1 N-COUNT 表演；演出 A performance involves entertaining an audience by doing something such as singing, dancing, or acting. 表演；演出
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Inside the theatre, they were giving a performance of Bizet's Carmen. [+ of]
在剧院里，他们正在演出比才的作品《卡门》。
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...her performance as the betrayed Medea. [+ as]
她所演绎的遭人背叛的美狄亚
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The Festival Of Asian Arts & Music will include two days of live performances.
亚洲艺术音乐节将安排两天的现场表演。
SYN presentation, playing, acting (out), staging
2 N-VAR [oft with poss] 表现；业绩；性能；运行情况 Someone's or something's performance is how successful they are or how well they do something. 表现；业绩；性能；运行情况
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That study looked at the performance of 18 surgeons. [+ of]
那项研究调查了18名外科医生的工作表现。
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The poor performance has been blamed on the recession and cheaper sports car imports.
业绩不佳的原因被归咎于经济衰退和低价跑车的进口。
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The job of the new director-general was to ensure that performance targets were met.
新主管的任务是确保实现业绩目标。
SYN work, acts, conduct, exploits
3 N-UNCOUNT （汽车的）性能 A car's performance is its ability to go fast and to increase its speed quickly. （汽车的）性能
4 ADJ [ADJ n] 性能卓越的；高性能的 A performance car is one that can go very fast and can increase its speed very quickly. 性能卓越的；高性能的
5See also:high-performance
6 N-SING 执行；履行；做 The performance of a task is the fact or action of doing it. 执行；履行；做
7 N-SING 复杂的事情；麻烦事 You can describe something that is or looks complicated or difficult to do as a performance . 复杂的事情；麻烦事 [informal]
SYN carry-on [informal , mainly British] , business, to-do, act
8 a repeat performance→see: repeat
Quotations
The only true performance is the one which attains madness Mick Jagger
Word PartnershipWord Link
| Word Partnership | Use performance with: |
| ADJ. | live performance 1 good performance, poor performance, strong performance 1 2 3 academic performance, economic performance, sexual performance 2 |
| N. | performance appraisal, company performance, job performance 2 |
| Word Link | ance ≈ quality, state : deliverance, performance, resistance |
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