单词 | at |
释义 | at /at; st; strong form: set; sei/ prep 1 (place and direction) (指地方与方向) a (indicating the place in or near which sth or sb was, is or .will be): (指某人或某物所在之处,或在其附近): at his office; 在他的办公室; at my uncle's; 在我叔父家; at the station. 在车站。 Cf 参较 in for countries and large towns, and places important to the speaker. in 用于国家和大城市,以及对说话者甚为重要的地方。 b (towards; in the direction of): (向; 朝着): look at sth/sb; 朝着某物(某人)看; shoot/aim a gun at sth; 对着某物射击(以枪瞄准某物); rush at the enemy; 向敌人冲去; laugh/growl at sb/sth; 嘲笑某人或某事物(对着某人或某事物咆哮); throw sth at sb, ie intending to hit him, → throw to at throw1 (1); 对准某人投掷某物(意欲击中他); talk at sb, ie make an indirect attack on him; → talk to at talk2(1). 暗指某人而说; 暗讽(即间接攻击某人)。 c (indicating an attempt to get or reach sth, an uncompleted or imperfect action): (指试图得到或触及某物,一种未完成或不完全的动作): The drowning man clutched at the oar, tried to seize it. 那溺水的人欲抓住浆(但尚未抓住)。 He had to guess at the meaning. 他不得不猜测那意思。 d (indicating distance): (指距离): hold sth at arm's length. 与某物保持距离。 It looks better at a distance. 它在远处看起来更好。 e (indicating a point of entrance or exit) through; by: (指入口或出口处)经过; 经由: What the teacher says often goes in (at) one ear and out (at) the other. 老师所说的话常左耳进右耳出。 2 (time and order) (指时间及顺序) a (indicating a point of time): (指时间之一点): at 2 o'clock; 在两点钟的时候; at sunset; 在日落的时候; at any moment; 在任何时刻; at this (point), when this happened. 此事发生时。 b (of age): (指年龄): He left school at (the age of) 15. 他在十五岁时离开学校。 c (indicating order): (指顺序): at the third attempt; 在第三次尝试的时候; at first; 首先; 起初; at last. 最后; 终于。 d (indicating frequency): (指次数多寡): of (all) times; 有时候(无论何时; 总是); at regular intervals. 在每隔一定时间。 3 (activity, state, manner) (指活动,情况,状态,方式) a (indicating occupation): (指所做之事): at work; 在工作; at play. 在游戏。 What is he at now, What is he doing? 他现在在做什么? hard 'at it, working hard. 正在努力工作。 b (after adj): (用于形容词之后): busy at his tasks; 忙着做他的事; good at translation. 擅长翻译。 c (state, condition): (指状态, 情况): at war/peace; 在战(平) 时; at leisure. 在闲暇时。 d (manner): (指方式,样态): at a gallop; 以奔驰的步子; finish something at a sitting, ie during one continuous period of activity, 一口气做完某事。 4 (rate or degree, value, cost) (指速率或程度,价值,价钱) a (rate): (指速率): at full speed; 以全速; at a snail's pace. 以蜗牛的速度; 缓慢地。 b (value, cost, etc): (指价值,价钱等): at immense cost; 花极大的代价; sell sth at a loss; 亏本出售某物; buy articles at 20p and sell them at 25p. 以每件二十便士之价购入货品,以每件二十五便士之价售出。 c (with superl): (与最高级形容词或副词连用): at its/his/their, etc best; 在它的(他的,他们的等)最佳情况中; at least; 至少; 最少; at (the) worst. 即使坏到极点。 5 (cause) (指原因) a (after vv): (用于动词之后): The pupils marvelled at the extent of their teacher's knowledge. 学生们对于其老师知识范围之广感到惊奇。 b (after adjj and pp's): (用于形容词及过去分词之后): impatient at the delay; 对于耽误的情形感到不耐烦; delighted at the idea of going to England. 一想到要去英国就感到高兴。 → also n entries for at hand, at last, be in at the death and others. |
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