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read (obj) UNDERSTANDri:dvpast read redto obtain meaning or information, esp. by looking at printed or written words or symbols阅读，读He spent a pleasant afternoon reading (the newspaper/a book). [I/T]他花了一个下午愉快地阅读(报纸/书)。As a teenager, I read all his books avidly. [T]十多岁时，我如饥似渴地读了所有他写的书。Children of that age tend to read voraciously (= many books of all kinds). [I]那个年龄的孩子往往什么书都看。I read about the family's success in the local paper. [I]我在当地报纸上读到了关于这个家族成功的事。It was too dark to read our map and we took a wrong turning. [T]天太暗，我们无法看地图，因此我们拐错了弯。Can you read music? [T]你看得懂乐谱吗？Your handwriting is so untidy I can't read it. [T]你的笔迹太潦草，我看不懂。I've read in the newspapers (that) there is a threat of war. [+ (that) clause]我在报上看到消息说有战争威胁。She read the instructions to find out how to use the computer. [T]她看说明书以弄懂如何用计算机。Put your plastic card in the slot, and the machine will read it and identify who you are. [T]把你的塑料卡片放进口子，机器就会读它并识别你是谁。Many children can read (= have learnt the skill of obtaining information from printed or written words) by the age of four. [I]许多孩子到四岁时就会认字。The letter reads (= seems when you read it) as if/(Am also, Br not standard) like it was written in a hurry. [I]这封信念起来好像是匆匆写成的。Her latest novel reads well (= is written in an attractive way). [I]她最新的小说很好看。To read is also to say the words that are printed or written.念，读She read (the poem) slowly and quietly. [I/T]她缓慢而从容地念(诗歌)。Their teacher always read them a story/read a story to them at the end of the day. [+ two objects]每天放学前他们的老师总是给他们念个故事。Children love to have stories read (aloud/out loud/out) to them. [M]孩子们喜欢有人念故事给他们听。Every night when I was a child my father read me to sleep (= read aloud to me until I went to sleep).我小时候我父亲每晚给我念故事，直到我睡着为此。To read also means to understand or INTERPRET written information.理解，解释，看成She missed the train because she read 18.30 as 8.30 p.m. instead of 6.30 p.m. [T]她错过了火车，因为她把18:30误以为是下午8:30而不是下午6:30 。On page 19, for Blitish, please read British. [T]在第19页，请把Blitish改为British。If I've read the situation aright, we should have some agreement on the contract by the end of the week. [T]要是我对这个情形理解对的话，到本周末我们应该就合同达成协议。(Br fml) To read is to study at university or for some professional qualifications.念书，攻读(某个学科)They're both reading history at Cambridge. [T]他们俩都在剑桥念历史。(law) She's reading for the Bar (= studying to become a type of lawyer called a BARRISTER). [I]她在读法律准备当律师。Read is used, esp. when communicating by radio, to mean 'hear and understand'.听到并明白Do you read me? [T]你听到并明白我吗？I read you loud and clear. [T]你的通话我听得很明白清楚To read over/through something means to read it quickly from the beginning to the end.从头至尾看，通读I read your proposal through last night and I think we'll agree to it. [M]昨晚我从头至尾看了你的建议。我认为我们会同意它的。To read up about/up on something is to read in order to find out information about it.了解It's a good idea to read up on a company before going for an interview. [I]去面试前先了解一下公司的情况是个好主意。To read between the lines is to find hidden meanings or intentions in what has been said or written.领会言外之意，体会隐含的意义She said they were busy on that day but, reading between the lines, they just didn't want to come to the presentation.她说他们那天很忙，但言外之意是，他们就是不想出席说明会。To read something into something is to find meanings in an activity that were possibly not intended.无中生有地推论或推断Don't read too much into her leaving so suddenly -- she probably just had a train to catch.对她这么突然离去不要推想太多----她或许只是去赶火车而已。I think you're reading more into their refusal than is justified.我认为你对他们的拒绝想得过多，很牵强。To read someone's lips is to follow the movements of their lips in order to understand what they are saying, esp. if you are unable to hear them speak.唇读，摸读She read his lips across the busy conference hall -- "Time to go."她在繁忙的会议厅里看他的嘴唇形状明白----“该走了。”(fig.) Read my lips (= Make sure you understand what I am saying). No more ice cream today!听明白我讲的话。今天不能再吃冰淇淋。[LIP中的lip-read]If someone comes to your house to read the meter, they look at a piece of measuring equipment to see how much electricity/gas has been used.读数，抄(水电煤气等)表数They read the meter once a quarter.他们每季度抄一次表。We had the meter read before we moved house.搬家前我们叫他们把表抄了。To read someone's mind/thoughts is to know what they are thinking without them telling you.懂，知道，了解(别人在想什么)To read someone's palm is to look at the lines on a person's hand as a way of finding out what will happen to them in the future, esp. for payment as part of a group of entertainment activities.看手相They passed the shooting range and a couple of food stalls and finally reached the tent where a gypsy was reading palms.他们经过靶场和几个食摊，最后来到一名吉普赛人看手相的帐篷里。When someone reads the Riot Act, they demand that something such as noise or bad behaviour should stop immediately.立刻停止，不许再做Her mother rushed into the room and read the Riot Act to Sal and her friends, demanding that they turned the music down and tidied the place up.她母亲冲进房间，叫萨尔和她的朋友们不许再闹，并要求他们把音乐开轻些，把房间整理好。(Br) If you read the runes you understand from what is taking place at present what will happen in the future.观察，推知He was the first of the eastern leaders to read the runes and make political changes to stay in power.他是推知事态变化并进行政治改革以继续掌权的第一位东方领导人。"Read my lips -- no new taxes"(President George Bush in a speech, 1988)“听我怎么说----没有新税收。” (乔治·布什总统)
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