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Definition of man in English: mannounPlural men manmæn 1An adult human male. （成年）男子，男人 a small man with mischievous eyes Example sentencesExamples - She saw the dark figure of a man through the fog and then his face became clear.
- During the operation police also arrested an 18 year-old man on suspicion of possessing a firearm.
- My dad was a decently attractive man in his mid-thirties.
- This was a very upbeat speech by a man who is clearly in control of the party
- Four men were arrested in connection with the attack and a separate robbery.
- Ben is also a kind and decent man who is held in high regard by all those who have worked with him.
- Their driver was a burly, bearded man in his forties.
- Last week I was talking to a man at the bar of the Hilton hotel at Addis Ababa.
- The British team finished fourth in both the men's and women's team championships.
- The most likely victims are men in their 20s.
- She was approached by men armed with knives, who demanded her earrings and necklace.
- An Estonian man suspected of plundering millions from hundreds of online bank accounts accounts across Europe was arrested last week.
- Back on the promenade, I saw a man and a boy trying to fly a kite down on the beach.
- One of his ancestors, a man by the name of Child, lived in a village on the Welsh coast near Fishguard.
- One man needed treatment at Southampton General Hospital for the effects of smoke inhalation.
- The man, whose name has not been released, was discharged after treatment in hospital.
- We plan to organise women's hockey on similar lines to that of men's hockey.
- A wide grin spread across the man's face.
- The man behind the counter looked, if not friendly, at least approachable.
- I realize you are a very busy man and probably have a lot of things on your mind right now.
Synonyms male, adult male, gentleman, youth informal guy, fellow, geezer, gent, mother's son British informal bloke, chap, lad North American informal dude, bozo, hombre Australian/New Zealand informal digger South African informal oke, ou, oom Indian informal admi Scottish & Irish informal bodach British informal, dated cove Scottish archaic carl - 1.1 A male member of a workforce, team, etc.
（运动队）男队员 over 700 men were made redundant 700多名男性工人被裁减。 Example sentencesExamples - Coach Martin Hall is still expecting his men to figure prominently in the forthcoming play-offs.
- I'll leave it to our man in Washington to comment on the domestic issues involved in the presidential campaign.
- With only ten men Pool conceded two goals in the first-half but still created chances.
- When the ambulance men arrived, her husband was kneeling beside the baby on the bedroom floor.
- A man short, his team mates survived to the end of extra time but lost the penalty shootout.
- Britain's largest coal operator has already shut the Prince of Wales Colliery at Pontefract, making hundreds of men redundant.
- But gone are the days when Shankly's men would blast teams away and dominate our domestic game.
- Shackleton did everything that he could to keep the men's spirits up as the Endurance gradually sank.
- If they receive two yellow cards a player will be withdrawn from the game, restricting the team to 10 men.
- Lippi's men were the best team in the competition, and he was the canniest coach.
Synonyms worker, workman, labourer, helper, hand, blue-collar worker See also: staff - 1.2men Ordinary members of the armed forces as distinct from the officers.
士兵 he had a platoon of forty men to prepare for battle 他带领一个排40名士兵准备战斗。 Example sentencesExamples - Sergeant Lang got onboard with his men as Officer Humphrey followed closely with Jennifer.
- As they approached one village a mortar landed nearby in the river and Major Lindsay ordered his men to seek cover.
- He was one of the most respected generals because of his care for the men and his record as a fighter.
- To start with, each commando unit was to consist of fifty men and three officers.
- Many fellow soldiers owed their lives to the bravery of the men in the 3rd Division.
- Orders were made as suggestions and officers and men were on first-name terms.
- My dad was in the air force, and he spoke about the inequalities he saw between the officers and ordinary men.
- The smallest entity commanded by a commissioned officer is usually a platoon of about 30 men.
- Protocol required Cook to seek leave of the Viceroy for his officers and men to come ashore.
- Officers and men from units which had been forced to abandon their positions were shot for desertion.
- The role of the reserve battalions was to supply troops to the service battalions as they lost men in combat.
- No commander wants to see his men die in combat but knows that casualties are a part of war.
Synonyms soldiers, armed forces, service men, men, service women - 1.3 A husband or lover.
丈夫；男友；情人 the two of them lived for a time as man and wife 他们两人一度以夫妻名义共同生活。 Example sentencesExamples - The tower was originally a summer banqueting house and allowed aristocratic ladies to watch their men hunting.
- According to friends, the actress is completely smitten with her new man.
- I've been with my man for about seven years but when we got married, I began to love him more.
- It brought out the woman in me and the man in my man.
- As Marian and Lewes continued to live together as man and wife, people generally began to accept them as a married couple.
- I don't have a problem with women hitting on my man… why wouldn't they?
- Maybe, none of the earlier relationships had worked out because Rohan was destined to be her man.
- It should be the sort of manly thing I get my man to do, but he leaves computers to me.
- A year ago, my man of 14 years cheated on me for the first time.
- My cousin Katie and her new man Andrew picked me up at the airport late Wednesday night.
Synonyms boyfriend, partner, husband, spouse, lover, admirer, fiancé, amour, inamorato common-law husband, escort, live-in lover, significant other, cohabitee informal fancy man, toy boy, sugar daddy British informal boyf North American informal squeeze South African informal jong dated beau, steady, young man informal, dated intended archaic leman - 1.4with modifier A male person associated with a particular place, activity, or occupation.
（属于某地、某一活动或职业的）男人 男性剑桥人。 我是一个坚定的工党党员。 Example sentencesExamples - Advocate and author John Mayer looks every inch the rock solid establishment man.
- Having been trained at Harvard both as a medical man and an anthropologist, you'd think his take on scientific issues of our day would be worth noting.
- Louis Stanley is a Cambridge man who went on to become a leading industrialist.
- If I were a betting man I'd certainly have a flutter on a new PM by the end of July.
- We waited for the ice cream man and wore shorts and let the grass tickle our bare feet.
- My mum was the picket in my family, not my dad, although he was a very strong union man.
- My father was a trade union man who always had his rosary in his pocket.
- If Donald was a Labour man, he was also a Glaswegian through and through.
- Jack was a drinking man and mornings were not his best time.
- The bravery of a Manchester man who fought in the American Civil War is to be recorded in a museum in the US.
- I'm a professional philosopher, not a medical man.
- A battle for power between a union man and an intellectual is looming at Salford town hall.
- 1.5 A person with the qualities associated with males, such as bravery, spirit, or toughness.
男子汉，大丈夫 she was more of a man than any of them 她比他们中间的任何一个都更像男子汉。 Example sentencesExamples - Ironically, her initial portrayal in the show, as more of a man than the men in her Cabinet, may have added to her myth.
- He's more of a man than you'll ever be.
- I knew that I had to be a man and help my brother.
- But Don's the quintessential quiet guy who must overcome his cowardice and be a man.
- I'm not into cars and I know that in some circles that makes me less of a man, but so be it.
- 1.6 A male pursued or sought by another, especially in connection with a crime.
被追捕的男性 Inspector Bull was sure they would find their man 布尔警官坚信他们会找到要抓的男子。 Example sentencesExamples - As soon as we established that Elener was a former Securicor employee, we were fairly sure he was our man.
- Hugh Miller is convinced that Loring is his man, but he can't find any concrete evidence.
- Bounty hunters can use almost any tool at their disposal to find and capture their man.
- 1.7dated A manservant or valet.
〈旧〉男仆；男随从 get me a cocktail, my man 给我来一杯鸡尾酒，伙计。 Synonyms manservant, valet, gentleman's gentleman, attendant, retainer page, footman, flunkey, Jeeves Military, dated batman North American houseman - 1.8historical A vassal.
〈史〉封臣；臣属 Example sentencesExamples - By taking service in William's army he had become the man of the Duke of the Normans.
2A human being of either sex; a person. （不论性别的）人 上帝关心所有种族和所有的人。 Example sentencesExamples - Perhaps they have special skills that are denied the rest of us mere mortal men.
- He believes in the doctrine of freedom, or equal personal rights for all men.
- The support given cannot be understood by anyone such as yourself as it displays a basic concern for our fellow men.
- They are practically indestructible, outlasting anything that mere mortal men can do to them.
- How can we solve something as important as global warming if we don't even care about our fellow men.
- He wanted to stimulate anthropological debate, to allow viewers to better understand their fellow men.
- Need I add that helping and caring for animals is integral to caring for our fellow men?
Synonyms human being, human, person, mortal, individual, personage, soul - 2.1in singular Human beings in general; the human race.
人类 places untouched by the ravages of man 没有遭到人类破坏的地方。 Example sentencesExamples - Wood is the oldest building material known to man - the earliest known wooden artefacts date back some 14,000 years.
- Genesis in fact hints that there was evil present in the world before the fall of man.
- Perhaps it may be said that civilization is about to enter the age of the decline of man.
- Luckily some of these art forms have survived the ravages of man, beast, and time and can still be seen and admired.
- She was instrumental in raising people's awareness of man's impact on the environment.
- Some historians claim this is the most graphic example of man's inhumanity to man.
- These drawings, which include etchings of what are thought to be reindeer and bison, give an insight into why early man created such works of art.
- None the less, equality in the eyes of God laid the foundations for equality in the eyes of man and before the law.
Synonyms the human race, the human species, Homo sapiens, humankind, humanity, human beings, humans, people, mankind - 2.2in singular An individual; one.
个人 a man could buy a lot with eighteen million dotillars 一个人用1，800万美元可以买很多东西。 Example sentencesExamples - It's great country this. A man could live well here and raise a family.
- A man could get used to that sort of lifestyle.
- 2.3in singular, with adjective or noun modifier A type of prehistoric human named after the place where the remains were found.
（按发现其遗迹的地名命名的）史前人种 克鲁马努人。 Example sentencesExamples - This is the town which surprised the world with an archeological find in 1921 that came to be known as the Broken Hill Man.
3informal A group or person in a position of authority over others, such as a corporate employer or the police. 〈非正式〉头头；老板；警察 they've mastered their emotive grunge-pop without haggling with the Man 他们没有同老板讲价钱就把他们那喧闹煽情的流行歌曲灌制成唱片。 Example sentencesExamples - Since the 1980s, entrepreneurialism has had a bad name and too many Australians are risk-averse and just happy to keep working for the Man.
- Working for the Man often means subsuming your ego to that of the organization.
- As the economy plods along, many of us are choosing to take the easy way out - we're going to work for the Man, letting him do the hard work while we work the long hours.
- There was a time where men had to fight to be the head honcho, The Man.
- Some of the more dedicated activists are going to march over to the Guy street police station this afternoon to hold a vigil and voice their displeasure with the Man.
- 3.1 White people collectively regarded as the controlling group in society.
〈黑人俚语〉（作为社会统治群体的）白人；白人社会 he urged that black college athletes boycott the Man's Rose Bowl 他敦促黑人大学生运动员抵制白人的玫瑰花盆美式足球决赛。 Example sentencesExamples - But all black officers face the same occupational hazard: race-based taunting. ‘You work for the Man!’
4A figure or token used in playing a board game. （棋类游戏的）棋子 Example sentencesExamples - Mr Kravchuk, who prides himself on his chess-playing prowess, did not give up his man easily.
verbmanning, mans, manned manmæn [with object]1(of personnel) work at, run, or operate (a place or piece of equipment) or defend (a fortification) 工作于（某一场所）；操作（设备）；保卫（防御工事） the helpline is manned by trained staff the firemen manned the pumps and fought the blaze 消防队员操作水泵，奋力灭火。 Example sentencesExamples - The helpline is manned by volunteers in centres all around the country.
- For the early manned missions to be seen as successful, the surface crew will need to explore large areas of Mars, ranging far from their base.
- Now, though, the branch is fully manned and new staff are getting up to speed.
- A number of people have visited officers manning roadblocks on the road asking where they can leave flowers and tributes.
- The ship is manned by a staff of 700 who come from 25 countries.
- Trained volunteers will be manning the call centre to offer independent and confidential information and support to people experiencing difficulties.
- The Hospice charity shops dotted around the borough are manned, for the most part, by unpaid volunteers.
- Militiamen are manning road and rooftop positions and main intersections leading into the area.
- There are checkpoints manned by police or soldiers at every junction.
- Schultz parked the Packard in someone's driveway and they both walked up to the policeman manning the barricade.
- I've been keen to get more involved as the place is manned by enthusiastic volunteers who supply locals with tasty, healthy food at low prices.
- Tens of thousands of troops and police are manning checkpoints and roadblocks.
- The committee who are stretched to the limit manning the centre, are very thankful to the local District Hospital who cook and prepare the hot meals for them.
- It is believed passengers have been queueing up to two hours in Terminal 1 because only one of five X-ray machines was manned due to staffing problems.
- A 24-hour call centre operates, permanently manned by experienced personnel from all three Services.
- The centre is manned by fully trained technical personnel and all calls are recorded and logged to track and maintain a high service level.
- One member of the team, an Air Force combat controller, was attacked while manning a security post.
- They moved from the safety of their dugouts and manned their machine guns to face the British and French.
- The employees manning these centres are trained to remain unobtrusive and encourage the visitors to potter about, handling the products on display.
- Not only was this the first manned flight to and from the Moon, Apollo 8 served to validate many of the technical procedures necessary to support upcoming lunar missions.
Synonyms staff, crew, occupy, people operate, work, use, utilize - 1.1 Provide someone to fill (a post)
派人担任（职务） the chaplaincy was formerly manned by the cathedral 以前附属教堂牧师人选由教区总教堂指派。 Synonyms staff, crew, occupy, people
2archaic Fortify the spirits or courage of. 〈古〉为…鼓气；为…壮胆 he manned himself with dauntless air 他用一种大无畏的气势鼓舞自己。
exclamation manmæn North American informal Used, irrespective of the sex of the person addressed, to express surprise, admiration, delight, etc., or for emphasis. 〈非正式，主北美〉（表示惊讶、赞美、高兴或强调等）啊；呀；哈；啊呀；喂；嗨；嘿 哇，妙极了，真绝。 Example sentencesExamples - Oh, hey man, how's it going? Did you and Lex have a good time last night?
- Hey man, I don't have any problem with Jackson, or how Lord of The Rings was filmed.
- This is a nice place, man! I can't believe you used to live here.
- You got to stop drinking, man!
- You see a couple in a restaurant or walking on the street and they appear to be so much in love, so happy with each other and you say, man, I wish I could have that.
- ‘Man it sure was different back in the ol days,’ says Gilbert.
UsageTraditionally, the word man has been used to refer not only to adult males but also to human beings in general, regardless of sex. There is a historical explanation for this: in Old English, the principal sense of man was ‘a human being’, and the words wer and wif were used to refer specifically to ‘a male person’ and ‘a female person’, respectively. Subsequently, man replaced wer as the normal term for ‘a male person’, but at the same time the older sense ‘a human being’ remained in use. In the second half of the 20th century, the generic use of man to refer to ‘human beings in general’ (as in reptiles were here long before man appeared on the earth) became problematic; the use is now often regarded as sexist or old-fashioned. In some contexts, terms such as the human race or humankind may be used instead of man or mankind. Certain fixed phrases and sayings, such as time and tide wait for no man can be easily rephrased (e.g., time and tide wait for no one). Alternatives for other related terms exist as well: the noun manpower, for example, can usually be replaced with staff or crew, and in most cases, the verbal form to man can be expressed as to staff or to operate PhrasesAs — as the average person. 像普通人一样… I'm as ambitious as the next man 我像其他人一样有抱负。 Example sentencesExamples - As an Irishman living in Glasgow for the past 13 years, I'm as guilty as the next man of being nostalgic.
- Much has been made of the comfort zone in Scottish rugby which militates against success, and Nicol is as condemnatory as the next man of attitudes which have prevailed among some of the players.
- I may not listen to the album too often these days, but I'm as guilty as the next man of singing along when they play the old hits.
- I am as loyal as the next man to my chosen team but when they are simply outclassed I am, like most true lovers of the game, prepared to admit it.
- I am as paranoid as the next man when it comes to the effects of radiation.
- While as ambitious as the next man, Davies genuinely believes he would not have got where he is now without the help of his former boss at Preston.
- We live in a lovely flat - it just needs a bit more day-to-day upkeep than it's currently getting, and I'm as guilty as the next man in that department.
- Now, I'm as sensitive as the next man and I took her words to heart.
- Well, I'm as curious as the next man, so I phoned one of my mates from the Yard.
- I am as price-conscious as the next man, so obviously value for money is important, even in pies.
With everyone acting together or in agreement. 一致地 the crowd rose to their feet as one man 整群人一起站了起来。 Example sentencesExamples - Yet what was most remarkable was the experience of seeing all the participants playing together as one man.
- The horde reacted as one man, scrambling to their mangy horses and leaving as quickly as possible.
- Godwin motioned with his hand, and they got up as one man and followed him across the stone floor and out of the hall.
be someone's (or the) man Be the person perfectly suited to a particular requirement or task. 最佳人选 if it's war you want, I'm your man Example sentencesExamples - If you were looking for a striker to play down the middle then Alan was your man.
- Ladies, if you are looking for Mr. Perfect, Todd is your man.
- He has three university degrees under his belt and whether you have a question about money, God or literature, Griffiths is your man.
- In short, if you want a champion for a distressed building or threatened institution, Rhys Jones is your man.
- If you fancy the idea of walking in Botswana with a group of elephants, then Gavin Ford is your man.
- If Westlife ever need a substitute member, John is your man!
- Not an easy album to listen to, but when insomnia gets the best of you and you need something gentle but thought-provoking at 3am, Will Oldham is your man.
- If we ever needed any ‘unusual pharmaceutical products,’ then he was our man.
- If you're into classic sounds, DJ Smoking is your man.
- If you need a fine writer and editor, Steve is your man.
be man enough to do (or for) 有足够的勇气做 Be brave enough to do. 有足够的勇气做 he has not been man enough to face up to his responsibilities 他没有足够的勇气来面对自己的责任。 Example sentencesExamples - I only wanted to show her that there were no hard feelings, that I was man enough to call the past the past and make a fresh start as she had done.
- In golf, for example, I can't hit the ball as far as I once did, but you've got to be man enough to accept it.
- It sounds simple, but that is also what life's all about - being man enough to admit you made a mistake, accepting the consequences and working hard to make sure it doesn't happen again.
- At 20 years of age he was man enough to accept this enormous responsibility and pressure.
- But at least he was man enough to realise he was wrong and act accordingly.
- You have to be man enough to get back in the game and we didn't do that.
- Sheffield's coach Mark Aston was man enough to say afterwards that the best team won.
- You know he was man enough to apologize and to admit his mistake.
- It could have been all three points for the Lions, had referee Clive Penton not made a bizarre mistake that he was man enough to admit to later.
- Brentford manager Wally Downes said: ‘Smith is the best in this division, but I am sure he is man enough to hold his hands up and admit he made mistakes today’.
proverb Everyone should (or does) look after their own interests rather than considering those of others. 〈谚〉各人自扫门前雪，自顾自 in previous student flats she'd shared, it was every man for himself 在她以前住过的学生公寓里，大家都自己顾自己。 Example sentencesExamples - Around May 22 we were told we have to retreat, that it was every man for himself and we had to make a beeline for the coast.
- Make no mistake, once you're in the crush for the ticket gates it's survival of the fittest, every man for himself.
- On Wall Street in the 19th century, as in the Wild West, it was every man for himself: market speculation was a showdown where the winners took all.
- We are working with the constant threat of one closure after another and it is every man for himself.
- ‘Back then people were very courteous but nowadays it's every man for himself,’ he said.
- There was chaos and it was every man for himself.
- There were no staff left, it was every man for himself.
- It was every man for himself in conditions like this.
- Publicly they stated that their employees came first, but privately it was every man for himself and I was resentful.
- Without such a standard we are condemned to live in a largely amoral world in which it is every man for himself and the devil take the hindmost.
make a man out of someone (of an experience or person) turn a young man into a mature adult. （经历或人）使某男青年成熟，使某人长大成人 swimming will make a man out of you Example sentencesExamples - I always thought the U.S. Open made a man out of you more than any other golf tournament.
- Being a single father made a man out of me, and I can honestly say I am a better man today and thankful for the experience.
- We would go on hikes and we started out with small hikes like 10 miles and ended up doing 30-mile hikes with a pack, they made a man out of you real quick.
- But I think every lad in Rochdale should do it because it makes a man out of you and I think a bit of discipline would put a stop to a lot of trouble.
- I set sail with the Navy Seals and, let me tell you, they made a man out of me.
- According to testimony from the man's wife and sister-in-law, he did this to toughen the boy up, make a man out of him.
- He smiled all big and friendly and put his arm around my shoulder and started talking about how great the army was and how it would make a man out of me, but I wasn't having any of it.
- I enjoyed my Air Force experience and I suppose the military did make a man out of me.
- He told me to go and join the effing Army or the effing rugby club, and that would make a man out of me.
- They were really nice and accommodating, knowing that everyone has a different pain tolerance and that getting a tattoo is often the kind of experience that ‘makes a man out of you.’
A fashionable male socialite. 社交名人，时髦男人 in a well-cut black suit he looked quite the man about town Example sentencesExamples - For the trendy man about town this season, cable-knit pullovers or cardigans in neutral shades such as greys and browns or navy blue are suggested.
- A single man about town should be able to splash out on these things without feeling a moment's guilt or too big a dent in his bank balance.
- Fatherhood is changing him: the one-time man about town now talks proudly of how he's mastered the plastic strips on nappies and is allowed to change the baby by himself.
- This carefully cultivated image as a man about town however belied the industry which he brought to his office, laying the foundation for his later success as a hard-working and knowledgeable foreign secretary.
- He seems to have spent part of his early years in France, and was a man about town in London when his first comedy, The Comical Revenge, or Love in a Tub, was performed in 1664.
- The new men about town aspire to be more than just arm candy for the ladies.
- Away from the radio studio, Antony Collins looks every part the young, trendy media man about town.
- There were no real übertrendy apartment blocks then, so a mews was the must-have address for the man about town who worked hard and played hard.
- But, despite his image as a man about town, once he had become seriously involved with Isabel Lambert, he moved with her to a cottage near Thaxted in Essex, where he remained for the last eighteen years of his life.
- Mobile in one hand, chilled glass of lager in the other, with the BMW parked outside, he was every considerable inch the man about town.
Synonyms fop, beau, man about town, bright young thing, glamour boy, rake
I've been with this company man and boy Example sentencesExamples - Their managerial history is built on a solid stretch by Syd King, who was in charge of the club for 30 years man and boy.
- I am a smoker, and have been for the past 36 years, man and boy, and have never really made any serious attempt to quit in all that time.
- But for John Wilberforce Preston, who has fished the rivers and ponds of Craven man and boy for some 50 years, all is not well in the Aire Valley.
- I have worked here man and boy… Not many people can say that these days but perky head porter Mike Fawcett can and does with pride.
- I have lived here for more than 70 years - man and boy - and I won't be pushed out.
- Rex has been a North End supporter man and boy, and to take the stick of rock analogy, if you chopped him in half he would say ‘Disappointed’ all the way through.
- A Labour Party member, man and boy, I am horrified to see so many of my colleagues vote with ignorance and arrogance in equal measure.
- Cecil has been working it, seven days a week, for more than 60 years as a hands-on farmer, man and boy.
- I have supported that club man and boy for 38 years.
- He had been a merchant seaman man and boy, covering some fifty years and he was so accustomed to shouting just to be heard that he couldn't stop doing it now that he'd retired.
I would not put it past the men in black to get things horribly wrong
1The imagined likeness of a face seen on the surface of a full moon. （想象中的）月中人 - 1.1Used to refer to someone regarded as out of touch with real life.
〈喻〉脱离实际生活的人 a kid with no more idea of what to do than the man in the moon 对女孩需求一无所知的远离实际的男孩。 Example sentencesExamples - You don't have any more idea than the man in the moon whether it's accurate and true or not.
- The first and most important rule of all is not believing the mischief, the brutally contrived propaganda, which is purveyed with about as much credibility and believability as that emanating from the man in the moon!
the man in (or on) the street he had been his eyes and ears in the community, voiced the opinions of the man in the street 他是他在社区的耳目，能说出普通人的见解是什么。 Example sentencesExamples - It should be equally appealing to the upper class elite as well as the man on the street.
- I can understand the man on the street not understanding the Declaration of Independence, but a Justice on the Supreme Court?
- Now the average man on the street is not going to get worked up over what happens to hedge funds.
- In his role as editor, Guzzardi tried to put himself in the position of the average man in the street buying and attempting to read the book.
- We're starting to have real choice in the software or hardware we use and best of all, it's beginning to come in a price which is more affordable for the average man on the street.
- I don't think the average man on the street has any idea how ubiquitous GPS has become.
- It may seem like a lot of money to the average man in the street, because it is, but in relative terms, the players can afford to lose that.
- Your average man on the street, when asked to comment on the fiasco, didn't care about the bank so long as his or her money was all right.
- Thanks to the Arts Council England, buying original works of art has now become a reality for the average man in the street through the council's new scheme Own Art.
- This problem has made us seem to lack credibility in the eyes of the ordinary man in the street.
informal An umpire, especially a field umpire. he's constantly on the wrong side of the whistle of the man in white Example sentencesExamples - The umpiring director is strongly backing how the men in white handled the controversial match.
- The whole point of the game sometimes appears to be the crowd's quarrel with the man in white.
- "That's fine, you keep protecting the men in white even when they stuff up a game of footy."
- A physical encounter is expected to keep the men in white tightly controlling what should be a cliffhanger of a match.
- Footy fans will be fascinated by the men in white and the things they say out there in the heat of battle.
- The men in white were outstanding and the score even threatened to get out of hand.
- Players contribute each week to the lowly fee that the men in white receive.
- From the umpire's point of view, a more personalised approach is being adopted that includes the men in white visiting change rooms prior to the game and establishing the attitude of the game.
- Throughout his career he wasn't shy at giving umpires advice on how to do a better job, but this time his disrespect for the men in white was about to come back and haunt him.
- The men in white, quite simply, do not know how to cope with his speed, height, and frame.
Example sentencesExamples - Zumárraga, as a man of the cloth, had no military or political weapons.
- A spirited campaign to stop proposed Sunday flights to the Western Isles is being led not by elderly men of the cloth but by a sharp-suited former army major.
- He has taken his vows and is now a man of the cloth.
- There were many men of the cloth in Sophiatown, but Huddleston was arguably the most popular.
- Gutierrez has not always been a man of the cloth; before entering the priesthood he was a military intelligence operative.
- The men of the cloth were in town to attend a four-day conference of the Pontifical Council for Culture, in which the role of the church in preserving culture and heritage across the world was discussed.
- Among the assembled cast is former man of the cloth Sandy Lofthouse, retired Canon of Carlisle and vicar of Levens, Helsington and Underbarrow for 17 years until he retired in 1995.
- Indeed, he is a patient, forgiving sort of fella, as one would expect of a man of the cloth.
- Quite a few of his ancestors had been men of the cloth, and he was raised in the faith by devout parents.
- I am saddened that a man of the cloth could write such unfeeling comments.
Synonyms clergyman, clergywoman, priest, churchman, churchwoman, man of the cloth, woman of the cloth, man of god, woman of god, cleric, minister, preacher, chaplain, father
Example sentencesExamples - This will undoubtedly mean some hard decisions and some new directions will have to be faced, and for that the chosen man of God will need all our support and prayers.
- Even in a pictorial book like this, the courage, faithfulness and immense work-rate of this man of God clearly shine through.
- His life and writings have given eloquent testimony that one may be both a man of science and a man of God.
- This man of God should refer to the first commandment - ‘love thy neighbour‘.
- Fr Hope said: ‘Pope John Paul II was a remarkable and courageous man of God.’
- But I have certainly benefited from daily readings by different men of God over the years, reflecting the grace of God in their experience.
- In due course he appeared before three men of God in the Washington DC archdiocese.
- ‘There was never a conflict between my role as a man of God and my role as a member of the SAS,’ he said.
- In recent e-mail to Willimon, I told him I respect him as a man of God and of the scriptures.
- He was also a great man of God who took the Bible at face value.
- At this time all I needed was a man of God to pray for me.
- 1.1A holy man or saint.
圣人 Example sentencesExamples - No, this was Isaiah, from all indication in the record of Scripture a holy man, a man of God, what would be termed a dedicated Christian.
A man who adheres to what is right or to a high standard of conduct. 正直的人；高尚的人 as a man of honour he had little alternative but to accompany his friend to America Example sentencesExamples - He is a man of honour who behaves with reserve and circumspection towards Elinor while he is bound to Lucy Steele by an engagement that only she can honourably break.
- For a man of honour, a guilty conscience must be a dreadful, perhaps unbearable burden.
- As men of honour, the male members of the upper classes reserved the right to settle their disputes among themselves, without recourse to or interference by the state.
- If he were a man of honour, he would have resigned long ago.
The male head of a household. 男主人，男户主 Example sentencesExamples - Yes, he was the man of the house and he made most of the decisions.
- If men ever dared to reflect wistfully on former glories of patriarchy, high on the list would be the freedom once enjoyed by the man of the house to come and go as he pleased.
- According to friends, Luke swiftly assumed the role of man of the house after his parents split up.
- I think it's because we moved around so much without my dad, and I was kind of forced to be the man of the house.
- In a somber tone, he alluded to the fact that he would not always be around to handle male responsibilities such as this, and someday, I would be the man of the house.
- The great bourgeois world of the past was built on families confident that the man of the house would always have a job and that his income would rise slowly but steadily.
- Mrs Boone said: ‘After his dad died, he became the man of the house.’
- Overnight, young Eddie became the man of the house at just 14.
- This is quite significant, as it challenges the stereotype that it is always the man of the house who decides what consumer electronic equipment is to be bought.
- His father left the family and Mitchell recalls telling his mother and siblings: ‘I'll look after you; I'm the man of the house now.’
A male scholar or author. 男性学者；男作家 he wished to fashion for himself a career as a man of letters Example sentencesExamples - Born in Boston, the son of the physician, poet, and man of letters Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Holmes graduated from Harvard College in 1861.
- Carlos Fuentes is one of Latin America's most prominent men of letters.
- Not only in this country, but in much of Europe, Benjamin Franklin was recognized as a scholar and man of letters.
- Returning from America, he settled down to the career of a man of letters.
- Sir Walter Scott, Scotland's greatest man of letters, and one of the most beloved authors of all time, was born in Edinburgh on 15 August 1771.
- By the end of the decade, his career was flourishing and he was well on his way to establishing his postwar reputation as a man of letters.
- He worked for two decades as a government engineer before beginning a second career as a man of letters.
- He was also a man of letters and had a parallel career as a writer, medical biographer, and historian.
- In 1851, having already embarked on a successful career as man of letters, he paid his first visit to Europe in the company of his family.
- He is a man of letters, and we have had a good deal of literary conversation.
Synonyms intelligent person, learned person, highbrow, academic, bookworm, bookish person, man of letters, woman of letters, bluestocking, thinker, brain, scholar, sage
The team member who has given the most outstanding performance in a particular game. （一场比赛中的）最佳队员 McClair, who scored the only goal, was named man of the match Example sentencesExamples - Carlton Farrell was man of the match and Hudson kicked six out of seven goals.
- The man of the match was Jake Hargreaves for his efforts throughout the game.
- The whole team worked hard but Jack Collins was named man of the match for a solid performance at the back.
- After each game now the man of the match gets a trophy and bottle of champagne from the sponsor.
- It seemed as though every time he played, he either scored or he was a contender for man of the match.
- He scored a hat-trick of tries during the game and was named man of the match.
- The hard working Sam Dowgill was man of the match and dominated the midfield area.
- Shaun Redman was man of the match and there were good displays from Joseph Holt and Ryan Humphreys.
- George Meehan was outstanding in defence and Harry Tosney was man of the match.
- Well done to the team on their good performance and to man of the match Oliver Sloan.
A man of importance at a particular time. 关键人物 Example sentencesExamples - Rob Deering is comedy's man of the moment, and this year's Edinburgh could be the big one.
- Wayne Rooney is undeniably THE man of the moment.
- There are quite a few good strikers around in the Premiership but he is the man in form and the man of the moment.
- When the television cameras were turned off she pulled out a small camera and asked to be photographed with the man of the moment.
- James seems to be very much the man of the moment.
- For now, though, Forsyth is the Scottish man of the moment.
- Clarke is not ruling out a future career in management although he's more than happy to continue learning his trade at the feet of the man of the moment in European football.
- He's the man of the moment and rapidly emerging as the darling of Irish racegoers.
- It was close to 10.30 pm when the man of the moment, Jai, came on stage.
- Another Lancastrian, Ronnie Irani, may be the man of the moment but the Essex captain has a long way to go to rival Freddie's status as England's number one all-rounder.
1A person regarded as having no substance or integrity. a leader who was once derided as a man of straw Example sentencesExamples - Some internet operators offer dirt-cheap contracts, but can be men of straw.
- The Chief Minister's problem is that some of his advisers are men of straw.
- As a hack myself, I like nothing better than seeing pompous and powerful politicians being exposed as men of straw.
- These are men of straw of whom no trace will be found after a few years.
- A leader who was once derided as a man of straw has acquired a new certainty, which derives in large measure from his religious beliefs.
- My accusers will be men of straw and I will not have the financial ability to pursue a claim for malicious prosecution.
- Murray does demonstrate that the men of straw have failed to silence him, for which he deserves much praise.
2A person undertaking a financial commitment without adequate means. 金融骗子，承诺出资却无力实现者 Example sentencesExamples - Some of the borrowing was by companies to whom loans should never have been contemplated, on apparently over-valued property, and where guarantors turned out to be men of straw.
- The trial judge found that there was overwhelming evidence that the husband was a man of straw with no financial capacity to conduct the litigation.
- He was allegedly being used to fight him politically, depicting him as a man of straw who could not pay rent.
- Unless the claimant is seeking an injunction, it is a profitless exercise to sue a man of straw since the remedy will be empty and the claimant left to meet his own legal costs.
the man on the Clapham omnibus The average man, especially with regard to his opinions. 〈英〉普通人 his was not a voice in the wilderness; he was speaking for the man on the Clapham omnibus Example sentencesExamples - Yes, the man on the Clapham omnibus may have faith in national sovereignty, but his faith is faltering.
- The man on the Clapham omnibus was heading for Epsom yesterday, along with about half the population of London.
- We must ask ourselves what the man on the Clapham omnibus would think.
- The man on the Clapham omnibus would probably have liked to have seen me hung, drawn and quartered, with my…head stuck on a pike for public edification.
- If you ask the man on the Clapham omnibus, or the man on the average Great Western train, he will typically think that things are getting better.
- He believed that the man on the Clapham omnibus would regard it as ‘wholly anomalous and unfair’ for a cohabiting ex wife in Mrs K's position to continue to receive income from her former husband indefinitely.
An affectionate or approving way of referring to dogs. 人类最好的朋友（指狗） a collection of photographs of man's best friend Example sentencesExamples - Everyone knows that dogs are affectionate and loyal - they're not called man's best friend for nothing!
- Humans share three-quarters of their genes with man's best friend, the first genetic blueprint of the domestic dog revealed yesterday.
- Of course, no luxury camping trip would be complete without catering to man's best friend.
- Dogs have been trained to sniff out prey, drugs and even explosives - but new research reveals that man's best friend can also detect cancer.
- A new genetic analysis of man's best friend could help scientists explain why a border collie has knack for herding or why poodles sport a curly coat.
- We have many years' experience letting holiday cottages and have found man's best friend and his family make the best guests.
- In 1987, researchers led by Dennis F. Lawler at the Purina Pet Institute in St. Louis began a study of man's best friend.
- This year, they were taking a lenient attitude to those who turned up with pooch in tow - much to the annoyance of those who had read about the ban in the Craven Herald and had left man's best friend at home.
- But a recent study on elderly nursing home patients now offers scientific support that brief weekly visits from man's best friend can have a positive therapeutic impact.
- A new exhibit at the Norton Museum of Art examines the role of man's best friend in the history of photography.
A man who is more popular and at ease with other men than with women. 与同性相处更自在的男人 he looks offended when I tell him he is perceived as a man's man Example sentencesExamples - He's a man's man with a notoriously robust attitude to women.
- Joe was practical, a man's man; friendly in a blustering sort of way and always happy.
- He was that rare mix of man's man and matinee idol.
- Allegedly, women today don't want a sensitive, caring partner, they want a butch, tough, man's man.
- Ritchie enjoys a reputation as a man's man: a hard-working, all-action, shooting, fishing sort of a chap who has knocked about a bit and can look after himself.
- He's a man's man, he admits, which is no doubt why his friends have lasted longer than his lovers.
- He's very much a man's man, living in a cabin in the woods and driving around in a truck, but he's plagued by life getting in the way of his job.
- He's such a man's man, but at the same time he writes with such tenderness and feeling.
- Despite his good behaviour nowadays, he remains very much a man's man.
- If it wasn't for football, I would definitely not be as close to my dad John as I am, because he's a man's man.
1In a direct and frank way between two men. 坦率地，开诚布公地 he was able to talk man to man with the delegates 他能开诚布公地同代表们交谈。 Example sentencesExamples - I'm very much looking forward to seeing him and sitting down and talking to him man to man.
- I decided it was time for a man-to-man talk with the guy.
- I realize you are my employer, but I'd like to speak with you man to man for a moment, if I may.
- Dad did occasionally try to talk to me in a man-to-man, father-to-son kind of way.
Synonyms frankly, openly, honestly, directly, candidly, plainly, forthrightly, without beating about the bush 2Denoting a defensive tactic in soccer or other sport in which each player is responsible for marking one opponent. （足球等运动等）一对一地，人盯人地 the best man-to-man marker in the game 本次英国赛事中最佳的盯人好手之一。 Example sentencesExamples - Concentrate on dribbling, passing, shooting and playing man to man defense.
- I am sure that if you see TV and watch other matches you will see a lot of goals scored from set-pieces, corners and free-kicks against teams who mark man to man.
- The game petered out into its traditional pattern of man-to-man marking.
- Our man to man marking has improved and the defence is compact.
- One of the biggest keys to a good man to man defensive scheme is what is called player recognition.
Powerful men within an organization who exercise their authority anonymously. 后台；幕后操纵的人 the prime minister was removed from Ten Downing Street by men in grey suits Example sentencesExamples - But who says economic policy is the sole domain of dull men in suits?
- The men in grey suits are people who have a lot of power in business or politics, but aren't well-known or charismatic.
- If Bolivian farmers had been invited to the meeting, they might have been able to explain to the men in suits what this really means.
- Next, just in case you think the World Cup is mainly about politics, controversy and men in gray suits, we've decided to turn our attention to the fun side of cricket.
- This could be a victory against the men in grey suits at the top of football.
- These transcripts were of her conversations with the men in suits.
- Some of the party's most senior figures - the so-called men in grey suits - will this week canvass support among parliamentary colleagues and grass-roots activists.
- It's one of the quirks of management - victory last year doesn't mean victory this year, and there's no such thing as loyalty from overweight men in suits.
- It was, and is his strongly held belief that artists should be allowed to develop their music organically with as little interference as possible from the men in suits.
- No3 It seems to me that the so called men in grey suits are succeeding in what they set out to do from day one, stab him in the back and twist it afterwards.
my (or my good or my dear) man dated A patronizing form of address to a man. 〈英，旧〉（屈尊俯就的称呼）老弟；朋友 come off it, my man, who d'you think you're talking to? Example sentencesExamples - I'm afraid, my dear man, you are no longer needed.
- Well my good man, if we follow your logic it seems like what you are saying is that the ideal form of society is anarchy.
- Now see here, my good man, if we send these fellows back, will you promise not to be beastly to them?
- You see my dear man, I've been a step ahead of you the whole time.
- Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.
separate (or sort out) the men from the boys informal Show or prove which people in a group are truly competent, brave, or mature. 〈非正式〉从一群人中找出真正有能力（或有魄力、成熟）的人，区分真汉子与小男人 this match will separate the men from the boys Example sentencesExamples - Such experiences are what separate the men from the boys.
- The rock-hard desert terrain encountered by riders at the Alpine quarry soon sorted out the men from the boys and many competitors didn't make it to the end of the two-hour race.
- More than any other, a tour of Australia separates the men from the boys.
- This is the part of the competition that separates the men from the boys.
- This is a hole for those with nerves of steel, and will truly sort out the men from the boys in the Ryder Cup.
- This two mile Derby consists of four circuits of the track and is a race where stamina, strength and speed to the finish separate the men from the boys and only the fittest and most highly trained will succeed.
- Lets make no bones about it; this is a hard race and probably sorts out the men from the boys.
- Believe me 5 years in the Army and then the Navy soon separated the men from the boys.
- I'm sure it would be absolutely horrible in real life, but trying to survive alone on a desert island has be the ultimate test - it would definitely separate the men from the boys and I think I'd end up being a complete wimp.
- Determination separates the men from the boys and is especially important in bodybuilding.
to a man, we all took a keen interest in the business 我们无一例外都对此事有很大的兴趣。 Example sentencesExamples - The orchestra, to a man, played terrifically - the best I have heard it yet.
- I went round a number of pits explaining the situation and they backed us to a man.
- Automatons to a man, they seem to be quite unable to step outside the stock responses.
- In a game where it was a pity to see a loser the Comer boys can feel proud of their performance to a man.
- The team had played to its full potential by playing outstanding football to a man.
- Our group, to a man, were extremely well behaved.
- We had, to a man, missed the greatest event in the history of football, ever.
- Rocket fanatics to a man, they rose to their feet and cheered.
Synonyms with no exceptions, without exception, bar none, one and all, everyone, each and every one, unanimously, as one
Phrasal VerbsBe brave or tough enough to deal with an unpleasant situation. 〈美，非正式〉鼓起勇气，坚强起来 you just have to man up and take it 你得鼓起勇气面对它。 Example sentencesExamples - I'm sorry people are being rude about all this but these people need to man up and realize that they are going to take some heat.
- We were manning up for what would be the final night event of the deployment.
- This is where you have to man up.
- But since even a bad day golfing is better than a good day doing anything else, he manned up, borrowed his brother's clubs, and ventured onto the course at the Red Ledges Golf Club.
- You've got to man up to be in the police.
- He told me to man up, then slapped me.
- Now to his credit, here is Sean Hannity, manning up.
- Dean will have to do a lot more than man up to overcome the President's popularity.
- They need to man up and take responsibility.
- At a rally later in the day he manned up.
Derivativesadjective This article, ‘The manless homes of England’, acknowledges the void left in England after numerous men went to fight in World War I. Example sentencesExamples - With the advent of electronics and automation techniques, the prospects of manless coal mining are very promising.
- I'd just been going through a pretty manless period.
- The novel is peppered with knowing humour, which for the most part stems from Alix's wry observations and self-deprecating take on her manless state.
OriginOld English man(n), (plural) menn (noun), mannian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch man, German Mann, and Sanskrit manu 'mankind'. The English word man goes back to an age-old root that also gave manu, ‘humankind’, in Sanskrit, the ancient language of India. From Anglo-Saxon times, man meant both ‘a person of either sex’ and ‘an adult male’, as well as the human race in general. Shakespeare's Hamlet provided the phrase man and boy, when the gravedigger says, ‘I have been sexton here, man and boy, for thirty years.’ The original man for all seasons was Sir Thomas More, the scholar and statesman who wrote Utopia and was beheaded for opposing Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn. It came into prominence in 1960 as the title of a play about More by Robert Bolt. A clergyman is a man of the cloth. The writer Jonathan Swift first used ‘the cloth’ to refer to the clergy in 1710. A clergyman's ‘cloth’ had meant his profession since the mid 17th century, and before that other occupations which stipulated a special dress code or uniform, notably the law and the military, had also been referred to as a person's ‘cloth’. Man for humans in general survives in expressions such as the man in the street. The judge Lord Bowen, who died in 1894, used the man on the Clapham omnibus (Clapham is a district of south London) to refer to any ordinary reasonable person, such as a juror is expected to be. ‘ Man cannot live by bread alone’ is found in two passages of the Bible, one from the Old Testament in Deuteronomy, and the other from the New Testament in the Gospel of Matthew. The proverb man proposes, God disposes goes back to the 15th century, but also reflects a 14th-century French saying. The ancient Greek philosopher Plato provided a precedent for man is the measure of all things, recorded in English from the mid 16th century. As a way of addressing someone, man goes right back to the Anglo-Saxons and was common in the 18th and 19th centuries, although the old uses tended to sound impatient or encouraging—‘Pick up your feet, man!’ The modern use of man, often expressing surprise, admiration, or delight, came from the speech of black Americans. See also mouse
RhymesAberfan, Adrianne, an, Anne, artisan, astrakhan, ban, began, Belmopan, bipartisan, bran, can, Cannes, Cézanne, Cheyenne, clan, courtesan, cran, dan, Dayan, Diane, divan, élan, Elan, fan, flan, foreran, Fran, Friedan, Gell-Mann, gran, Han, Hunan, Ivan, Jan, Japan, Jinan, Joanne, Kazan, Klan, Kordofan, Lacan, Lausanne, Leanne, Limousin, Louvain, Mann, Marianne, Milan, Moran, nan, Oran, outran, outspan, Pan, panne, parmesan, partisan, pavane, pecan, Pétain, plan, Pusan, ran, rataplan, rattan, Rosanne, Sagan, Saipan, saran, scan, scran, sedan, span, spick-and-span, Spokane, Suzanne, Tainan, tan, than, tisane, trepan, van, vin, Wuhan, Xian, Yerevan, Yunnan, Zhongshan Definition of man in US English: mannounmanmæn 1An adult human male. （成年）男子，男人 a small man with mischievous eyes Example sentencesExamples - My dad was a decently attractive man in his mid-thirties.
- We plan to organise women's hockey on similar lines to that of men's hockey.
- During the operation police also arrested an 18 year-old man on suspicion of possessing a firearm.
- One man needed treatment at Southampton General Hospital for the effects of smoke inhalation.
- I realize you are a very busy man and probably have a lot of things on your mind right now.
- The man behind the counter looked, if not friendly, at least approachable.
- The man, whose name has not been released, was discharged after treatment in hospital.
- Back on the promenade, I saw a man and a boy trying to fly a kite down on the beach.
- She was approached by men armed with knives, who demanded her earrings and necklace.
- This was a very upbeat speech by a man who is clearly in control of the party
- She saw the dark figure of a man through the fog and then his face became clear.
- The most likely victims are men in their 20s.
- One of his ancestors, a man by the name of Child, lived in a village on the Welsh coast near Fishguard.
- Ben is also a kind and decent man who is held in high regard by all those who have worked with him.
- Last week I was talking to a man at the bar of the Hilton hotel at Addis Ababa.
- A wide grin spread across the man's face.
- Four men were arrested in connection with the attack and a separate robbery.
- An Estonian man suspected of plundering millions from hundreds of online bank accounts accounts across Europe was arrested last week.
- The British team finished fourth in both the men's and women's team championships.
- Their driver was a burly, bearded man in his forties.
Synonyms male, adult male, gentleman, youth - 1.1 A male worker or employee.
男工人，男雇员 more than 700 men were laid off 英国广播公司在印度的男雇员。 Synonyms workman, worker, labourer, hand, hired hand, employee - 1.2 A male member of a sports team.
（运动队）男队员 Johnson took the ball past three men and scored 约翰逊带球过了3名队员后得分。 Example sentencesExamples - I'll leave it to our man in Washington to comment on the domestic issues involved in the presidential campaign.
- Lippi's men were the best team in the competition, and he was the canniest coach.
- With only ten men Pool conceded two goals in the first-half but still created chances.
- But gone are the days when Shankly's men would blast teams away and dominate our domestic game.
- Britain's largest coal operator has already shut the Prince of Wales Colliery at Pontefract, making hundreds of men redundant.
- When the ambulance men arrived, her husband was kneeling beside the baby on the bedroom floor.
- Coach Martin Hall is still expecting his men to figure prominently in the forthcoming play-offs.
- A man short, his team mates survived to the end of extra time but lost the penalty shootout.
- If they receive two yellow cards a player will be withdrawn from the game, restricting the team to 10 men.
- Shackleton did everything that he could to keep the men's spirits up as the Endurance gradually sank.
Synonyms workman, worker, labourer, hand, hired hand, employee - 1.3men Ordinary members of the armed forces as distinct from the officers.
士兵 he had a platoon of forty men to prepare for battle 他带领一个排40名士兵准备战斗。 Example sentencesExamples - No commander wants to see his men die in combat but knows that casualties are a part of war.
- Many fellow soldiers owed their lives to the bravery of the men in the 3rd Division.
- My dad was in the air force, and he spoke about the inequalities he saw between the officers and ordinary men.
- The role of the reserve battalions was to supply troops to the service battalions as they lost men in combat.
- The smallest entity commanded by a commissioned officer is usually a platoon of about 30 men.
- To start with, each commando unit was to consist of fifty men and three officers.
- Sergeant Lang got onboard with his men as Officer Humphrey followed closely with Jennifer.
- He was one of the most respected generals because of his care for the men and his record as a fighter.
- Protocol required Cook to seek leave of the Viceroy for his officers and men to come ashore.
- As they approached one village a mortar landed nearby in the river and Major Lindsay ordered his men to seek cover.
- Orders were made as suggestions and officers and men were on first-name terms.
- Officers and men from units which had been forced to abandon their positions were shot for desertion.
Synonyms soldiers, armed forces, service men, men, service women - 1.4 A husband, boyfriend, or lover.
丈夫；男友；情人 the two of them lived for a time as man and wife 他们两人一度以夫妻名义共同生活。 Example sentencesExamples - Maybe, none of the earlier relationships had worked out because Rohan was destined to be her man.
- It should be the sort of manly thing I get my man to do, but he leaves computers to me.
- According to friends, the actress is completely smitten with her new man.
- I don't have a problem with women hitting on my man… why wouldn't they?
- My cousin Katie and her new man Andrew picked me up at the airport late Wednesday night.
- It brought out the woman in me and the man in my man.
- I've been with my man for about seven years but when we got married, I began to love him more.
- As Marian and Lewes continued to live together as man and wife, people generally began to accept them as a married couple.
- The tower was originally a summer banqueting house and allowed aristocratic ladies to watch their men hunting.
- A year ago, my man of 14 years cheated on me for the first time.
Synonyms boyfriend, partner, husband, spouse, lover, admirer, fiancé, amour, inamorato - 1.5with modifier A male person associated with a particular place, activity, or occupation.
（属于某地、某一活动或职业的）男人 我是一个坚定的工党党员。 Example sentencesExamples - A battle for power between a union man and an intellectual is looming at Salford town hall.
- If Donald was a Labour man, he was also a Glaswegian through and through.
- If I were a betting man I'd certainly have a flutter on a new PM by the end of July.
- We waited for the ice cream man and wore shorts and let the grass tickle our bare feet.
- Having been trained at Harvard both as a medical man and an anthropologist, you'd think his take on scientific issues of our day would be worth noting.
- Jack was a drinking man and mornings were not his best time.
- The bravery of a Manchester man who fought in the American Civil War is to be recorded in a museum in the US.
- Louis Stanley is a Cambridge man who went on to become a leading industrialist.
- Advocate and author John Mayer looks every inch the rock solid establishment man.
- My mum was the picket in my family, not my dad, although he was a very strong union man.
- My father was a trade union man who always had his rosary in his pocket.
- I'm a professional philosopher, not a medical man.
- 1.6 A person with the qualities associated with males, such as bravery, spirit, or toughness.
男子汉，大丈夫 she was more of a man than any of them 她比他们中间的任何一个都更像男子汉。 Example sentencesExamples - Ironically, her initial portrayal in the show, as more of a man than the men in her Cabinet, may have added to her myth.
- I knew that I had to be a man and help my brother.
- He's more of a man than you'll ever be.
- But Don's the quintessential quiet guy who must overcome his cowardice and be a man.
- I'm not into cars and I know that in some circles that makes me less of a man, but so be it.
- 1.7 A male pursued or sought by another, especially in connection with a crime.
被追捕的男性 Inspector Bull was sure they would find their man 布尔警官坚信他们会找到要抓的男子。 Example sentencesExamples - As soon as we established that Elener was a former Securicor employee, we were fairly sure he was our man.
- Bounty hunters can use almost any tool at their disposal to find and capture their man.
- Hugh Miller is convinced that Loring is his man, but he can't find any concrete evidence.
- 1.8dated A manservant or valet.
〈旧〉男仆；男随从 get me a cocktail, my man 给我来一杯鸡尾酒，伙计。 Synonyms manservant, valet, gentleman's gentleman, attendant, retainer - 1.9historical A vassal.
〈史〉封臣；臣属 Example sentencesExamples - By taking service in William's army he had become the man of the Duke of the Normans.
2A human being of either sex; a person. （不论性别的）人 God cares for all races and all men 上帝关心所有种族和所有的人。 Example sentencesExamples - Perhaps they have special skills that are denied the rest of us mere mortal men.
- Need I add that helping and caring for animals is integral to caring for our fellow men?
- The support given cannot be understood by anyone such as yourself as it displays a basic concern for our fellow men.
- How can we solve something as important as global warming if we don't even care about our fellow men.
- He wanted to stimulate anthropological debate, to allow viewers to better understand their fellow men.
- He believes in the doctrine of freedom, or equal personal rights for all men.
- They are practically indestructible, outlasting anything that mere mortal men can do to them.
Synonyms human being, human, person, mortal, individual, personage, soul - 2.1in singular Human beings in general; the human race.
人类 places untouched by the ravages of man 没有遭到人类破坏的地方。 Example sentencesExamples - Luckily some of these art forms have survived the ravages of man, beast, and time and can still be seen and admired.
- Genesis in fact hints that there was evil present in the world before the fall of man.
- Perhaps it may be said that civilization is about to enter the age of the decline of man.
- She was instrumental in raising people's awareness of man's impact on the environment.
- None the less, equality in the eyes of God laid the foundations for equality in the eyes of man and before the law.
- Wood is the oldest building material known to man - the earliest known wooden artefacts date back some 14,000 years.
- These drawings, which include etchings of what are thought to be reindeer and bison, give an insight into why early man created such works of art.
- Some historians claim this is the most graphic example of man's inhumanity to man.
Synonyms the human race, the human species, homo sapiens, humankind, humanity, human beings, humans, people, mankind - 2.2in singular An individual; one.
个人 a man could buy a lot with eighteen million dotillars 一个人用1，800万美元可以买很多东西。 Example sentencesExamples - A man could get used to that sort of lifestyle.
- It's great country this. A man could live well here and raise a family.
- 2.3in singular, with adjective or noun modifier A type of prehistoric human named after the place where the remains were found.
（按发现其遗迹的地名命名的）史前人种 克鲁马努人。 Example sentencesExamples - This is the town which surprised the world with an archeological find in 1921 that came to be known as the Broken Hill Man.
3the Maninformal A group or person in a position of authority over others, such as a corporate employer or the police. 〈非正式〉头头；老板；警察 it was a vicarious way of powerless people being able to stick it to the Man Example sentencesExamples - As the economy plods along, many of us are choosing to take the easy way out - we're going to work for the Man, letting him do the hard work while we work the long hours.
- There was a time where men had to fight to be the head honcho, The Man.
- Working for the Man often means subsuming your ego to that of the organization.
- Some of the more dedicated activists are going to march over to the Guy street police station this afternoon to hold a vigil and voice their displeasure with the Man.
- Since the 1980s, entrepreneurialism has had a bad name and too many Australians are risk-averse and just happy to keep working for the Man.
- 3.1 White people collectively regarded as the controlling group in society.
〈黑人俚语〉（作为社会统治群体的）白人；白人社会 he urged that black college athletes boycott the Man's Rose Bowl 他敦促黑人大学生运动员抵制白人的玫瑰花盆美式足球决赛。 Example sentencesExamples - But all black officers face the same occupational hazard: race-based taunting. ‘You work for the Man!’
4A figure or token used in playing a board game. （棋类游戏的）棋子 Example sentencesExamples - Mr Kravchuk, who prides himself on his chess-playing prowess, did not give up his man easily.
verbmanmæn [with object]1(of personnel) work at, run, or operate (a place or piece of equipment) or defend (a fortification) 工作于（某一场所）；操作（设备）；保卫（防御工事） the firemen manned the pumps and fought the blaze 消防队员操作水泵，奋力灭火。 Example sentencesExamples - Now, though, the branch is fully manned and new staff are getting up to speed.
- The committee who are stretched to the limit manning the centre, are very thankful to the local District Hospital who cook and prepare the hot meals for them.
- For the early manned missions to be seen as successful, the surface crew will need to explore large areas of Mars, ranging far from their base.
- Tens of thousands of troops and police are manning checkpoints and roadblocks.
- The employees manning these centres are trained to remain unobtrusive and encourage the visitors to potter about, handling the products on display.
- They moved from the safety of their dugouts and manned their machine guns to face the British and French.
- The ship is manned by a staff of 700 who come from 25 countries.
- The helpline is manned by volunteers in centres all around the country.
- I've been keen to get more involved as the place is manned by enthusiastic volunteers who supply locals with tasty, healthy food at low prices.
- The centre is manned by fully trained technical personnel and all calls are recorded and logged to track and maintain a high service level.
- Militiamen are manning road and rooftop positions and main intersections leading into the area.
- One member of the team, an Air Force combat controller, was attacked while manning a security post.
- Not only was this the first manned flight to and from the Moon, Apollo 8 served to validate many of the technical procedures necessary to support upcoming lunar missions.
- Schultz parked the Packard in someone's driveway and they both walked up to the policeman manning the barricade.
- It is believed passengers have been queueing up to two hours in Terminal 1 because only one of five X-ray machines was manned due to staffing problems.
- The Hospice charity shops dotted around the borough are manned, for the most part, by unpaid volunteers.
- A number of people have visited officers manning roadblocks on the road asking where they can leave flowers and tributes.
- A 24-hour call centre operates, permanently manned by experienced personnel from all three Services.
- Trained volunteers will be manning the call centre to offer independent and confidential information and support to people experiencing difficulties.
- There are checkpoints manned by police or soldiers at every junction.
Synonyms staff, crew, occupy, people operate, work, use, utilize - 1.1 Provide someone to fill (a post or office)
派人担任（职务） the chaplaincy was formerly manned by the cathedral 以前附属教堂牧师人选由教区总教堂指派。 Synonyms staff, crew, occupy, people
2archaic Fortify the spirits or courage of. 〈古〉为…鼓气；为…壮胆 he manned himself with dauntless air 他用一种大无畏的气势鼓舞自己。
exclamationmanmæn North American informal Used, irrespective of the sex of the person addressed, to express surprise, admiration, delight, etc., or for emphasis. 〈非正式，主北美〉（表示惊讶、赞美、高兴或强调等）啊；呀；哈；啊呀；喂；嗨；嘿 Example sentencesExamples - You got to stop drinking, man!
- Hey man, I don't have any problem with Jackson, or how Lord of The Rings was filmed.
- This is a nice place, man! I can't believe you used to live here.
- ‘Man it sure was different back in the ol days,’ says Gilbert.
- You see a couple in a restaurant or walking on the street and they appear to be so much in love, so happy with each other and you say, man, I wish I could have that.
- Oh, hey man, how's it going? Did you and Lex have a good time last night?
UsageTraditionally, the word man has been used to refer not only to adult males but also to human beings in general, regardless of sex. There is a historical explanation for this: in Old English, the principal sense of man was “a human being”, and the words wer and wif were used to refer specifically to “a male person” and “a female person”, respectively. Subsequently, man replaced wer as the normal term for “a male person”, but at the same time the older sense “a human being” remained in use. In the second half of the 20th century, the generic use of man to refer to “human beings in general” (as in reptiles were here long before man appeared on the earth) became problematic; the use is now often regarded as sexist or old-fashioned. In some contexts, terms such as the human race or humankind may be used instead of man or mankind. Certain fixed phrases and sayings, such as time and tide wait for no man can be easily rephrased (e.g., time and tide wait for no one). Alternatives for other related terms exist as well: the noun manpower, for example, can usually be replaced with staff or crew, and in most cases, the verbal form to man can be expressed as to staff or to operate PhrasesAs — as the average person. 像普通人一样… I'm as ambitious as the next man 我像其他人一样有抱负。 Example sentencesExamples - As an Irishman living in Glasgow for the past 13 years, I'm as guilty as the next man of being nostalgic.
- While as ambitious as the next man, Davies genuinely believes he would not have got where he is now without the help of his former boss at Preston.
- I may not listen to the album too often these days, but I'm as guilty as the next man of singing along when they play the old hits.
- I am as loyal as the next man to my chosen team but when they are simply outclassed I am, like most true lovers of the game, prepared to admit it.
- We live in a lovely flat - it just needs a bit more day-to-day upkeep than it's currently getting, and I'm as guilty as the next man in that department.
- Well, I'm as curious as the next man, so I phoned one of my mates from the Yard.
- I am as price-conscious as the next man, so obviously value for money is important, even in pies.
- Now, I'm as sensitive as the next man and I took her words to heart.
- I am as paranoid as the next man when it comes to the effects of radiation.
- Much has been made of the comfort zone in Scottish rugby which militates against success, and Nicol is as condemnatory as the next man of attitudes which have prevailed among some of the players.
With everyone acting together or in agreement. 一致地 the crowd rose to their feet as one man 整群人一起站了起来。 Example sentencesExamples - Godwin motioned with his hand, and they got up as one man and followed him across the stone floor and out of the hall.
- Yet what was most remarkable was the experience of seeing all the participants playing together as one man.
- The horde reacted as one man, scrambling to their mangy horses and leaving as quickly as possible.
be someone's (or the) man Be the person perfectly suited to a particular requirement or task. 最佳人选 for any coloring and perming services, David's your man 说到染发和烫发服务，戴维是你的最佳人选。 Example sentencesExamples - If you were looking for a striker to play down the middle then Alan was your man.
- If you fancy the idea of walking in Botswana with a group of elephants, then Gavin Ford is your man.
- Not an easy album to listen to, but when insomnia gets the best of you and you need something gentle but thought-provoking at 3am, Will Oldham is your man.
- If you need a fine writer and editor, Steve is your man.
- If you're into classic sounds, DJ Smoking is your man.
- If Westlife ever need a substitute member, John is your man!
- If we ever needed any ‘unusual pharmaceutical products,’ then he was our man.
- Ladies, if you are looking for Mr. Perfect, Todd is your man.
- He has three university degrees under his belt and whether you have a question about money, God or literature, Griffiths is your man.
- In short, if you want a champion for a distressed building or threatened institution, Rhys Jones is your man.
make a man out of someone (of an experience or person) turn a young man into a mature adult. （经历或人）使某男青年成熟，使某人长大成人 I make men out of them and teach them never to let anyone outsmart them 我帮他们走向成熟并教导他们绝不要败给任何人。 Example sentencesExamples - I enjoyed my Air Force experience and I suppose the military did make a man out of me.
- According to testimony from the man's wife and sister-in-law, he did this to toughen the boy up, make a man out of him.
- I set sail with the Navy Seals and, let me tell you, they made a man out of me.
- He smiled all big and friendly and put his arm around my shoulder and started talking about how great the army was and how it would make a man out of me, but I wasn't having any of it.
- He told me to go and join the effing Army or the effing rugby club, and that would make a man out of me.
- We would go on hikes and we started out with small hikes like 10 miles and ended up doing 30-mile hikes with a pack, they made a man out of you real quick.
- Being a single father made a man out of me, and I can honestly say I am a better man today and thankful for the experience.
- But I think every lad in Rochdale should do it because it makes a man out of you and I think a bit of discipline would put a stop to a lot of trouble.
- I always thought the U.S. Open made a man out of you more than any other golf tournament.
- They were really nice and accommodating, knowing that everyone has a different pain tolerance and that getting a tattoo is often the kind of experience that ‘makes a man out of you.’
A fashionable male socialite. 社交名人，时髦男人 Example sentencesExamples - For the trendy man about town this season, cable-knit pullovers or cardigans in neutral shades such as greys and browns or navy blue are suggested.
- Mobile in one hand, chilled glass of lager in the other, with the BMW parked outside, he was every considerable inch the man about town.
- The new men about town aspire to be more than just arm candy for the ladies.
- A single man about town should be able to splash out on these things without feeling a moment's guilt or too big a dent in his bank balance.
- But, despite his image as a man about town, once he had become seriously involved with Isabel Lambert, he moved with her to a cottage near Thaxted in Essex, where he remained for the last eighteen years of his life.
- This carefully cultivated image as a man about town however belied the industry which he brought to his office, laying the foundation for his later success as a hard-working and knowledgeable foreign secretary.
- Fatherhood is changing him: the one-time man about town now talks proudly of how he's mastered the plastic strips on nappies and is allowed to change the baby by himself.
- He seems to have spent part of his early years in France, and was a man about town in London when his first comedy, The Comical Revenge, or Love in a Tub, was performed in 1664.
- There were no real übertrendy apartment blocks then, so a mews was the must-have address for the man about town who worked hard and played hard.
- Away from the radio studio, Antony Collins looks every part the young, trendy media man about town.
Synonyms fop, beau, man about town, bright young thing, glamour boy, rake
Throughout life from youth. 〈旧〉从童年到成年；整个一生 the time when families worked in the fields man and boy 家家户户终生忙碌于田间的年代。 Example sentencesExamples - I have supported that club man and boy for 38 years.
- Rex has been a North End supporter man and boy, and to take the stick of rock analogy, if you chopped him in half he would say ‘Disappointed’ all the way through.
- Cecil has been working it, seven days a week, for more than 60 years as a hands-on farmer, man and boy.
- He had been a merchant seaman man and boy, covering some fifty years and he was so accustomed to shouting just to be heard that he couldn't stop doing it now that he'd retired.
- I am a smoker, and have been for the past 36 years, man and boy, and have never really made any serious attempt to quit in all that time.
- I have lived here for more than 70 years - man and boy - and I won't be pushed out.
- Their managerial history is built on a solid stretch by Syd King, who was in charge of the club for 30 years man and boy.
- But for John Wilberforce Preston, who has fished the rivers and ponds of Craven man and boy for some 50 years, all is not well in the Aire Valley.
- I have worked here man and boy… Not many people can say that these days but perky head porter Mike Fawcett can and does with pride.
- A Labour Party member, man and boy, I am horrified to see so many of my colleagues vote with ignorance and arrogance in equal measure.
1The imagined likeness of a face seen on the surface of a full moon. （想象中的）月中人 - 1.1Used to refer to someone regarded as out of touch with real life.
〈喻〉脱离实际生活的人 a kid with no more idea of what to do than the man in the moon 对女孩需求一无所知的远离实际的男孩。 Example sentencesExamples - The first and most important rule of all is not believing the mischief, the brutally contrived propaganda, which is purveyed with about as much credibility and believability as that emanating from the man in the moon!
- You don't have any more idea than the man in the moon whether it's accurate and true or not.
the man in (or on) the street An ordinary person, often with regard to their opinions, or as distinct from an expert. 普通人，常人 it will be interesting to hear what the man in the street has to say about these latest tax cuts Example sentencesExamples - He believed that the man on the Clapham omnibus would regard it as ‘wholly anomalous and unfair’ for a cohabiting ex wife in Mrs K's position to continue to receive income from her former husband indefinitely.
- If you ask the man on the Clapham omnibus, or the man on the average Great Western train, he will typically think that things are getting better.
- Yes, the man on the Clapham omnibus may have faith in national sovereignty, but his faith is faltering.
- The man on the Clapham omnibus would probably have liked to have seen me hung, drawn and quartered, with my…head stuck on a pike for public edification.
- We must ask ourselves what the man on the Clapham omnibus would think.
- The man on the Clapham omnibus was heading for Epsom yesterday, along with about half the population of London.
Example sentencesExamples - Gutierrez has not always been a man of the cloth; before entering the priesthood he was a military intelligence operative.
- A spirited campaign to stop proposed Sunday flights to the Western Isles is being led not by elderly men of the cloth but by a sharp-suited former army major.
- I am saddened that a man of the cloth could write such unfeeling comments.
- There were many men of the cloth in Sophiatown, but Huddleston was arguably the most popular.
- Among the assembled cast is former man of the cloth Sandy Lofthouse, retired Canon of Carlisle and vicar of Levens, Helsington and Underbarrow for 17 years until he retired in 1995.
- The men of the cloth were in town to attend a four-day conference of the Pontifical Council for Culture, in which the role of the church in preserving culture and heritage across the world was discussed.
- Quite a few of his ancestors had been men of the cloth, and he was raised in the faith by devout parents.
- Zumárraga, as a man of the cloth, had no military or political weapons.
- He has taken his vows and is now a man of the cloth.
- Indeed, he is a patient, forgiving sort of fella, as one would expect of a man of the cloth.
Synonyms clergyman, clergywoman, priest, churchman, churchwoman, man of the cloth, woman of the cloth, man of god, woman of god, cleric, minister, preacher, chaplain, father
Example sentencesExamples - His life and writings have given eloquent testimony that one may be both a man of science and a man of God.
- He was also a great man of God who took the Bible at face value.
- In due course he appeared before three men of God in the Washington DC archdiocese.
- Fr Hope said: ‘Pope John Paul II was a remarkable and courageous man of God.’
- This man of God should refer to the first commandment - ‘love thy neighbour‘.
- This will undoubtedly mean some hard decisions and some new directions will have to be faced, and for that the chosen man of God will need all our support and prayers.
- ‘There was never a conflict between my role as a man of God and my role as a member of the SAS,’ he said.
- But I have certainly benefited from daily readings by different men of God over the years, reflecting the grace of God in their experience.
- At this time all I needed was a man of God to pray for me.
- Even in a pictorial book like this, the courage, faithfulness and immense work-rate of this man of God clearly shine through.
- In recent e-mail to Willimon, I told him I respect him as a man of God and of the scriptures.
- 1.1A holy man or saint.
圣人 Example sentencesExamples - No, this was Isaiah, from all indication in the record of Scripture a holy man, a man of God, what would be termed a dedicated Christian.
A man who adheres to what is right or to a high standard of conduct. 正直的人；高尚的人 Example sentencesExamples - He is a man of honour who behaves with reserve and circumspection towards Elinor while he is bound to Lucy Steele by an engagement that only she can honourably break.
- If he were a man of honour, he would have resigned long ago.
- For a man of honour, a guilty conscience must be a dreadful, perhaps unbearable burden.
- As men of honour, the male members of the upper classes reserved the right to settle their disputes among themselves, without recourse to or interference by the state.
The male head of a household. 男主人，男户主 Example sentencesExamples - In a somber tone, he alluded to the fact that he would not always be around to handle male responsibilities such as this, and someday, I would be the man of the house.
- This is quite significant, as it challenges the stereotype that it is always the man of the house who decides what consumer electronic equipment is to be bought.
- According to friends, Luke swiftly assumed the role of man of the house after his parents split up.
- The great bourgeois world of the past was built on families confident that the man of the house would always have a job and that his income would rise slowly but steadily.
- Yes, he was the man of the house and he made most of the decisions.
- Overnight, young Eddie became the man of the house at just 14.
- Mrs Boone said: ‘After his dad died, he became the man of the house.’
- His father left the family and Mitchell recalls telling his mother and siblings: ‘I'll look after you; I'm the man of the house now.’
- If men ever dared to reflect wistfully on former glories of patriarchy, high on the list would be the freedom once enjoyed by the man of the house to come and go as he pleased.
- I think it's because we moved around so much without my dad, and I was kind of forced to be the man of the house.
A male scholar or author. 男性学者；男作家 Example sentencesExamples - He is a man of letters, and we have had a good deal of literary conversation.
- Not only in this country, but in much of Europe, Benjamin Franklin was recognized as a scholar and man of letters.
- Sir Walter Scott, Scotland's greatest man of letters, and one of the most beloved authors of all time, was born in Edinburgh on 15 August 1771.
- Carlos Fuentes is one of Latin America's most prominent men of letters.
- Returning from America, he settled down to the career of a man of letters.
- He worked for two decades as a government engineer before beginning a second career as a man of letters.
- By the end of the decade, his career was flourishing and he was well on his way to establishing his postwar reputation as a man of letters.
- Born in Boston, the son of the physician, poet, and man of letters Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Holmes graduated from Harvard College in 1861.
- He was also a man of letters and had a parallel career as a writer, medical biographer, and historian.
- In 1851, having already embarked on a successful career as man of letters, he paid his first visit to Europe in the company of his family.
Synonyms intelligent person, learned person, highbrow, academic, bookworm, bookish person, man of letters, woman of letters, bluestocking, thinker, brain, scholar, sage
A man of importance at a particular time. 关键人物 Example sentencesExamples - James seems to be very much the man of the moment.
- Wayne Rooney is undeniably THE man of the moment.
- Clarke is not ruling out a future career in management although he's more than happy to continue learning his trade at the feet of the man of the moment in European football.
- It was close to 10.30 pm when the man of the moment, Jai, came on stage.
- There are quite a few good strikers around in the Premiership but he is the man in form and the man of the moment.
- Another Lancastrian, Ronnie Irani, may be the man of the moment but the Essex captain has a long way to go to rival Freddie's status as England's number one all-rounder.
- When the television cameras were turned off she pulled out a small camera and asked to be photographed with the man of the moment.
- For now, though, Forsyth is the Scottish man of the moment.
- He's the man of the moment and rapidly emerging as the darling of Irish racegoers.
- Rob Deering is comedy's man of the moment, and this year's Edinburgh could be the big one.
An affectionate or approving way of referring to the dog. 人类最好的朋友（指狗） Example sentencesExamples - Dogs have been trained to sniff out prey, drugs and even explosives - but new research reveals that man's best friend can also detect cancer.
- In 1987, researchers led by Dennis F. Lawler at the Purina Pet Institute in St. Louis began a study of man's best friend.
- But a recent study on elderly nursing home patients now offers scientific support that brief weekly visits from man's best friend can have a positive therapeutic impact.
- Humans share three-quarters of their genes with man's best friend, the first genetic blueprint of the domestic dog revealed yesterday.
- A new exhibit at the Norton Museum of Art examines the role of man's best friend in the history of photography.
- Everyone knows that dogs are affectionate and loyal - they're not called man's best friend for nothing!
- We have many years' experience letting holiday cottages and have found man's best friend and his family make the best guests.
- A new genetic analysis of man's best friend could help scientists explain why a border collie has knack for herding or why poodles sport a curly coat.
- This year, they were taking a lenient attitude to those who turned up with pooch in tow - much to the annoyance of those who had read about the ban in the Craven Herald and had left man's best friend at home.
- Of course, no luxury camping trip would be complete without catering to man's best friend.
A man who is more popular and at ease with other men than with women. 与同性相处更自在的男人 Example sentencesExamples - He's a man's man, he admits, which is no doubt why his friends have lasted longer than his lovers.
- He's very much a man's man, living in a cabin in the woods and driving around in a truck, but he's plagued by life getting in the way of his job.
- Allegedly, women today don't want a sensitive, caring partner, they want a butch, tough, man's man.
- He's such a man's man, but at the same time he writes with such tenderness and feeling.
- He was that rare mix of man's man and matinee idol.
- Ritchie enjoys a reputation as a man's man: a hard-working, all-action, shooting, fishing sort of a chap who has knocked about a bit and can look after himself.
- He's a man's man with a notoriously robust attitude to women.
- Despite his good behaviour nowadays, he remains very much a man's man.
- Joe was practical, a man's man; friendly in a blustering sort of way and always happy.
- If it wasn't for football, I would definitely not be as close to my dad John as I am, because he's a man's man.
1In a direct and frank way between two men; openly and honestly. 坦率地，开诚布公地 he was able to talk man to man with the delegates 他能开诚布公地同代表们交谈。 坦诚的闲聊。 Example sentencesExamples - I decided it was time for a man-to-man talk with the guy.
- I'm very much looking forward to seeing him and sitting down and talking to him man to man.
- Dad did occasionally try to talk to me in a man-to-man, father-to-son kind of way.
- I realize you are my employer, but I'd like to speak with you man to man for a moment, if I may.
Synonyms frankly, openly, honestly, directly, candidly, plainly, forthrightly, without beating about the bush 2Denoting a defensive tactic in a sport such as football or basketball in which each player is responsible for defending against one opponent. （足球等运动等）一对一地，人盯人地 Washington's cornerbacks are fast enough to cover man-to-man 华盛顿队的角后卫速度很快，足以盯住对手。 Example sentencesExamples - Concentrate on dribbling, passing, shooting and playing man to man defense.
- The game petered out into its traditional pattern of man-to-man marking.
- Our man to man marking has improved and the defence is compact.
- I am sure that if you see TV and watch other matches you will see a lot of goals scored from set-pieces, corners and free-kicks against teams who mark man to man.
- One of the biggest keys to a good man to man defensive scheme is what is called player recognition.
separate (or sort out) the men from the boys informal Show or prove which people in a group are truly competent, brave, or mature. 〈非正式〉从一群人中找出真正有能力（或有魄力、成熟）的人，区分真汉子与小男人 Example sentencesExamples - The rock-hard desert terrain encountered by riders at the Alpine quarry soon sorted out the men from the boys and many competitors didn't make it to the end of the two-hour race.
- Determination separates the men from the boys and is especially important in bodybuilding.
- This is a hole for those with nerves of steel, and will truly sort out the men from the boys in the Ryder Cup.
- This is the part of the competition that separates the men from the boys.
- I'm sure it would be absolutely horrible in real life, but trying to survive alone on a desert island has be the ultimate test - it would definitely separate the men from the boys and I think I'd end up being a complete wimp.
- Such experiences are what separate the men from the boys.
- This two mile Derby consists of four circuits of the track and is a race where stamina, strength and speed to the finish separate the men from the boys and only the fittest and most highly trained will succeed.
- Lets make no bones about it; this is a hard race and probably sorts out the men from the boys.
- Believe me 5 years in the Army and then the Navy soon separated the men from the boys.
- More than any other, a tour of Australia separates the men from the boys.
to a man, we have all taken a keen interest in the business 我们无一例外都对此事有很大的兴趣。 Example sentencesExamples - Rocket fanatics to a man, they rose to their feet and cheered.
- We had, to a man, missed the greatest event in the history of football, ever.
- Automatons to a man, they seem to be quite unable to step outside the stock responses.
- I went round a number of pits explaining the situation and they backed us to a man.
- In a game where it was a pity to see a loser the Comer boys can feel proud of their performance to a man.
- The team had played to its full potential by playing outstanding football to a man.
- The orchestra, to a man, played terrifically - the best I have heard it yet.
- Our group, to a man, were extremely well behaved.
Synonyms with no exceptions, without exception, bar none, one and all, everyone, each and every one, unanimously, as one
be man enough for (or to do) 有足够的勇气做 Be brave enough to do. 有足够的勇气做 who's man enough for the job? he has not been man enough to face up to his responsibilities 他没有足够的勇气来面对自己的责任。 Example sentencesExamples - I only wanted to show her that there were no hard feelings, that I was man enough to call the past the past and make a fresh start as she had done.
- Sheffield's coach Mark Aston was man enough to say afterwards that the best team won.
- It could have been all three points for the Lions, had referee Clive Penton not made a bizarre mistake that he was man enough to admit to later.
- You have to be man enough to get back in the game and we didn't do that.
- In golf, for example, I can't hit the ball as far as I once did, but you've got to be man enough to accept it.
- It sounds simple, but that is also what life's all about - being man enough to admit you made a mistake, accepting the consequences and working hard to make sure it doesn't happen again.
- But at least he was man enough to realise he was wrong and act accordingly.
- At 20 years of age he was man enough to accept this enormous responsibility and pressure.
- Brentford manager Wally Downes said: ‘Smith is the best in this division, but I am sure he is man enough to hold his hands up and admit he made mistakes today’.
- You know he was man enough to apologize and to admit his mistake.
Phrasal VerbsBe brave or tough enough to deal with an unpleasant situation. 〈美，非正式〉鼓起勇气，坚强起来 you just have to man up and take it 你得鼓起勇气面对它。 Example sentencesExamples - He told me to man up, then slapped me.
- I'm sorry people are being rude about all this but these people need to man up and realize that they are going to take some heat.
- You've got to man up to be in the police.
- This is where you have to man up.
- At a rally later in the day he manned up.
- But since even a bad day golfing is better than a good day doing anything else, he manned up, borrowed his brother's clubs, and ventured onto the course at the Red Ledges Golf Club.
- We were manning up for what would be the final night event of the deployment.
- Now to his credit, here is Sean Hannity, manning up.
- Dean will have to do a lot more than man up to overcome the President's popularity.
- They need to man up and take responsibility.
OriginOld English man(n), (plural) menn (noun), mannian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch man, German Mann, and Sanskrit manu ‘mankind’. |