| 释义 |
man¹ /mæn/ n. | vt. | int. | a. | phr.
I ([复] men /men/)
n.
1. (成年)男子，男人
She has a son, you know. He's a man now. 你晓得，她有一个儿子，现在已长大成人了。
Hundreds of men, women and children crowded into the building. 数百名男人、女人和孩子挤进了这幢建筑物。
2. (不论性别、年龄的)人
some (few) men 几个 (没有什么) 人
Any man could do it. 任何人能做这件事。
3. [不用冠词]人类
the rights of man 人权
be fit for man or beast 人畜咸宜
the most poisonous substance known to man 人类所知的最毒的物质
4. 特定历史时期的人；【动】人科
the experience of 20th-century man 20世纪人的经历
modern man 现代人
Java man 爪哇 (直立) 猿人
5. [常加不定冠词]任何(个)人；任何(一个)男人
A man would think that you had said too much. 人家会觉得你说过头了。
What can a man do in such a case? 任何人在此情况下又能做些什么呢?
6. 丈夫；情夫，情郎，男朋友
They can't stay in the same room if they're not man and wife. 如果他们不是夫妻就不能同住一室。
He was her man. 他曾是她的情人。
7. 〈旧〉男仆；侍从，随从；下属
Very well, sir, you are the master and I'm the man. 是咯，先生，您是主人，我听从您的吩咐。
8. [常作 men] 男雇员们；男雇工们；工人们
He's in charge of a small factory and has several men under him. 他主持一家小厂，手下有几个雇工。
The men have been on strike for several weeks. 工人们已经罢工好几个星期了。
9. [常作 men] 士兵们；水手们
The officer ordered the men to advance. 军官命令兵士们前进。
The guerrillas had upward of 7000 men. 游击队有7000多战士。
10. 【史】封臣；封建佃户
11. (16-17岁的)男孩；(10岁左右的)男学生
12. 男子汉，大丈夫；男子汉气质，大丈夫气概(指具有勇气、力量、刚毅等特质)
Why don't you be a man and face your troubles bravely? 为什么不拿出男子汉的勇气来面对困难?
The army will make a man of you. 军队生活会使你锻炼成为一个堂堂男子汉。
13. (男)球队队员
The team is a man short. 球队还缺一名 (男) 队员。
nine men on a side 一边9个队员
14. [常作 the man 或加物主代词]所需的人；最合适的人；对手
He's the (very) man for the job, if you can get him. 要是你能聘请到的话，他正是干这工作最合适的人。
If you want a good teacher, here's your man. 你如果想要一个好老师的话，他是挺合适的。
Let him choose his weapons, and I am his man. 兵器让他选，由我来对付。
15. 〈口〉老兄，老弟，小伙子，朋友(对男子的称呼，可用以表示亲热，也可用以表示不满、不耐烦等)
Wake up, man, you can't sleep all day! 醒醒，老兄，你不能整天睡觉呀!
16. (男)大学生；(男)大学校友
an Oxford man 牛津大学 (男) 学生 (或校友)
a university man (男) 大学生 (或具有大学学历的人)
17. (国家、首长等的)代表；使节
our man in Havana 我国驻哈瓦那的代表 (或使节)
the man from The New York Times 《纽约时报》派来的人
Your President is talking all this more seriously than his Man in Rome. 你们的总统谈论这一切要比他在罗马的使节更为认真严肃。
18. [常作 the man 或the M-] 〈美俚〉(美国黑人常用以指有权力的人)头头，上司，领导；老板；警察；警察机关；侦探；狱卒
See the guy in front? That's the man. 看见前面那个人了吗? 那就是头儿。
take sb. down to the Man 把某人抓到警察那儿去
When I heard the siren, I knew it was the Man. 听到警车鸣笛声，我知道那是警察来了。
19. [常作 the M-] 〈美俚〉白人；白人社会；白人统治体制
He's a super nigger who spends his life trying to prove he's as good as the Man. 他是个超级黑人，一生都在试图证明他丝毫不比白人差。
20. [the man] 〈美俚〉毒品贩子
21. 【宗】(基督教科学派所说的反映上帝的)人
22. 棋子
23. [用以构成复合词]…船；…舰
24. [常作后缀或用以构成复合词](由于出身、居住地、职业、资格、擅长、信仰、嗜好等关系而成为)特定类别的人
a finance man 金融家
a fingerprints man 指纹专家
He is an outdoor man. 他喜爱户外活动。
I never was a whisky man. 我从来就不是爱喝威士忌酒的人。
II (manned；man·ning)
vt.
1. 给…配备人员(或兵员)；供…以人员(或兵员)
man a ship 为一艘船配备船员
What sort of people would he select to man his government? 他将选择怎样的人员来组阁呢?
2. 工作(或守卫)在…岗位上；在…上操作；操纵；担任(职务)
Man the guns! (对炮手的口令) 就位!
“Man the doors! Open fire!”shouted the captain. 上尉喊道：“守住大门! 开火!”
It takes some schooling to man a sailboat. 驾驶帆船是需要经过相当训练的。
Several robots man the production line. 几个机器人在这条生产线上操作。
3. 【海】为(船的某部分)配备水手
man the capstan 为 (操作) 起锚绞盘配备水手
4. 〈古〉使具有男子气概；使增强勇气；使振作精神
man oneself for an ordeal 鼓起勇气来迎接严峻的考验
His heartening words manned the frightened refugees. 他那些激动人心的话使惊慌的难民们振作起来。
5. 驯(鹰)
III int.
〈主美口〉[表示惊奇、喜悦、兴奋、不耐烦、强调提请注意等]啊；呀；哈；啊呀；喂；嗨；嘿：
Man, what a game! 哈，多精彩的比赛!
Man! it's hot in here. 啊呀，这儿真热!
Glad you woke me, man. 幸得你弄醒了我，哈。
IV a.
男(性)的
a man friend 男朋友
a man cook 男厨师
[< OE mann; 与 OFris, OHG, D, Icel māthr 有关] phr. as ... as the next man 像普通人一样… I am as ambitious as the next man. 我和其他人一样雄心勃勃。 act the man 表现勇敢 He acted the man in every way. 他各方面都表现得很勇敢。a dirty old man 见 old man
a green goods man 〈美俚〉造 (或用) 假钞票的人
all to a man ＝ to a man
A man is as old as he feels. 〈谚〉老不老，自己晓。(意指你觉得多老就有多老)
a man of one's hands 1. 手巧艺高的人
2. 善于武术的人，勇武的人，(拳击、殴斗中) 善于用手的人
a man of one's time 风云人物
a man of one's word 守信的人，说话算数的人，可靠的人
I'm a man of my word. I will do what I say. 我是说话算数的人，说到做到。
a man's man 受其他男人赞赏 (或欢迎) 的人
a man with a paper ass 〈美俚〉(黑人用语) 无足轻重的人
as a man 从人的观点；仅就其本人品格来看
speak as a man, not merely as a soldier 从普通人而不只是从军人的观点来讲话
as one man (全体)一致地
They rose as one man and shouted their congratulations. 他们全体起立，欢呼祝贺。
a wise man of Gotham 见 Gotham
be man enough for (或 to do) sth. 有足够的勇气和能力去做某事
be one's own man 1. 做独立自主的人，能自己作主
He's not his own man since his mother-in-law came to stay! 他自从岳母来了以后可就不那么自由啦!
2. 精神饱满；神态自若；神智清醒
I ate a bit at six o'clock, and drank a deal of small beer, and I am almost my own man again now. 我在6点钟吃了一点东西，又喝了许多淡啤酒，现在我的精神差不多已经恢复过来了。
between man and man 私下地，只在你我之间
Between man and man we think it's not wise to do that. 我们私下认为干那件事是不明智的。
Dead men tell no tales. 〈谚〉死人不会告密。
every last man ＝ every man Jack
Every man has his price. 〈谚〉人各有价。(指人都可以被收买)
every man Jack (或 jack) (毫无例外地) 每一个人，人人
They want a pay increase, every man Jack of them. 他们要求增加工资，每一个人都要。
make a man out of sb. 使某人成熟起来
Man alive! 见 alive
man and boy 从童年到成年；从少年时代起；整个一生
I've lived here, man and boy, for forty years. 我从小住在这儿，至今已整整40年了。
He was born in the village and worked on the farm man and boy. 他出生在这个村庄，在农场里干了一辈子。
man for man 没有例外地；一致地
Man proposes, God disposes. 〈谚〉谋事在人，成事在天。
man to man 〈口〉
1. 坦率地，真诚地
As man to man, I think you should admit your mistakes. 坦率地讲，我认为你应该承认自己的错误。
agree to talk man to man 同意诚恳地谈一谈
2. 个人对个人地，私下地；(在决斗、球赛等中) 一对一地
That evening she wanted to speak to her father man to man. 那天晚上她想要单独和父亲谈一谈。
He wanted to fight it out man to man with Colin. 他要和科林一对一地决一雌雄。
man up 给…充分配备人员
man up vital industries 给重要工业部门充分配备人员
We're manned up again. 我们又充分补足了人员。
Many men, many minds. 〈谚〉十个人，十条心。(或人多心不齐。)
I found many men, many minds among the members while asking their opinion on the point. 在询问他们对这问题的意见时，我发现委员之间各有各的想法。
men in buckram 见 buckram
merry men of May 落潮时的水流
my (good) man (屈尊俯就的称呼语) 老弟，老兄，我的朋友
Once a man and twice a child. 〈谚〉做人一辈子，两次当孩童。(指人到老年言谈举止往往又像小孩)
play the man 显出大丈夫气概，无所畏惧
You will surmount your difficulties if only you play the man. 只要拿出大丈夫气概来你就能克服困难。
see a man about a dog 〈美口〉有点急事先行告辞 (尤用作上厕所的委婉语)
separate (或 sort out) the men from the boys 〈口〉从一群人中找出 (识别出) 真正有魄力 (或成熟、能干) 的人
The mile run separates the men from the boys. 从一英里赛跑的结果可以看出谁是真正的英雄好汉。
So's your old man. 〈美俚〉[对难以置信的话表示轻蔑] 去你的吧! 胡说!
the man higher up 〈美〉政界巨头；权势人物
the outward man 1. (与灵魂相对而言的) 肉体
2. 〈谑〉衣服
the Sick Man of Europe (或 of the East) 东欧病夫 (旧时对奥斯曼帝国的贬称)
to a man 无例外地，一致地
answer “Yes” to a man 齐声回答“是”
They agreed to a man that the statement was correct. 他们一致同意声明是正确的。
to the last man 1. 毫无例外地
They were killed to the last man. 他们全部被杀，无一幸免。
2. 直到最后一个人
We shall defend the city to the last man. 我们将保卫这座城市，一直战斗到最后一个人。
wait for a deadman's shoes 等待当事人死去以接替其职位 |