1 N-COUNT [oft by NOUN] 人造卫星 A satellite is an object which has been sent into space in order to collect information or to be part of a communications system. Satellites move continually round the earth or around another planet. 人造卫星
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The rocket launched two communications satellites.
火箭发射了两颗通信卫星。
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The signals are sent by satellite link.
信号通过人造卫星链路发出。
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Worldwide coverage beamed by satellite generates huge audiences accompanied by global advertising revenues.
通过卫星发射的信号覆盖全世界,从而产生了大量的观众并在全球范围内赚取不菲的广告费。
SYN spacecraft, communications satellite, sputnik, space capsule
2 ADJ [ADJ n] (电视)使用卫星技术的;卫视的 Satellite television is broadcast using a satellite. (电视)使用卫星技术的;卫视的
SYN dependent, client, subordinate, puppet
3 N-COUNT 卫星 A satellite is a natural object in space that moves round a planet or star. 卫星
SYN moon, secondary planet
4 N-COUNT [oft NOUN n] 卫星国;附属国;卫星区;卫星组织 You can refer to a country, area, or organization as a satellite when it is controlled by or depends on a larger and more powerful one. 卫星国;附属国;卫星区;卫星组织
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Italy became a satellite state of Germany by the end of the 1930s.
意大利在 20 世纪 30 年代末成了德国的附庸。
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...Russia and its former satellites.
俄国及其曾经的卫星国
SYN colony, dependency, dominion, protectorate
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