1 V-ERG 打开（门、窗、盖等） If you open something such as a door, window, or lid, or if it opens, its position is changed so that it no longer covers a hole or gap. 打开（门、窗、盖等）
SYN unfasten, unlock, unclasp, throw wide
Open is also an adjective.
2 VERB 将（瓶、盒等）开封；拆开（包裹、信封等） If you open something such as a bottle, box, parcel, or envelope, you move, remove, or cut part of it so you can take out what is inside. 将（瓶、盒等）开封；拆开（包裹、信封等） [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
Open is also an adjective.
Open up means the same as
open .
open up同 open 3 V-ERG 翻开；张开；展开 If you open something such as a book, an umbrella, or your hand, or if it opens, the different parts of it move away from each other so that the inside of it can be seen. 翻开；张开；展开 [Also VERB PREPOSITION n]
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He opened the heavy Bible. [VERB noun]
他翻开那本厚厚的《圣经》。
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She opens her umbrella, and walks up River Street. [VERB noun]
她撑开伞，沿着河街向前走。
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The flower opens to reveal a Queen Bee. [VERB]
花瓣展开，一只蜂王露了出来。
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The officer's mouth opened, showing white, even teeth. [VERB]
那个军官咧开嘴，露出洁白整齐的牙齿。
Open is also an adjective.
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Without warning, Bardo smacked his fist into his open hand.
巴多没有任何预兆地一拳砸在自己摊开的手掌上。
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His mouth was a little open, as if he'd started to scream.
他的嘴微微张开，似乎是要开始尖叫。
Open out means the same as
open .
open out 同 open -
Keith took a map from the dashboard and opened it out on his knees.
基思从仪表板上的贮物箱里拿出一张地图，在膝盖上摊开。
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...oval tables which open out to become circular.
展开后呈圆形的椭圆形桌子
4 VERB 打开（计算机文件） If you open a computer file, you give the computer an instruction to display it on the screen. 打开（计算机文件） [computing]
Usage Note :
Note that you do not use open as a verb or adjective to talk about electrical devices. If someone causes an electrical device to work by pressing a switch, you say that they put it on, switch it on, or turn it on. It's too easy just to switch on the television. If the device is already working, you say that it is on. The answering machine is on... He cannot sleep with the light on.
注意， open 作动词或形容词使用时，不能表示打开电气设备。如果某人通过按开关打开电气设备，可以说 put on, switch on 或 turn on：It's too easy just to switch on the television（打开电视机实在是太顺手了）。如果该设备已在运转，用 on 表示：The answering machine is on（电话答录机是开着的），He cannot sleep with the light on（灯开着他睡不着）。
5 V-ERG （使)(眼睛）睁开 When you open your eyes or your eyes open, you move your eyelids upwards, for example when you wake up, so that you can see. （使)(眼睛）睁开
Open is also an adjective.
6 VERB 敞开（双臂） If you open your arms, you stretch them wide apart in front of you, usually in order to put them round someone. 敞开（双臂）
7 ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n] （身前）无遮挡的；（姿势）端正的 If you stand or sit in an open way, the front of your body is fully exposed and you are not bending forward or at an angle to someone. （身前）无遮挡的；（姿势）端正的
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Good listeners even sit in an open way: relaxed, arms loose.
善于倾听的人甚至坐姿也很坦荡端正：身体放松，双臂自然下垂。
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I play normal bunker shots with an open stance.
我打一般的沙坑球采取开立击球姿势。
8 ADJ-GRADED 坦率的；诚恳的；不作伪的 If you describe a person or their character as open, you mean they are honest and do not want or try to hide anything or to deceive anyone. 坦率的；诚恳的；不作伪的
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He had always been open with her and she always felt she would know if he lied. [+ with]
他对她总是坦诚相待，她也一直觉得如果他说谎，自己一定能察觉。
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She has an open, trusting nature.
她天性坦诚，对人信赖。
SYN frank, direct, natural, plain
9 ADJ [ADJ n] 公开的；不加掩饰的 If you describe a situation, attitude, or way of behaving as open, you mean it is not kept hidden or secret. 公开的；不加掩饰的
10 ADJ-GRADED 愿意接受（建议、观点等）的；虚怀若谷的 If you are open to suggestions or ideas, you are ready and willing to consider or accept them. 愿意接受（建议、观点等）的；虚怀若谷的
11 ADJ 容易招致（滥用、批评等）的；易受（攻击）的 If you say that a system, person, or idea is open to something such as abuse or criticism, you mean they might receive abuse or criticism because of their qualities, effects, or actions. 容易招致（滥用、批评等）的；易受（攻击）的
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The system, though well-meaning, is open to abuse. [+ to]
该制度动机虽好，却易遭滥用。
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They left themselves wide open to accusations of double standards and hypocrisy.
他们使自己陷于被人指责搞双重标准和虚伪不实的境地。
SYN susceptible, subject, exposed, vulnerable
12 ADJ 悬而未决的；尚未决定的 If you say that a fact or question is open to debate, interpretation, or discussion, you mean that people are uncertain whether it is true, what it means, or what the answer is. 悬而未决的；尚未决定的
SYN unresolved, doubtful, unsettled, unanswered
13 V-ERG 开放（被封的道路、边界等）；开通 If people open something such as a blocked road or a border, or if it opens, people can then pass along it or through it. 开放（被封的道路、边界等）；开通 [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
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The rebels have opened the road from Monrovia to the Ivory Coast. [VERB noun]
叛乱分子已经开放了从蒙罗维亚到象牙海岸的道路。
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The solid rank of police officers lining the courtroom opened to let them pass. [VERB]
把法庭围得水泄不通的一队警察让开一条路让他们通过。
Open is also an adjective.
Open up means the same as
open .
open up 同 open -
As rescue workers opened up roads today, it became apparent that some small towns were totally devastated.
今天救援人员打通了道路后，人们发现一些小镇显然已被彻底摧毁。
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When the Berlin Wall came down it wasn't just the roads that opened up but the waterways too.
柏林墙一倒，不仅是陆路，连水路也开通了。
14 VERB 通向（更大的地方） If a place opens into another, larger place, you can move from one directly into the other. 通向（更大的地方）
Open out means the same as
open .
open out 同 open 15 ADJ [usually ADJ n] 开阔的；空旷的 An open area is a large area that does not have many buildings or trees in it. 开阔的；空旷的
SYN unenclosed, wide, rolling, sweeping
16 ADJ [ADJ n] 敞开的；无遮盖的；无围挡的 An open structure or object is not covered or enclosed. 敞开的；无遮盖的；无围挡的
17 ADJ [usually ADJ n] （伤口）外露的，裸露的，流血的 An open wound is one from which a liquid such as blood is coming. （伤口）外露的，裸露的，流血的
18 VERB 把（衣服）解开；把…的拉链拉开 If you open your shirt or coat, you undo the buttons or pull down the zip. 把（衣服）解开；把…的拉链拉开
Open is also an adjective.
19 V-ERG （使）开始营业；（使）开门 When a shop, office, or public building opens or is opened, its doors are unlocked and the public can go in. （使）开始营业；（使）开门
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Banks closed on Friday afternoon and did not open again until Monday morning. [VERB]
银行星期五下午关门，直到星期一上午才营业。
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...a gang of three who'd apparently been lying in wait for him to open the shop. [VERB noun]
显然一直潜伏着等待他打开店门营业的3人团伙
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...opening and closing times. [VERB-ing]
开门和打烊时间
Open is also an adjective.
20 V-ERG 为（大楼、工厂、公司等）举行揭幕典礼；开设；开办；开张 When a public building, factory, or company opens or when someone opens it, it starts operating for the first time. 为（大楼、工厂、公司等）举行揭幕典礼；开设；开办；开张
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The original station opened in 1754. [VERB]
最初的车站于1754年落成。
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The complex opens to the public tomorrow. [VERB + to]
这幢综合大楼将于明天对公众开放。
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They are planning to open a factory in Eastern Europe. [VERB noun]
他们计划在东欧开办一家工厂。
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The Savoy Theatre was opened in 1881 by Richard D'Oyly Carte. [VERB noun]
1881年，萨沃伊剧院由理查德·多伊利·卡特揭幕。
Open is also an adjective.
21 V-ERG （使）（会议、会谈）开始；召开 If something such as a meeting or series of talks opens, or if someone opens it, it begins. （使）（会议、会谈）开始；召开
SYN start, begin, launch, trigger
22 V-ERG （以…）开始 If an event such as a meeting or discussion opens with a particular activity or if a particular activity opens an event, that activity is the first thing that happens or is dealt with. You can also say that someone such as a speaker or singer opens by doing a particular thing. （以…）开始 [Also V n + by]
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The service opened with a hymn. [VERB + with]
礼拜仪式从唱圣歌开始。
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She opened with an impressive version of 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For'. [VERB with noun]
她以一首优美动人的《我仍在寻找》开场。
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I opened by saying, 'Honey, you look sensational.'. [VERB + by]
我第一句话是，“宝贝，你看起来真是美极了。”
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Pollard opened the conversation with some small talk. [VERB noun + with]
波拉德在寒暄中开始了谈话。
SYN begin, start, commence, opN [text messaging]
23 VERB （股市）开盘，开市 On the stock exchange, the price at which currencies, shares, or commodities open is their value at the start of that day's trading. （股市）开盘，开市 [business]
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Gold declined $2 in Zurich to open at 385.50. [VERB prep./adv.]
苏黎世的金价下挫2美元，以385.50元开盘。
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In Paris and Milan, the dollar opened almost unchanged. [VERB adj.ive]
在巴黎和米兰，美元开市时几乎没有变化。
24 VERB 上映；开演；开幕 When a film, play, or other public event opens, it begins to be shown, be performed, or take place for a limited period of time. 上映；开演；开幕
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A photographic exhibition opens at the Royal College of Art on Wednesday. [VERB]
星期三一个摄影展在皇家艺术学院开幕。
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This show, too, was virtually sold out before it opened. [VERB]
这场演出的门票也是几乎在开演前就销售一空了。
25 VERB （在银行等处）开立（账户） If you open an account with a bank or a commercial organization, you begin to use their services. （在银行等处）开立（账户）
26 ADJ （机会、选择等）可利用的，可得到的 If an opportunity or choice is open to you, you are able to do a particular thing if you choose to. （机会、选择等）可利用的，可得到的
SYN available, to hand, accessible, handy
27 V-ERG （使）（机会、可能性等）出现;（使）产生 To open opportunities or possibilities means the same as to open them up. （使）（机会、可能性等）出现;（使）产生
28 ADJ 人人可以参加（或接受）的；开放的 You can use open to describe something that anyone is allowed to take part in or accept. 人人可以参加（或接受）的；开放的
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A recent open meeting of College members revealed widespread dissatisfaction.
最近的一次学会成员公开会上，大家普遍流露出不满情绪。
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A portfolio approach would keep entry into the managerial profession open and flexible.
项目组合的方法会使成为管理人员的机会公开灵活。
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...an open invitation.
公开邀请
SYN general, public, free, catholic
29 ADJ [verb-link ADJ] （提议等）有效的；（职位等）空缺的，可申请的 If something such as an offer or job is open, it is available for someone to accept or apply for. （提议等）有效的；（职位等）空缺的，可申请的
31 PHRASE 在露天；在户外；在野外 If you do something in the open, you do it out of doors rather than in a house or other building. 在露天；在户外；在野外
32 PHRASE 公开的；众人皆知的 If an attitude or situation is in the open or out in the open, people know about it and it is no longer kept secret. 公开的；众人皆知的
33 PHRASE 大开的；敞开的；（眼睛）睁大的 If something is wide open, it is open to its full extent. 大开的；敞开的；（眼睛）睁大的
34 PHRASE （比赛、选举等）结果不确定的，胜负难定的 If you say that a competition, race, or election is wide open, you mean that anyone could win it, because there is no competitor who seems to be much better than the others. （比赛、选举等）结果不确定的，胜负难定的
35 with open arms→see: arm to open the door→see: door to keep your eyes open→see: eye with your eyes open→see: eye to open your eyes→see: eye to open fire→see: fire to open your heart→see: heart the heavens open→see: heaven an open mind→see: mind to open your mind→see: mind to keep your options open→see: option
Phrasal verbs: - open outopen up
| Thesaurus | open Also look up: |
| VERB. | crack, reveal, unblock 1 extend, stretch 3 |
| ADJ. | friendly, outgoing 8 |
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