1 N-UNCOUNT 阅读;读书 Reading is the activity of reading books. 阅读;读书
2 N-COUNT 读书会;朗诵会 A reading is an event at which poetry or extracts from books are read to an audience. 读书会;朗诵会
SYN recital, performance, rendering, rendition
3 N-COUNT 理解方法;解读方法 Your reading of a word, text, or situation is the way in which you understand or interpret it. 理解方法;解读方法
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My reading of her character makes me feel that she was too responsible a person to do those things. [+ of]
照我对她的性格的了解来看,她是个特别负责任的人,不会做出那些事情的。
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Local public housing authorities disagree with this reading of the law.
当地的公共住房管理当局不同意对该法律的这种解读。
4 N-COUNT (测量仪器上的)读数,计量 The reading on a measuring device is the figure or measurement that it shows. (测量仪器上的)读数,计量
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Once you have recorded the reading, shake the thermometer down to below 36 degrees.
一旦完成计数,把温度计标数甩到36度以下。
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The gauge must be giving a faulty reading.
量表的显示肯定有误。
SYN measurement, record, figure, indication
5 N-COUNT (英国议会或美国国会讨论一项新法案以获通过的三步立法程序之一)议案宣读 In the British Parliament or the US Congress, a reading is one of the three stages of introducing and discussing a new bill before it can be passed as law. (英国议会或美国国会讨论一项新法案以获通过的三步立法程序之一)议案宣读
6 PHRASE 读起来感觉… If you say that a book or an article makes interesting reading or makes for interesting reading, you mean that it is interesting to read. 读起来感觉…
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The list of drinks, a dozen pages long, makes fascinating reading.
酒水单一共有十几页长,读起来很有趣。
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The report, called 'Child Poverty and Deprivation in the UK', makes for depressing reading.
题为“英国儿童的贫困状况”的报告让人读起来心情沉重。
Quotations
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body Richard Steele The Tatler
Some people say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts
Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird
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