(1) 表达(示);说明 (act or process of expressing) [U]：～of one's pleasure 愉快的表示;the～of one's opinion through the ballot box 通过投票箱表达观点;free～of political opinion 自由地表达政治观点; be entitled to the～of one's views 享有自由表达观点的权利;greet sb with～of welcome 向某人表示欢迎;give students practice in written～让学生做文字表达练习; 〖同〗 wording，stating，saying，speaking，telling，declaration，relating，communication;

(2) 脸色; 表情 (facial look that indicates a certain mood or feeling) [C]：a happy～/an～of happiness 幸福的表情; have/wear an～of dissatisfaction 有一种/露出不满的表情;an～of anger in one's eyes 眼中现出愤怒的神情; look at sb with a strange/without～古怪地/毫无表情地看着某人; I could tell by the～on his face that he must have passed his exam. 从他脸上的表情我可以看出他一定是通过了考试。〖同〗 look，appearance;

(3) (思想、感情等的) 流露;表达 (showing of thoughts or feeling by words，action，etc) [U]：read/sing/speak one's lines with～充满激情地朗读/演唱/说台词;put～in one's voice/into his piano playing 使声音充满感情/使钢琴演奏富有激情; Poetry should be read with～. 朗诵诗歌时要有感情。

(4) 词句，措词，说法(particular word，phrase or saying) [C]：a vivid/a polite/a rude/an interesting/a colourful/a strange/a foreign～生动的/有礼貌的/粗鲁的/有趣的/鲜明的/离奇的/外国的说法(措词);beyond/past～无法形容的; 说不出的： Her beauty was beyond～. 她的美丽简直无法形容。〖同〗 term，word，phrase;

(5) (数学中的)符号;式 (group of numbers or signs that show a quantity) [C]： 2ab is a mathematical～. 2ab 是一种数学表达式。

find expression in 表现为 ……; 在 …… 当中表现出来：Individualism finds～in pleasure seeking. 个人主义表现在追求享乐上。

→ex′pressional adj 表情(现)的;ex′pres-sionalism n 表现主义;ex′pressionalist adj & n 表现主义的; 表现主义作家;ex′pres-sionless adj 没有表情的，呆板的