conduct

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Related topics: Music, Physics

con·duct1 /kənˈdʌkt/ W2 AWL verb

1 carry out 进行 [transitiveT]DO to carry out a particular activity or process, especially in order to get information or prove facts 〔尤指为获取信息或证实某事时〕进行；实施；执行

conduct a survey/investigation/review etc

We are conducting a survey of consumer attitudes towards organic food.

我们在进行一项顾客对有机食品态度的调查。

conduct an experiment/a test

Is it really necessary to conduct experiments on animals?

在动物身上做试验是否真有必要？

conduct a campaign

They conducted a campaign of bombings and assassinations.

他们实施了一系列的爆炸和暗杀活动。

conduct an interview

The interview was conducted in English.

这次面试是用英语进行的。

The memorial service was conducted by the Rev. David Prior.

这次追悼仪式由戴维·普赖尔牧师主持。

It was the first time that I had conducted business in Brazil.

那是我第一次在巴西做生意。

In everyday English, people usually say do or carry out rather than conduct: 在日常英语中，人们一般说do或carry out，而不说conduct

They’re doing a survey of opinions about organic food.

他们正在做一项有关有机食品的意见调查。

2 music 音乐 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]APM to stand in front of a group of musicians or singers and direct their playing or singing 指挥 → conductor

conduct an orchestra/choir

The orchestra is conducted by John Williams.

这支管弦乐队由约翰•威廉斯指挥。

Who will be conducting?

由谁来指挥？

3 BEHAVE 表现conduct yourself formalBEHAVE to behave in a particular way, especially in a situation where people judge you by the way you behave 表现，为人

The players conducted themselves impeccably, both on and off the field.

这些选手无论在场上还是场下表现都无懈可击。

Examples from the Corpus

conduct yourself• That is how you decide the manner you are going to conduct yourself.• He conducted himself impeccably, he was open and honest and had to put up with a lot from the press and media.• He had an air about him that was highly professional and he conducted himself in a really first-class manner.• But he conducts himself in all situations with a dignity not one whit lessened by his shortness.• These young men, taciturn, hard-working, serious, did not conduct themselves in what Mr Bullins considered the correct manner.• I always try to conduct myself reasonably in public.• Public figures have a duty to conduct themselves responsibly, even in their private lives.• I believed I had conducted myself well.• Imagine fans and athletes honoring their sport by conducting themselves with class.• By the end of the course, you should be able to conduct yourself with confidence in any meeting.• Seidman has conducted himself with extraordinary grace and ability.

4 electricity/heat 电/热 [transitiveT]HPTAKE/BRING if something conducts electricity or heat, it allows electricity or heat to travel along or through it 传导 → conductor

Aluminium, being a metal, readily conducts heat.

铝这种金属导热性能很好。

5 show SB STH 给某人看某物 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] formalSHOW/LET somebody SEE something to take or lead someone somewhere 带领，引导

conduct somebody to something

On arrival, I was conducted to the commandant’s office.

到达以后，我被带到了指挥所。

conducted tour (of something) (=a tour of a building, city, or area with someone who tells you about that place) 有导游陪同的参观旅行

a conducted tour of Berlin

在导游陪同下的柏林之行

n COLLOCATIONS

nouns

conduct research

He’s conducting educational research at the University of Washington.

conduct a survey

They conducted a survey of students’ careers one year after graduation.

conduct a study/review

Scientists conducted a study of the area affected by the nuclear disaster.

conduct an investigation/inquiry

Experts conducted an investigation into the causes of the crash.

conduct an interview

Here are a few guidelines on how to conduct an interview.

conduct a campaign

The party was criticized for the way it had conducted its election campaign.

conduct a test/experiment

Investigators will be conducting tests to determine how the man died.

conduct a search

The Spanish authorities conducted a nationwide search for the girl.

conduct (a) business

The company had been conducting a lot of business in Latin America.

Examples from the Corpus

conduct• The committee will conduct a thorough investigation of the bribery charges.• The visitors were conducted around the factory by senior managers.• The Duke Ellington Orchestra is conducted by Mercer Ellington.• The data comes from a survey conducted by the company last fall.• Since 1982 biennial national surveys conducted by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys have provided valuable information on adolescent smoking behaviour.• Better still, why not conduct elections by phone?• Plastic and rubber won't conduct electricity, but copper will.• Before Newton, people had great difficulty understanding how any metal could conduct electricity.• Water is used to conduct heat away from the reactor.• Y., had already conducted important preliminary research on contra supporters suspected of drug activities.• He became a great fan of yours after a particularly exciting performance you conducted of Belshazzar's Feast.• Bill Thomas, R-Calif., shortly before the House voted 224-187 to authorize an eight-member panel to conduct the investigation.• An officer was sent to conduct the journalists around the shattered building.• Specially treated copper wires conduct the signal from the amplifier to the speakers.• Voter News Service, a consortium of the Associated Press and television networks, conducted the survey.• All the children in the class have to conduct their own science experiments.• A guide will conduct us through the museum.• In addition, experiments were conducted with, and without 100 µg/ml gentamicin and 60 µg/ml nystatin in the Krebs-Henseleit.

conduct an interview• Gatling has become a relentless court jester, mugging, leading cheers and conducting interviews.• On Wednesday morning she set off for one of the city's most distant suburbs in order to conduct an interview.• Over this period I visited the school more than 30 times, chiefly to conduct interviews and attend meetings.• While conducting interviews for this book, I sometimes posed the chameleon riddle to my interviewees.• He has a several years of experience of conducting interviews on national identity.• Journalists conduct interviews, research documents, undertake joint projects with Insight teams and hire quantitative researchers to undertake polls.• At least an hour should be allowed to conduct an interview with a vulnerable elderly client, in order to begin an assessment.• Publicly available data will be used rather than, at this stage, conducting interviews with business owners.

conduct an orchestra/choir• Leopold Stokowski conducts an orchestra which has been divided into individually-miked sections for increased clarity.

conducted tour (of something)• In some schools the children's toilets are included in the conducted tour for potential new parents.• This is an hour-long conducted tour in an old tram car, nostalgia every inch of the way.• To this latter end Mr Heseltine accompanied a busload of businessmen on a conducted tour of Liverpool.

con·duct2 /ˈkɒndʌkt $ ˈkɑːn-/ AWL noun [uncountableU] formal

1 BEHAVEthe way someone behaves, especially in public, in their job etc 〔尤指在公共场合、工作岗位上等的〕行为，举止 SYN behaviour

The Senator’s conduct is being investigated by the Ethics Committee.

该参议员的行为正受到道德委员会的调查。

an inquiry into the conduct of the police

对警方行为的调查

ethical/professional etc conduct

the Law Society’s Code of Professional Conduct

法律协会的行业行为准则

improper/violent/offensive etc conduct 不恰当的/暴力的/无礼的等行为

his arrest for disorderly conduct (=noisy violent behaviour)

他因妨害治安行为而遭逮捕

► see thesaurus at behaviour

2 conduct of something formal DOthe way in which an activity is organized and carried out 某活动的组织安排[执行方式]

complaints about the conduct of the elections

对选举方式的不满

Disclosure of information would compromise the proper conduct of the investigation.

透露消息将影响此项调查的正常进行。

n COLLOCATIONS

adjectives

professional conduct

There are strict rules that regulate lawyers’ professional conduct.

sexual conduct

The politician’s sexual conduct had caused scandal.

violent conduct

Their goalkeeper was sent off the field for violent conduct.

disorderly conduct (=behaving in a noisy or violent way in public)

Her husband was arrested for drunkenness and disorderly conduct.

criminal conduct

In some cases of bullying, pupils may be guilty of criminal conduct.

proper/improper conduct (=correct/incorrect behaviour according to the normal rules or standards)

There was no evidence of improper conduct on the part of the police.

personal conduct

You are expected to maintain a high standard of personal conduct at work.

unsportsmanlike conduct (=behaviour that is not acceptable in a fair competition)

He swore at the referee, and was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct.

human conduct

Societies have certain rules for normal human conduct.

phrases

a code of conduct (=a set of rules stating how you must behave)

All professions have a code of conduct.

rules/standards of conduct

In war, there are established rules of conduct.

a course of conduct (=a set of actions)

The court said that when Harris had embarked on this course of conduct, he knew that it would put lives at risk.

Examples from the Corpus

conduct• We went on a conducted tour of the castle.• Norms and values Norms Every culture contains a large number of guidelines which direct conduct in particular situations.• In return for their favor he acted so atrociously that no poet ever tried to explain his conduct.• And the war was portrayed not only as criminal in intent but also as criminal in conduct.• A new code of conduct for civil servants will be issued next week.• The catering business itself is regulated by various Acts of Parliament which impose duties and standards of conduct that must be observed.• In identifying such conduct, reliance is made on information forthcoming from local authority consumer protection departments.• After all, constitutionally, ministers are answerable to Parliament for the conduct of their Departments.• Attending conferences and meetings is necessary to the conduct of our business.• Political action groups lay in wait for companies that stumble in their conduct and treatment of multiple stake-holders.• The Medical Committee found the doctor guilty of unethical conduct towards three of his patients.• A middle-aged banker has been fined 200 for violent conduct on a train.

disorderly conduct• By 10 a. m., there were 84 arrests, 44 for drunk and disorderly conduct.• In the first few hours after the verdict, 60 people were arrested on charges of disorderly conduct.• An altercation ensued at the lab, and Angeli was convicted this week of disorderly conduct and malicious destruction of property.• You have to understand the disorderly conduct statute...• Mr Pennell has been charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.• They were later charged with disorderly conduct and fined.• A total of 27 people were charged with disorderly conduct.• They arrested the peaceful marchers, put them in paddy wagons, and charged them with disorderly conduct.

From Longman Business Dictionary

conductcon·duct1 /kənˈdʌkt/ verb [transitiveT]

1to manage or organize something

In future, Mr O'Reilly will conduct his business within the rules and regulations.

The Special Fund may, in his name, finalise contractual issues.

2to carry out an activity or process in order to obtain information or prove facts

The European Parliament had asked its legal affairs committee to conduct an investigation into the case.

3conduct yourself formal to behave in a particular way, especially in a situation where other people judge your behaviour

Members of staff should conduct themselves in an appropriate manner when dealing with customers.

conductcon·duct2 /ˈkɒndʌktˈkɑːn-/ noun [uncountableU]

1the way in which a person behaves

It was claimed that the company had engaged in anti-competitive conduct.

→ code of conduct

2the way in which something is managed or organized

There has been a huge change in the conduct of monetary policy.

rules governing the conduct of shareholder meetings

Origin conduct1

(1400-1500) Latin conductus, past participle of conducere; CONDUCE

单词	conduct
释义	conduct Word family nounconductanceconductibilityconductionconductivityconductorconductorshipconductusadjectiveconductibleconductiveadverbconductivelyverbconduct Related topics: Music, Physics con·duct1 /kənˈdʌkt/ ●●○ W2 AWL verb 1 carry out 进行 [transitiveT]DO to carry out a particular activity or process, especially in order to get information or prove facts 〔尤指为获取信息或证实某事时〕进行；实施；执行 conduct a survey/investigation/review etc We are conducting a survey of consumer attitudes towards organic food. 我们在进行一项顾客对有机食品态度的调查。 conduct an experiment/a test Is it really necessary to conduct experiments on animals? 在动物身上做试验是否真有必要？ conduct a campaign They conducted a campaign of bombings and assassinations. 他们实施了一系列的爆炸和暗杀活动。 conduct an interview The interview was conducted in English. 这次面试是用英语进行的。 The memorial service was conducted by the Rev. David Prior. 这次追悼仪式由戴维·普赖尔牧师主持。 It was the first time that I had conducted business in Brazil. 那是我第一次在巴西做生意。 Register In everyday English, people usually say do or carry out rather than conduct: 在日常英语中，人们一般说do或carry out，而不说conduct They’re doing a survey of opinions about organic food. 他们正在做一项有关有机食品的意见调查。 2 music 音乐 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]APM to stand in front of a group of musicians or singers and direct their playing or singing 指挥 → conductor conduct an orchestra/choir The orchestra is conducted by John Williams. 这支管弦乐队由约翰•威廉斯指挥。 Who will be conducting? 由谁来指挥？ 3 BEHAVE 表现conduct yourself formalBEHAVE to behave in a particular way, especially in a situation where people judge you by the way you behave 表现，为人 The players conducted themselves impeccably, both on and off the field. 这些选手无论在场上还是场下表现都无懈可击。 Examples from the Corpus conduct yourself• That is how you decide the manner you are going to conduct yourself.• He conducted himself impeccably, he was open and honest and had to put up with a lot from the press and media.• He had an air about him that was highly professional and he conducted himself in a really first-class manner.• But he conducts himself in all situations with a dignity not one whit lessened by his shortness.• These young men, taciturn, hard-working, serious, did not conduct themselves in what Mr Bullins considered the correct manner.• I always try to conduct myself reasonably in public.• Public figures have a duty to conduct themselves responsibly, even in their private lives.• I believed I had conducted myself well.• Imagine fans and athletes honoring their sport by conducting themselves with class.• By the end of the course, you should be able to conduct yourself with confidence in any meeting.• Seidman has conducted himself with extraordinary grace and ability. 4 electricity/heat 电/热 [transitiveT]HPTAKE/BRING if something conducts electricity or heat, it allows electricity or heat to travel along or through it 传导 → conductor Aluminium, being a metal, readily conducts heat. 铝这种金属导热性能很好。 5 show SB STH 给某人看某物 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] formalSHOW/LET somebody SEE something to take or lead someone somewhere 带领，引导 conduct somebody to something On arrival, I was conducted to the commandant’s office. 到达以后，我被带到了指挥所。 conducted tour (of something) (=a tour of a building, city, or area with someone who tells you about that place) 有导游陪同的参观旅行 a conducted tour of Berlin 在导游陪同下的柏林之行 n COLLOCATIONS nouns conduct research He’s conducting educational research at the University of Washington. conduct a survey They conducted a survey of students’ careers one year after graduation. conduct a study/review Scientists conducted a study of the area affected by the nuclear disaster. conduct an investigation/inquiry Experts conducted an investigation into the causes of the crash. conduct an interview Here are a few guidelines on how to conduct an interview. conduct a campaign The party was criticized for the way it had conducted its election campaign. conduct a test/experiment Investigators will be conducting tests to determine how the man died. conduct a search The Spanish authorities conducted a nationwide search for the girl. conduct (a) business The company had been conducting a lot of business in Latin America. Examples from the Corpus conduct• The committee will conduct a thorough investigation of the bribery charges.• The visitors were conducted around the factory by senior managers.• The Duke Ellington Orchestra is conducted by Mercer Ellington.• The data comes from a survey conducted by the company last fall.• Since 1982 biennial national surveys conducted by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys have provided valuable information on adolescent smoking behaviour.• Better still, why not conduct elections by phone?• Plastic and rubber won't conduct electricity, but copper will.• Before Newton, people had great difficulty understanding how any metal could conduct electricity.• Water is used to conduct heat away from the reactor.• Y., had already conducted important preliminary research on contra supporters suspected of drug activities.• He became a great fan of yours after a particularly exciting performance you conducted of Belshazzar's Feast.• Bill Thomas, R-Calif., shortly before the House voted 224-187 to authorize an eight-member panel to conduct the investigation.• An officer was sent to conduct the journalists around the shattered building.• Specially treated copper wires conduct the signal from the amplifier to the speakers.• Voter News Service, a consortium of the Associated Press and television networks, conducted the survey.• All the children in the class have to conduct their own science experiments.• A guide will conduct us through the museum.• In addition, experiments were conducted with, and without 100 µg/ml gentamicin and 60 µg/ml nystatin in the Krebs-Henseleit. conduct an interview• Gatling has become a relentless court jester, mugging, leading cheers and conducting interviews.• On Wednesday morning she set off for one of the city's most distant suburbs in order to conduct an interview.• Over this period I visited the school more than 30 times, chiefly to conduct interviews and attend meetings.• While conducting interviews for this book, I sometimes posed the chameleon riddle to my interviewees.• He has a several years of experience of conducting interviews on national identity.• Journalists conduct interviews, research documents, undertake joint projects with Insight teams and hire quantitative researchers to undertake polls.• At least an hour should be allowed to conduct an interview with a vulnerable elderly client, in order to begin an assessment.• Publicly available data will be used rather than, at this stage, conducting interviews with business owners. conduct an orchestra/choir• Leopold Stokowski conducts an orchestra which has been divided into individually-miked sections for increased clarity. conducted tour (of something)• In some schools the children's toilets are included in the conducted tour for potential new parents.• This is an hour-long conducted tour in an old tram car, nostalgia every inch of the way.• To this latter end Mr Heseltine accompanied a busload of businessmen on a conducted tour of Liverpool. con·duct2 /ˈkɒndʌkt $ ˈkɑːn-/ ●●○ AWL noun [uncountableU] formal 1 BEHAVEthe way someone behaves, especially in public, in their job etc 〔尤指在公共场合、工作岗位上等的〕行为，举止 SYN behaviour The Senator’s conduct is being investigated by the Ethics Committee. 该参议员的行为正受到道德委员会的调查。 an inquiry into the conduct of the police 对警方行为的调查 ethical/professional etc conduct the Law Society’s Code of Professional Conduct 法律协会的行业行为准则 improper/violent/offensive etc conduct 不恰当的/暴力的/无礼的等行为 his arrest for disorderly conduct (=noisy violent behaviour) 他因妨害治安行为而遭逮捕 ► see thesaurus at behaviour 2 conduct of something formal DOthe way in which an activity is organized and carried out 某活动的组织安排[执行方式] complaints about the conduct of the elections 对选举方式的不满 Disclosure of information would compromise the proper conduct of the investigation. 透露消息将影响此项调查的正常进行。 n COLLOCATIONS adjectives professional conduct There are strict rules that regulate lawyers’ professional conduct. sexual conduct The politician’s sexual conduct had caused scandal. violent conduct Their goalkeeper was sent off the field for violent conduct. disorderly conduct (=behaving in a noisy or violent way in public) Her husband was arrested for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. criminal conduct In some cases of bullying, pupils may be guilty of criminal conduct. proper/improper conduct (=correct/incorrect behaviour according to the normal rules or standards) There was no evidence of improper conduct on the part of the police. personal conduct You are expected to maintain a high standard of personal conduct at work. unsportsmanlike conduct (=behaviour that is not acceptable in a fair competition) He swore at the referee, and was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct. human conduct Societies have certain rules for normal human conduct. phrases a code of conduct (=a set of rules stating how you must behave) All professions have a code of conduct. rules/standards of conduct In war, there are established rules of conduct. a course of conduct (=a set of actions) The court said that when Harris had embarked on this course of conduct, he knew that it would put lives at risk. Examples from the Corpus conduct• We went on a conducted tour of the castle.• Norms and values Norms Every culture contains a large number of guidelines which direct conduct in particular situations.• In return for their favor he acted so atrociously that no poet ever tried to explain his conduct.• And the war was portrayed not only as criminal in intent but also as criminal in conduct.• A new code of conduct for civil servants will be issued next week.• The catering business itself is regulated by various Acts of Parliament which impose duties and standards of conduct that must be observed.• In identifying such conduct, reliance is made on information forthcoming from local authority consumer protection departments.• After all, constitutionally, ministers are answerable to Parliament for the conduct of their Departments.• Attending conferences and meetings is necessary to the conduct of our business.• Political action groups lay in wait for companies that stumble in their conduct and treatment of multiple stake-holders.• The Medical Committee found the doctor guilty of unethical conduct towards three of his patients.• A middle-aged banker has been fined 200 for violent conduct on a train. disorderly conduct• By 10 a. m., there were 84 arrests, 44 for drunk and disorderly conduct.• In the first few hours after the verdict, 60 people were arrested on charges of disorderly conduct.• An altercation ensued at the lab, and Angeli was convicted this week of disorderly conduct and malicious destruction of property.• You have to understand the disorderly conduct statute...• Mr Pennell has been charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.• They were later charged with disorderly conduct and fined.• A total of 27 people were charged with disorderly conduct.• They arrested the peaceful marchers, put them in paddy wagons, and charged them with disorderly conduct. From Longman Business Dictionary conductcon·duct1 /kənˈdʌkt/ verb [transitiveT] 1to manage or organize something In future, Mr O'Reilly will conduct his business within the rules and regulations. The Special Fund may, in his name, finalise contractual issues. 2to carry out an activity or process in order to obtain information or prove facts The European Parliament had asked its legal affairs committee to conduct an investigation into the case. 3conduct yourself formal to behave in a particular way, especially in a situation where other people judge your behaviour Members of staff should conduct themselves in an appropriate manner when dealing with customers. conductcon·duct2 /ˈkɒndʌktˈkɑːn-/ noun [uncountableU] 1the way in which a person behaves It was claimed that the company had engaged in anti-competitive conduct. → code of conduct 2the way in which something is managed or organized There has been a huge change in the conduct of monetary policy. rules governing the conduct of shareholder meetings Origin conduct1 (1400-1500) Latin conductus, past participle of conducere; CONDUCE
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