单词 | subject to |
释义 | subject tosubject to 1 a) if someone or something is subject to something, especially something bad, it is possible or likely that they will be affected by it 易受某人[某事]影响;可能会…的 All flights are subject to delay. 所有航班都有可能延误。 Prices are subject to change. 价格有可能变化。 b) DEPEND ON/RELY ONif something is subject to something such as approval, it depends on that thing happening before it can happen 取决于某人[某事],视某人[某事]而定 The funding is subject to approval by the Board of Education. 拨款有待教育委员会批准。 Examples from the Corpus be subject to something• For at least a month before Christmas we were subjected to an endless barrage of ads for fattening festive foods.• The sale, which is subject to financing and regulatory approval, is expected to close in June 1996.• And even these categories are subject to quotas and waiting periods.• On these pretexts they were subjected to recurring cycles of violence, mass expulsion, and mass murder.• But there's a price-his finances are subject to strict oversight by Washington University.• Proprietorships are subject to sudden and unpredictable demise, but, legally at least, corporations are immortal.• Both figures are subject to the usual caveats about margins of error. → be subject to something at subject2(1) 2 phrasal verbphr v SUFFERto force someone or something to experience something very unpleasant, especially over a long time 〔尤指长期〕使遭受,使经历,使蒙受 Police subjected him to hours of questioning. 警察对他进行了长时间的盘问。 subject somebody to an ordeal/abuse/harassment Barker subjected his victim to awful abuse. 巴克对其受害者进行了残酷的虐待。 Examples from the Corpus subject to • Most of these provisions subject clauses to a test of reasonableness; however, some clauses are made wholly ineffective.• Does the picture show the subject off to best advantage?• Although we welcome the Bill, we shall subject it to detailed scrutiny in Committee.• However, unwarranted use of antibiotics can help create drug-resistant bacteria and subject patients to nasty side effects, like severe diarrhea.• The third bill treats unsolicited e-mail like unsolicited faxes and subjects the sender to potential criminal sanction.• The teacher is subject only to the countercontrol exerted by the student.• Others would be the subject of reports to the Director of Public Prosecutions and the authorities.• Journalists now subject him to the scrutiny he avoided in his stealthy rise. → subject somebody/something to something at subject3(1) |
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