also US: closeup nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (photo: taken up close) | 特写照片
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| In the closeup, she is smiling self-consciously at the photographer. |
close-up, also US: closeup adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (intimate, detailed) | 详尽的 xiáng jìn de |
| The book provides a close-up insight into the film star's life. |
cloud [sb]'s judgment, also UK: cloud [sb]'s judgement v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (impair or prejudice [sb]'s reasoning) | 蒙蔽你的判断
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| Don't let your love for someone cloud your judgment. |
clown around, also UK: clown about vi phrasalphrasal verb, intransitive: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning and not taking direct object--for example, "make up" [=reconcile]: "After they fought, they made up." | informal (play the fool, behave in a silly way) | 扮小丑 bàn xiǎo chǒu |
| One can never take him seriously; he's always clowning around. |
clue [sb] in, also UK: clue [sb] up vtr phrasal sepphrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game." | informal (inform) | 给…讲解,告诉
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| Eleanor had no idea why everyone in the office was cheering, so she asked Jane to clue her in. |
clue [sb] in on [sth], also UK: clue [sb] up on [sth] vtr phrasal sepphrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game." | informal (inform) | 告诉某人某事
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| Can you clue me in on what's going on? |
clued in, clued-in, also UK: clued up, clued-up adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (well-informed) | 所知甚多的
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clued in on [sth], also UK: clued up on [sth] adj + prep | (well-informed about) | 对…所知甚多
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coeducational, co-educational, UK: also mixed school adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (school: for both sexes) | 男女合校的 nán nǚ hé xiào de |
| The school Valerie went to was coeducational, but she is a teacher at an all-girls' school. |
coffee table, also US: cocktail table nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (low table used in living room) | 矮茶几 ǎi chá jī |
| Please don't put your feet on the coffee table. |
coffeehouse, also UK: coffee house nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (establishment where coffee is served) | 咖啡馆 kā fēi guǎn |
| The Golden Horn was a 60's coffeehouse where you could find coffee, folk songs and poetry but no alcohol . |
collateralize [sth], also UK: collateralise [sth]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (pledge as security on a loan) | 以…作抵押 yǐ zuò dǐ yā |
| | 抵押 dǐ yā |
collectivization, also UK: collectivisation nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (politics: centralization) | 集体主义 jí tǐ zhǔ yì |
collectivization, also UK: collectivisation nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (change to group property ownership) | (私有财产的)集体化 sī yǒu cái chǎn de jí tǐ huà |
collectivize [sth], also UK: collectivise [sth]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (politics: bring under central control) | 使集体化 shǐ jí tǐ huà |
| | 使公有化
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| | 对…进行集中管理
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collectivize [sth], also UK: collectivise [sth] vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (risk, debt, etc: make the responsibility of society as a whole) | 使…成为共同的
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colonization, also UK: colonisation nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (migrants: settlement) (人) | 殖民,移居
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| The colonization of Australia began with convicts. |
colonization, also UK: colonisation nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (animals: new habitat) (动物) | 迁居,移居
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| The species' colonization of new areas is a result of global warming. |
colonize [sth], also UK: colonise [sth]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (migrants: settle in) | 在…殖民 zài … zhí mín |
| | 在…开拓殖民地 zài … kāi tuò zhí mín dì |
| Early explorers colonized the coastal regions. |
colonize [sb], also UK: colonise [sb]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (form a colony of) (居民) | 对…进行殖民
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colonize [sth], also UK: colonise [sth]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (animals: form a colony in) (动植物) | 在…移地发育
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| The family of meerkats colonized the prairie. |
colonize, also UK: colonise viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (form a colony) (细菌等) | 形成菌落,寄生发育,移地发育
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| The bacteria surprised scientists by colonizing. |
come around, also UK: come round vi phrasalphrasal verb, intransitive: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning and not taking direct object--for example, "make up" [=reconcile]: "After they fought, they made up." | (date, event: occur again) | 再次到来
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| | 再次发生 zài cì fā shēng |
| Jill always feels sad when the anniversary of her husband's death comes around. |
| 每到丈夫的忌日,吉尔就会陷入悲痛之中。 |
commercialization, also UK: commercialisation nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (focus on money-making) | 商品化 shāng pǐn huà |
| | 商业化 shāng yè huà |
| The commercialization of Christmas had cheapened the holiday. |
commercialize [sth], also UK: commercialise [sth]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (turn [sth] into a business) | 使商业化 shǐ shāng yè huà |
| | 使商品化
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compartmentalization, also UK: compartmentalisation nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (categorization) | 划分,分隔
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| | 分类 fēn lèi |
compartmentalize [sth], also UK: compartmentalise [sth]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (arrange [sth] in sections) | 分隔 fēn gé |
| | 分装 fēn zhuāng |
compartmentalize [sth], also UK: compartmentalise [sth] vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | figurative (separate [sth] into categories) | 划分 huà fēn |
| | 将…分类 jiāng … fēn lèi |
| | 把…分组 bǎ fēn zǔ |
compliance, also US: compliancy nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (following law, norm) (法律、规范等) | 服从,遵守,合规
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| The building was checked for compliance with the codes. |
| 这座大楼接受了检查,确保其符合规范。 |
compliance, also US: compliancy nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (conformity, obedience) | 顺从 shùn cóng |
| | 遵从 zūn cóng |
| | 遵从 zūn cóng |
| His compliance makes him a good team member. |
compliance, also US: compliancy nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (physics, biology: ability to adjust elastically) (物理学) | 可塑性 kě sù xìng |
| The test measures the compliance of materials. |
computerization, also UK: computerisation nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (transferring [sth] to a computer system) | 计算机化 jì suàn jī huà |
| | 电脑化 diàn nǎo huà |
computerize [sth], also UK: computerise [sth]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (digitize) | 使...电子计算机化 shǐ diàn zǐ jì suàn jī huà |
| The locks on the building have all been computerized; your old key won't work. |
conceptualization, also UK: conceptualisation nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (forming of an idea) | 构想 gòu xiǎng |
| | 概念化 gài niàn huà |
| | 形成概念
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conceptualize [sth], also UK: conceptualise [sth]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (form an idea) | 使…形成概念 shǐ xíng chéng gài niàn |
| | 形成…的构想
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| I first conceptualized the idea of a local animal shelter two years ago. |
conceptualize, also UK: conceptualise viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (think) | 思考 sī kǎo |
| The philosopher spends hours conceptualizing and pondering life. |
concretize [sth], also UK: concretise [sth]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (make [sth] real, specific) | 具体化 jù tǐ huà |
containerization, also UK: containerisation nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (transport of cargo in standardized containers) | 集装箱运输 jí zhuāng xiāng yùn shū |
containerization, also UK: containerisation nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (conversion to transport in standardized containers) | 集装箱化 jí zhuāng xiāng huà |
containerize [sth], also UK: containerise [sth]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (pack, load [sth] for shipping) | 用集装箱装运
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| | 将…装入集装箱 jiāng zhuāng rù jí zhuāng xiāng |
contextualization, also UK: contextualiation nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (situating in a context, setting) | 语境化 yǔ jìng huà |
contextualize [sth], also UK: contextualise [sth]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (put [sth] into context) | 将…放入上下文中考虑 jiāng fàng rù shàng xià wén zhōng kǎo lǜ |
| | 把…融入语境 bǎ róng rù yǔ jìng |
conventionalize [sth], also UK: conventionalise [sth]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (make [sth] conventional) | 使成为传统 shǐ chéng wéi chuán tǒng |
| | 使成为惯例 shǐ chéng wéi guàn lì |
cookie cutter, also UK: biscuit cutter nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (tool for cutting dough into shapes) | 面团压模 miàn tuán yā mó |
| | 点心模具 diǎn xīn mó jù |
| | 点心刻模
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| Mama used a cookie cutter to cut gingerbread men out of the dough. |
cooking show, cookery show, also UK: cookery programme nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (TV programme involving cookery) | 烹饪节目
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corporate tax, also UK: corporation tax nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (tax on business profits) | 企业税
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cough drop, also UK: cough sweet nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | often plural (throat lozenge) | 止咳糖 zhǐ ké táng |
| The cough drops helped to relieve Mac's sore throat. I prefer cherry-flavored cough drops. |
counterintuitive, also UK: counter-intuitive adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (not logical) | 有悖常理的,违反直觉的
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| This new operating system seems very counterintuitive and hard to use. |
crab apple, also UK: crabapple, crab-apple nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (small, sharp-tasting wild apple) | 山楂子
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| My grandmother used to make delicious jelly from crab apples which grew on a tree in her garden. |
criminalize [sth], also UK: criminalise [sth]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (make [sth] illegal) | 判定(某事)为非法 pàn dìng mǒu shì wéi fēi fǎ |
| | 将…定为犯罪行为 jiāng dìng wéi fàn zuì xíng wéi |
criminalize [sb], also UK: criminalise [sb]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (treat [sb] as a criminal) | 将…当罪犯对待 jiāng dāng zuì fàn duì dài |
criticize [sth], also UK: criticise [sth]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (find fault in [sth]) | 挑剔 tiāo tī |
| If you criticize their efforts, try to find something positive too. |
| 如果你挑剔他们的工作,也要试试寻找积极的方面。 |
criticize [sb], also UK: criticise [sb]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (attack verbally, find fault in [sb]) | 批评 pī píng |
| | 指责 zhǐ zé |
| Andrew's mother was always criticizing him for his poor grades. |
| 安德鲁的母亲总是批评他成绩不好。 |