direct

Word family noun direction directness director directionalitydirectivitydirectoratedirectorshipdirectorydirectrixdirect accessdirect actiondirect currentdirect debitdirect maildirect marketingdirect methoddirect objectdirector-generaldirector's chairdirector's cutdirectory enquiriesdirect speechdirect taxadjective direct ≠ indirect directionaldirectionlessdirectivedirectorialverb direct redirect adverb directly ≠ indirectly

di·rect1 /dəˈrekt, ˌdaɪˈrekt◂/ S2 W1 adjectiveadj

1 without involving others 没有涉及其他方面PERSONALLY/YOURSELF done without any other people, actions, processes etc coming between 直接的 OPP indirect

Experienced users have direct access to the main data files.

高级用户可直接浏览主数据文档。

I’m not in direct contact with them.

我和他们没有直接的联系。

Few policy-makers have had direct experience of business.

决策者几乎都没有直接的从商经历。

direct effect/impact/influence etc

Educational level has a sizeable direct effect on income.

教育程度对收入有很大的直接影响。

direct link/connection/relationship etc

There is a direct link between poverty and ill-health.

贫困与健康不佳有着直接的关系。

direct result/consequence

The decision to close the hospital is a direct result of Government health policy.

关闭这所医院的决定是政府医疗保健政策导致的直接结果。

2 from one place to another 从一个地方到另一个地方STRAIGHT going straight from one place to another without stopping or changing direction 笔直的，径直的〔中途不停的，不改变方向的〕 OPP indirect

Which is the most direct route to London?

哪条是到伦敦最直接的路线？

a direct flight to New York

直飞纽约的航班

3 exact 精确的 [only before noun]EXACT exact or total 精确的；恰好的；完全的

Weight increases in direct proportion to mass.

重量的增加与质量成正比。

For Lawrence, in direct contrast to Adam, everything seemed to come so easily.

与亚当恰恰相反，对劳伦斯来说一切都好像来得那么容易。

a direct quote (=exact words) from the book

引自该书的一段原话

4 behaviour/attitude 行为/态度HONEST saying exactly what you mean in an honest clear way 率直的，坦率的，直言的 OPP indirect

Women often feel men are too direct and not sympathetic enough.

女人常常觉得男人太直率，不够体贴。

Now, let me ask you a direct question, and I expect a direct answer.

现在我要问你一个坦率的问题，希望你能坦率地回答。

► see thesaurus at honest

5 direct descendant FAMILYsomeone who is related to someone else through their parents and grandparents, not through their aunts, uncles etc 嫡系后裔

direct descendant of

She claimed to be a direct descendant of Wordsworth.

她自称是华兹华斯的嫡系后裔。

Examples from the Corpus

direct of• In many ways the Aphrodisians were the direct descendants of Hellenistic and, more specifically, Pergamene sculpture.• The professor said he has no idea if Ayi is a direct descendant of other Glidji monarchs.• I don't care for the practice of polling because of polling because it is direct descendant of that fraudulent invention sociology.• Those who made it an issue were the direct descendants of the anti-military counter-culture of the 1960s.• Many of its problems are direct descendants of the central problems of philosophy.• The shire horses are direct descendants of the great war horses, and each one weighs a ton.• He was an O'Conor and a direct descendant of the last High King of Ireland.• Both marriages were childless; so that Elizabeth was the last direct descendant of William Shakespeare.

6 direct hit an occasion on which something such as a bomb hits a place exactly, causing a lot of damage 〔炸弹等〕直接命中

During the war, the cathedral suffered many direct hits.

战争期间，这座大教堂多次被炸弹直接击中。

One of the bombers scored a direct hit.

其中有一架轰炸机直接命中目标。

Examples from the Corpus

scored a direct hit• One scored a direct hit but, despite being showered with glass, there were no serious injuries.• A shell scored a direct hit on a petrol tank, and he felt the wave of heat from fifty yards off.

7 direct heat/sunlight HOT TASTEstrong heat or light that someone or something is not protected from 〔没有任何防护的〕直接受热/日照 OPP indirect

Never change the film in direct sunlight.

千万不要在阳光照射下更换胶卷。

Examples from the Corpus

direct heat/sunlight• However, far more use is made of geothermal energy for direct heat.• Never fall asleep in direct sunlight.• Winter, summer, spring, or fall, the Vanyas' house received no direct sunlight.• Unfortunately it get direct sunlight, and is afflicted with algae.• In bright or open shade, there is no direct sunlight but plenty of indirect light.• In full shade there is no direct sunlight, but there is some indirect light.• They need bright light, but should be watched for signs of scorching in strong direct sunlight during the summer.• It needs this cooling device because it is more exposed to the direct heat of the sun.

→ directly1, directness

n COLLOCATIONS

nouns

direct access

Very few people have direct access to the president.

direct contact

The disease is only spread by direct contact between people.

a direct link/connection

The campaign makes a direct link between global warming and the consumption of energy in the home.

a direct relationship

We think having a direct relationship with customers is very important.

a direct effect/impact

Our organization’s work has a direct impact upon children’s lives in this country.

a direct result/consequence

Many illnesses here are a direct consequence of bad diet.

direct experience

People learn best through direct experience.

direct evidence

There is no direct evidence that this causes any harm.

direct control

The state has direct control over certain industries.

Examples from the Corpus

direct• Russell Glass of Premier Partners is more direct.• People were often scared of my father, who was very direct.• I have direct access to the company's database.• The government's concern has led it to exert fairly direct, although informal, control over the pay bargaining process.• A satisfactory alternative or addition to biliary brush cytology is direct biopsy of the stricture using small forceps under fluoroscopic control.• We have had no direct contact with any government officials.• I'm not in direct contact with them.• Tyler's fierce public image was a direct contrast to his tender love for his family.• Sue has direct control over the business.• From 1914 to 1918 the British people had their first direct experience of war from the air.• We can get a direct flight to New York.• There are also new direct flights from Newcastle, Norwich and Birmingham.• Cutbacks in defense spending will have a direct impact on 80,000 jobs.• The Chin tracks in India follow the most direct line between villages, regardless of gradient.• With her direct manner and good head for business she was soon promoted.• Accounting tends to supersede direct observation because the units to be controlled are usually many and they are also probably geographically dispersed.• The file designer will find it worthwhile to examine every direct processing application of an indexed sequential file critically.• Weight increases in direct proportion to mass.• But poverty is also the direct result of a new historical disadvantage: the exclusion of older men and women from work.• Which is the most direct route to London from here?• Shade Road would be a more direct route to the freeway.• It's best to be direct when talking with the management.

direct result/consequence• None spoke of stress but all were suffering from it, and their physical symptoms were the direct result.• But poverty is also the direct result of a new historical disadvantage: the exclusion of older men and women from work.• The differences are the direct result of evolution.• Debt is the direct result of the banking structure that has enriched the G7 leading industrial nations.• The change was thought to be a direct consequence of the protest action taken by conscripts in May.• Much of this is the direct result of the selection of more optimal sites for planting the grape.• They were a direct result of the Uprising.• The first of these events was a direct consequence of the war.

direct flight• There are also new direct flights from Newcastle, Norwich and Birmingham.• However, direct flight had its drawbacks as well.• Nova was developing in parallel as a booster capable of hurling a spacecraft to the Moon on a direct flight mission.• A late morning direct flight takes you to Kathmandu where you will stay at the Oberoi Soaltee Hotel for 2 nights.• On the grounds of minimizing risk, many of them had decided on a direct flight that did not involve docking spacecraft.• She argued in favour of a direct flight to London and then on to Jersey.• Fast direct flight with quick clipped wing-beats; at rest bobs head when suspicious.

in direct contrast to• This is in direct contrast to the company's more secretive past as part of the Central Electricity Generating Board.

Related topics: Theatre, Media

direct2 S3 W2 verb

1 aim 瞄准 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]DIRECTION to aim something in a particular direction or at a particular person, group etc 把〔某物〕对准；针对

direct something at/towards etc something

The machine directs an X-ray beam at the patient’s body.

机器把X射线对准病人的身体。

The new route directs lorries away from the town centre.

新的道路使得卡车可以绕开镇中心行驶。

I’d like to direct your attention to paragraph four.

我想请你们留意第四段。

I want to direct my efforts more towards my own projects.

我想把精力更多地投入到自己的项目中去。

2 be in charge 负责 [transitiveT]IN CHARGE OF to be in charge of something or control it 负责，管理，指导，监督

Mr Turner was directing the investigation from a very early stage.

特纳先生从很早开始就在负责这项调查。

The choir was directed by Sir David Willcocks.

合唱团由戴维·威尔科克斯爵士指挥。

3 film/play 电影/戏剧APTAM [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to give the actors in a play, film, or television programme instructions about what they should do 导演

The play was directed by Frank Hauser.

这部戏剧由弗兰克·豪泽导演。

4 way/route 道路 [transitiveT] formal to tell someone how to get to a place 给〔某人〕指路

direct somebody to something

Could you direct me to Trafalgar Square, please?

你能告诉我去特拉法尔加广场怎么走吗？

► see thesaurus at lead

5 tell SB to do STH 告诉某人做某事 [transitiveT] formal to tell someone what they should do 指示，命令 SYN order

direct somebody to do something

The judge directed the jury to find Mr Baggs not guilty.

法官指示陪审团判巴格斯先生无罪。

direct that

He directed that his body should be buried in Upton.

他要求将他的遗体安葬在阿普顿。

► see thesaurus at order

Examples from the Corpus

direct• Now he directed a section of the Military Intelligence unit concerned with the security of the state from threats outside its boundaries.• Top level managers direct all computer-related activities in an organization.• Steinberg directed Argonne's chemistry division from 1982 to 1988.• All too often attention is directed away from the present encounter to the next so that response is reduced to a minimum.• It was a troubled film, directed by Sam Peckinpah who constantly had the Columbia Studio brass breathing down his neck.• Those who are directing the ballpark construction say the lift technology is tested and will pose little danger to workers.• A former Thompson campaign worker, Mary Crutchfield, 30, is directing the Dole effort in that state.• Evaluation can be directed towards the various aspects of the educational course or programme.• A steward directed us behind the stage and towards the dressing rooms.• Go and ask the patrolman - he'll direct you to the freeway.

direct ... efforts• This focus can be used to direct all recruitment efforts.• But how best to direct our efforts for improvement is bound up with our perceptions of the reasons for the differences.• Organizational goals are clearly specified to direct efforts of employees toward greater efficiency.• Local economic development strategies divert attention and resources of government away from direct efforts to resolve social problems. 7.• We are committed to prudent exploration and will direct efforts to ventures which offer significant potential.• Negotiations with Moda'i Initially, Peres directed his efforts towards winning the support of small orthodox religious parties.

direct somebody to something• A nurse directed us down the hallway to the birthing room.

direct that• He also directed that full restitution be made and that Greenlaw serve three years of probation after completing his house arrest.• Or the settlor could direct that in a certain event a new use should spring up in D's favour.• One could well direct that question to the Labour party.• Burns' will directed that the money be used for college scholarships.• It may then direct that the records or documents be disclosed to other parties to the proceedings.

direct3 adverbadv

1 STOP MOVINGwithout stopping or changing direction 中途不停地，径直地 SYN directly

Can we fly direct to Chicago, or do we stop in Salt Lake City first?

我们能否直飞芝加哥，还是要先在盐湖城停一下？

2 IMMEDIATELYwithout dealing with anyone else first 直接地〔和某人打交道〕 SYN directly

Esther decided to contact the manager direct.

埃斯特决定直接和经理联系。

It is usually cheaper to buy the goods direct from the wholesaler.

直接向批发商购货一般比较便宜。

Examples from the Corpus

direct• Dole spoke directly about his age, saying it was not a liability.• She's not directly involved in the selling side of the business.• Its knowledge comes to it direct.• They wanted to talk to you direct, but I said that would frighten you off.• Don the swank, hop on the Vespa, and scoot on down for a lesson in ska direct from Fresno.• It's usually cheaper to buy the goods direct from the wholesaler.• I'm flying direct to Dallas from Los Angeles.

Origin direct1

(1300-1400) Latin directus, past participle of dirigere “to set straight, guide”

单词	direct
释义	direct Word family noun direction directness director directionalitydirectivitydirectoratedirectorshipdirectorydirectrixdirect accessdirect actiondirect currentdirect debitdirect maildirect marketingdirect methoddirect objectdirector-generaldirector's chairdirector's cutdirectory enquiriesdirect speechdirect taxadjective direct ≠ indirect directionaldirectionlessdirectivedirectorialverb direct redirect adverb directly ≠ indirectly di·rect1 /dəˈrekt, ˌdaɪˈrekt◂/ ●●● S2 W1 adjectiveadj 1 without involving others 没有涉及其他方面PERSONALLY/YOURSELF done without any other people, actions, processes etc coming between 直接的 OPP indirect Experienced users have direct access to the main data files. 高级用户可直接浏览主数据文档。 I’m not in direct contact with them. 我和他们没有直接的联系。 Few policy-makers have had direct experience of business. 决策者几乎都没有直接的从商经历。 direct effect/impact/influence etc Educational level has a sizeable direct effect on income. 教育程度对收入有很大的直接影响。 direct link/connection/relationship etc There is a direct link between poverty and ill-health. 贫困与健康不佳有着直接的关系。 direct result/consequence The decision to close the hospital is a direct result of Government health policy. 关闭这所医院的决定是政府医疗保健政策导致的直接结果。 2 from one place to another 从一个地方到另一个地方STRAIGHT going straight from one place to another without stopping or changing direction 笔直的，径直的〔中途不停的，不改变方向的〕 OPP indirect Which is the most direct route to London? 哪条是到伦敦最直接的路线？ a direct flight to New York 直飞纽约的航班 3 exact 精确的 [only before noun]EXACT exact or total 精确的；恰好的；完全的 Weight increases in direct proportion to mass. 重量的增加与质量成正比。 For Lawrence, in direct contrast to Adam, everything seemed to come so easily. 与亚当恰恰相反，对劳伦斯来说一切都好像来得那么容易。 a direct quote (=exact words) from the book 引自该书的一段原话 4 behaviour/attitude 行为/态度HONEST saying exactly what you mean in an honest clear way 率直的，坦率的，直言的 OPP indirect Women often feel men are too direct and not sympathetic enough. 女人常常觉得男人太直率，不够体贴。 Now, let me ask you a direct question, and I expect a direct answer. 现在我要问你一个坦率的问题，希望你能坦率地回答。 ► see thesaurus at honest 5 direct descendant FAMILYsomeone who is related to someone else through their parents and grandparents, not through their aunts, uncles etc 嫡系后裔 direct descendant of She claimed to be a direct descendant of Wordsworth. 她自称是华兹华斯的嫡系后裔。 Examples from the Corpus direct of• In many ways the Aphrodisians were the direct descendants of Hellenistic and, more specifically, Pergamene sculpture.• The professor said he has no idea if Ayi is a direct descendant of other Glidji monarchs.• I don't care for the practice of polling because of polling because it is direct descendant of that fraudulent invention sociology.• Those who made it an issue were the direct descendants of the anti-military counter-culture of the 1960s.• Many of its problems are direct descendants of the central problems of philosophy.• The shire horses are direct descendants of the great war horses, and each one weighs a ton.• He was an O'Conor and a direct descendant of the last High King of Ireland.• Both marriages were childless; so that Elizabeth was the last direct descendant of William Shakespeare. 6 direct hit an occasion on which something such as a bomb hits a place exactly, causing a lot of damage 〔炸弹等〕直接命中 During the war, the cathedral suffered many direct hits. 战争期间，这座大教堂多次被炸弹直接击中。 One of the bombers scored a direct hit. 其中有一架轰炸机直接命中目标。 Examples from the Corpus scored a direct hit• One scored a direct hit but, despite being showered with glass, there were no serious injuries.• A shell scored a direct hit on a petrol tank, and he felt the wave of heat from fifty yards off. 7 direct heat/sunlight HOT TASTEstrong heat or light that someone or something is not protected from 〔没有任何防护的〕直接受热/日照 OPP indirect Never change the film in direct sunlight. 千万不要在阳光照射下更换胶卷。 Examples from the Corpus direct heat/sunlight• However, far more use is made of geothermal energy for direct heat.• Never fall asleep in direct sunlight.• Winter, summer, spring, or fall, the Vanyas' house received no direct sunlight.• Unfortunately it get direct sunlight, and is afflicted with algae.• In bright or open shade, there is no direct sunlight but plenty of indirect light.• In full shade there is no direct sunlight, but there is some indirect light.• They need bright light, but should be watched for signs of scorching in strong direct sunlight during the summer.• It needs this cooling device because it is more exposed to the direct heat of the sun. → directly1, directness n COLLOCATIONS nouns direct access Very few people have direct access to the president. direct contact The disease is only spread by direct contact between people. a direct link/connection The campaign makes a direct link between global warming and the consumption of energy in the home. a direct relationship We think having a direct relationship with customers is very important. a direct effect/impact Our organization’s work has a direct impact upon children’s lives in this country. a direct result/consequence Many illnesses here are a direct consequence of bad diet. direct experience People learn best through direct experience. direct evidence There is no direct evidence that this causes any harm. direct control The state has direct control over certain industries. Examples from the Corpus direct• Russell Glass of Premier Partners is more direct.• People were often scared of my father, who was very direct.• I have direct access to the company's database.• The government's concern has led it to exert fairly direct, although informal, control over the pay bargaining process.• A satisfactory alternative or addition to biliary brush cytology is direct biopsy of the stricture using small forceps under fluoroscopic control.• We have had no direct contact with any government officials.• I'm not in direct contact with them.• Tyler's fierce public image was a direct contrast to his tender love for his family.• Sue has direct control over the business.• From 1914 to 1918 the British people had their first direct experience of war from the air.• We can get a direct flight to New York.• There are also new direct flights from Newcastle, Norwich and Birmingham.• Cutbacks in defense spending will have a direct impact on 80,000 jobs.• The Chin tracks in India follow the most direct line between villages, regardless of gradient.• With her direct manner and good head for business she was soon promoted.• Accounting tends to supersede direct observation because the units to be controlled are usually many and they are also probably geographically dispersed.• The file designer will find it worthwhile to examine every direct processing application of an indexed sequential file critically.• Weight increases in direct proportion to mass.• But poverty is also the direct result of a new historical disadvantage: the exclusion of older men and women from work.• Which is the most direct route to London from here?• Shade Road would be a more direct route to the freeway.• It's best to be direct when talking with the management. direct result/consequence• None spoke of stress but all were suffering from it, and their physical symptoms were the direct result.• But poverty is also the direct result of a new historical disadvantage: the exclusion of older men and women from work.• The differences are the direct result of evolution.• Debt is the direct result of the banking structure that has enriched the G7 leading industrial nations.• The change was thought to be a direct consequence of the protest action taken by conscripts in May.• Much of this is the direct result of the selection of more optimal sites for planting the grape.• They were a direct result of the Uprising.• The first of these events was a direct consequence of the war. direct flight• There are also new direct flights from Newcastle, Norwich and Birmingham.• However, direct flight had its drawbacks as well.• Nova was developing in parallel as a booster capable of hurling a spacecraft to the Moon on a direct flight mission.• A late morning direct flight takes you to Kathmandu where you will stay at the Oberoi Soaltee Hotel for 2 nights.• On the grounds of minimizing risk, many of them had decided on a direct flight that did not involve docking spacecraft.• She argued in favour of a direct flight to London and then on to Jersey.• Fast direct flight with quick clipped wing-beats; at rest bobs head when suspicious. in direct contrast to• This is in direct contrast to the company's more secretive past as part of the Central Electricity Generating Board. Related topics: Theatre, Media direct2 ●●● S3 W2 verb 1 aim 瞄准 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]DIRECTION to aim something in a particular direction or at a particular person, group etc 把〔某物〕对准；针对 direct something at/towards etc something The machine directs an X-ray beam at the patient’s body. 机器把X射线对准病人的身体。 The new route directs lorries away from the town centre. 新的道路使得卡车可以绕开镇中心行驶。 I’d like to direct your attention to paragraph four. 我想请你们留意第四段。 I want to direct my efforts more towards my own projects. 我想把精力更多地投入到自己的项目中去。 2 be in charge 负责 [transitiveT]IN CHARGE OF to be in charge of something or control it 负责，管理，指导，监督 Mr Turner was directing the investigation from a very early stage. 特纳先生从很早开始就在负责这项调查。 The choir was directed by Sir David Willcocks. 合唱团由戴维·威尔科克斯爵士指挥。 3 film/play 电影/戏剧APTAM [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to give the actors in a play, film, or television programme instructions about what they should do 导演 The play was directed by Frank Hauser. 这部戏剧由弗兰克·豪泽导演。 4 way/route 道路 [transitiveT] formal to tell someone how to get to a place 给〔某人〕指路 direct somebody to something Could you direct me to Trafalgar Square, please? 你能告诉我去特拉法尔加广场怎么走吗？ ► see thesaurus at lead 5 tell SB to do STH 告诉某人做某事 [transitiveT] formal to tell someone what they should do 指示，命令 SYN order direct somebody to do something The judge directed the jury to find Mr Baggs not guilty. 法官指示陪审团判巴格斯先生无罪。 direct that He directed that his body should be buried in Upton. 他要求将他的遗体安葬在阿普顿。 ► see thesaurus at order Examples from the Corpus direct• Now he directed a section of the Military Intelligence unit concerned with the security of the state from threats outside its boundaries.• Top level managers direct all computer-related activities in an organization.• Steinberg directed Argonne's chemistry division from 1982 to 1988.• All too often attention is directed away from the present encounter to the next so that response is reduced to a minimum.• It was a troubled film, directed by Sam Peckinpah who constantly had the Columbia Studio brass breathing down his neck.• Those who are directing the ballpark construction say the lift technology is tested and will pose little danger to workers.• A former Thompson campaign worker, Mary Crutchfield, 30, is directing the Dole effort in that state.• Evaluation can be directed towards the various aspects of the educational course or programme.• A steward directed us behind the stage and towards the dressing rooms.• Go and ask the patrolman - he'll direct you to the freeway. direct ... efforts• This focus can be used to direct all recruitment efforts.• But how best to direct our efforts for improvement is bound up with our perceptions of the reasons for the differences.• Organizational goals are clearly specified to direct efforts of employees toward greater efficiency.• Local economic development strategies divert attention and resources of government away from direct efforts to resolve social problems. 7.• We are committed to prudent exploration and will direct efforts to ventures which offer significant potential.• Negotiations with Moda'i Initially, Peres directed his efforts towards winning the support of small orthodox religious parties. direct somebody to something• A nurse directed us down the hallway to the birthing room. direct that• He also directed that full restitution be made and that Greenlaw serve three years of probation after completing his house arrest.• Or the settlor could direct that in a certain event a new use should spring up in D's favour.• One could well direct that question to the Labour party.• Burns' will directed that the money be used for college scholarships.• It may then direct that the records or documents be disclosed to other parties to the proceedings. direct3 adverbadv 1 STOP MOVINGwithout stopping or changing direction 中途不停地，径直地 SYN directly Can we fly direct to Chicago, or do we stop in Salt Lake City first? 我们能否直飞芝加哥，还是要先在盐湖城停一下？ 2 IMMEDIATELYwithout dealing with anyone else first 直接地〔和某人打交道〕 SYN directly Esther decided to contact the manager direct. 埃斯特决定直接和经理联系。 It is usually cheaper to buy the goods direct from the wholesaler. 直接向批发商购货一般比较便宜。 Examples from the Corpus direct• Dole spoke directly about his age, saying it was not a liability.• She's not directly involved in the selling side of the business.• Its knowledge comes to it direct.• They wanted to talk to you direct, but I said that would frighten you off.• Don the swank, hop on the Vespa, and scoot on down for a lesson in ska direct from Fresno.• It's usually cheaper to buy the goods direct from the wholesaler.• I'm flying direct to Dallas from Los Angeles. Origin direct1 (1300-1400) Latin directus, past participle of dirigere “to set straight, guide”
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