1 VERB 运用;行使 If you exercise something such as your authority, your rights, or a good quality, you use it or put it into effect. 运用;行使 [formal]
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They are merely exercising their right to free speech. [VERB noun]
他们只是在行使他们的言论自由权。
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'The powers delegated to me,' the President said, 'will be exercised with due responsibility.'. [VERB noun]
“赋予我的权力,”总统说,“我将尽责履行。”
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Britain has warned travellers to exercise prudence and care. [VERB noun]
英国已经警告游客要谨慎小心。
SYN put to use, use, apply, employ
2 VERB 活动;运动;锻炼 When you exercise, you move your body energetically in order to get fit and to remain healthy. 活动;运动;锻炼
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She exercises two or three times a week. [VERB]
她每周锻炼两三次。
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Never keep on exercising if you have even the slightest chest pain. [VERB]
即使你只感到很轻微的胸部疼痛,也不要继续锻炼。
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Exercising the body does a great deal to improve one's health. [VERB noun]
锻炼身体对增进健康大有益处。
SYN train, work out, practise, drill
3 VERB 锻炼(身体部位) If a movement or activity exercises a part of your body, it keeps it strong, healthy, or in good condition. 锻炼(身体部位)
4 N-COUNT [usually plural] 锻炼;练习 Exercises are a series of movements or actions which you do in order to get fit, remain healthy, or practise for a particular physical activity. 锻炼;练习
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These stomach exercises will tighten abdominal muscles.
这些腹部练习会增强腹肌。
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I do special neck and shoulder exercises.
我做专门的颈部和肩部运动。
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That's when I try to meditate or do some deep-breathing exercises.
这时我就会试着沉思或者做些深呼吸练习。
5 N-COUNT [usually plural, oft on NOUN] 演习;操练 Exercises are military activities and operations which are not part of a real war, but which allow the armed forces to practise for a real war. 演习;操练
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General Powell predicted that in the future it might even be possible to stage joint military exercises.
鲍威尔将军预测将来甚至可能举行联合军事演习。
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The military truck was taking 14 men on exercise in a remote area of Norway.
那辆军用卡车正载着14名士兵到挪威的一个偏远地区进行操练。
6 N-COUNT 练习;习题 An exercise is a short activity or piece of work that you do, for example in school, which is designed to help you learn a particular skill. 练习;习题
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Try working through the opening exercises in this chapter.
做一做本章节的开篇习题。
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He took up piano lessons, combining standard classical exercises with his own attempts at Gershwin.
他上钢琴课,一边进行标准的经典作品的练习,一边自己尝试练习格什温的作品。
SYN task, problem, lesson, assignment
7 N-PLURAL 仪式;典礼 Exercises is an official ceremony, in which people make speeches and present awards. 仪式;典礼 [US]
8 N-COUNT [usually singular] (尤指非预期的)活动,情况 If you describe an activity as an exercise in a particular quality or result, you mean that it has that quality or result, especially when it was not intended to have it. (尤指非预期的)活动,情况
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Her morning was an exercise in indecision. She tried on everything in her closet but couldn't remember what he'd liked.
她整个早晨都犹豫不决。她试穿了衣橱中的所有衣服,却不记得他喜欢哪一件。
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As an exercise in stating the obvious, this could scarcely be faulted. [+ in]
这说的都是些显而易见的事情,几乎不可能出错。
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Think what a waste of taxpayers' money the whole exercise was.
想想那整件事会浪费纳税人多少钱呀。
9 VERB 使担忧;使不安 If something exercises you or your mind, you think or talk about it a great deal, especially because you are worried or concerned about it. 使担忧;使不安
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This has been a major problem exercising the minds of scientists around the world. [VERB noun]
这一直是困扰全世界科学家的一个重要问题。
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The proper role of appeal judges is an issue that has long exercised the finest legal minds. [VERB noun]
上诉法官应当扮演何种角色,这一问题长期以来困扰着那些最出色的法律人士。
SYN worry, concern, occupy, try
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