meet
verb/miːt/
/miːt/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they meet | /miːt/ /miːt/ |
| he / she / it meets | /miːts/ /miːts/ |
| past simple met | /met/ /met/ |
| past participle met | /met/ /met/ |
| -ing form meeting | /ˈmiːtɪŋ/ /ˈmiːtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive, no passive] to be in the same place as somebody by chance and talk to them
相遇；相逢；遇见 - Maybe we'll meet again some time.
说不定我们什么时候还会再见面。 - meet somebody Did you meet anyone in town?
你在城里碰见什么人了吗？ - I've never met anyone like her.
我从没见过像她这样的人。 - A year or so later I happened to meet him again.
大约一年后我碰巧又遇见了他。 - I hope we'll meet again soon.
希望我们很快再见面。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- first
- regularly
- once
- …
- arrange to
- chance to
- happen to
- …
- at
- for
- with
- …
- look forward to meeting somebody
- nice to meet you
- pleased to meet you
- …
- Maybe we'll meet again some time.
- [intransitive, transitive, no passive] to come together formally in order to discuss something
开会；会晤 - The committee meets on Fridays.
委员会每周五开会。 - meet somebody The Prime Minister met other European leaders for talks.
首相与其他欧洲首脑举行会谈。 - meet with somebody The President met with senior White House aides.
总统会见了白宫的高级幕僚。 - The evening gave collectors the opportunity to meet with leading art dealers.
当晚，收藏家有机会与领先的艺术品经销商见面。 - meet to do something They met to discuss the project while both were in Paris.
他们俩在巴黎时见面讨论了这个项目。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- first
- regularly
- once
- …
- arrange to
- chance to
- happen to
- …
- at
- for
- with
- …
- look forward to meeting somebody
- nice to meet you
- pleased to meet you
- …
- The committee meets on Fridays.
- [intransitive, transitive, no passive] to come together socially after you have arranged it
（与…）会面；集合 - The town needs a space where young people can meet.
这个小镇需要一个年轻人可以聚会的空间。 - meet for something Let's meet for a drink after work.
下班后我们一起去喝一杯吧。 - meet somebody We're meeting them outside the theatre at 7.
我们 7 点钟在剧院外面和他们会合。 - meet somebody for something I met a friend for a walk round the lake.
我遇见一个朋友在湖边散步。
Extra Examples- The three sisters rarely meet in person, but spend hours on the phone.
这三姐妹很少见面，但会在电话上聊好几个小时。 - We met the next day at a local bar.
第二天我们在当地的一间酒吧见了面。 - I arranged to meet her for lunch.
我约好和她见面一起吃午饭。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- first
- regularly
- once
- …
- arrange to
- chance to
- happen to
- …
- at
- for
- with
- …
- look forward to meeting somebody
- nice to meet you
- pleased to meet you
- …
- The town needs a space where young people can meet.
- [transitive] to go to a place and wait there for a particular person or thing to arrive
迎接 - meet somebody/something Will you meet me at the airport?
你到机场接我好吗？ - The hotel bus meets all incoming flights.
所有抵达航班，酒店都有车接机。 - meet somebody off something I met him off the train.
我到火车站接他了。
Homophones meat | meetmeat meet/miːt//miːt/- meat noun
- I won't have any meat, thank you—I'm a vegetarian.
我不吃肉，谢谢——我是素食主义者。
- I won't have any meat, thank you—I'm a vegetarian.
- meet verb
- I'll meet you at the station when your train gets in.
当你的火车进站时，我会在车站接你。
- I'll meet you at the station when your train gets in.
- meet somebody/something Will you meet me at the airport?
- [intransitive, transitive, no passive] to see and know somebody for the first time; to be introduced to somebody
相识；结识；被引见介绍（给某人） - I don't think we've met.
我想我们没见过面吧。 - meet somebody Where did you first meet your husband?
你是在哪儿和你丈夫初次相识的？ - (especially British English) Pleased to meet you (= when you first meet somebody).
很高兴认识你。（用于初次见面） - Nice meeting you (= when you leave somebody after meeting them for the first time).
认识你很高兴。（用于初次见面后分手时） - There's someone I want you to meet.
我想介绍你认识一个人。 - Have you met Miranda?
你见过米兰达了吗？ - I love meeting people.
我喜欢与人结识。
- When these two finally met, the connection was electric.
这两人终于见上面的时候，气氛很是热烈。 - the place where they had first met
他们初次见面的地方 - an interactive site where people can meet online
人们可以在线会面的交互式网站 - Jasper Johns worked at various jobs before meeting Rauschenberg in 1954.
贾斯珀·琼斯 (Jasper Johns) 在 1954 年遇见劳森伯格之前曾从事过多种工作。
- I don't think we've met.
- [transitive] meet something to do or satisfy what is needed or what somebody asks for
满足；使满意 - How can we best meet the needs of all the different groups?
我们如何才能最好地满足各个群体的需要呢？ - The airport must be expanded to meet demand.
必须扩建机场以满足需求。 - He had failed to meet his performance targets.
他未能达到自己的绩效目标。 - to meet a challenge/goal
迎接挑战/目标 - The oil industry is working to meet clean air requirements.
石油工业正在努力满足清洁空气的要求。 - Patients were included in the study if they met the following criteria.
如果患者符合以下标准，则被纳入研究。 - 50% of the candidates failed to meet the standard required.
50%的申请人达不到指定的标准。 - Until these conditions are met, we cannot proceed with the sale.
除非这些条件得到满足，否则我们不能继续这项交易。 - I can't possibly meet that deadline.
我不可能如期完成。
Extra Examples- California faces a further round of rolling blackouts today as the state struggles to meet demand for electrical power.
由于加州难以满足电力需求，今天加州面临新一轮轮流停电。 - The workforce work extremely hard to ensure all boats meet the exacting demands of the customer.
员工们非常努力地工作，以确保所有船只都能满足客户的严格要求。 - Local authorities also have an important role to play in meeting the rural housing challenge.
地方当局在应对农村住房挑战方面也可以发挥重要作用。 - It's not a matter of meeting a short-term financial goal.
这不是实现短期财务目标的问题。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- head-on
- be able to
- can
- be unable to
- …
- How can we best meet the needs of all the different groups?
- [intransitive, transitive, no passive] to play, fight, etc. together as opponents in a competition
遭遇；交锋 - Smith and Jones met in last year's final.
史密斯和琼斯在去年的决赛中相遇。 - meet somebody Smith met Jones in last year's final.
在去年的决赛中，史密斯与琼斯交锋。
- Smith and Jones met in last year's final.
- [transitive] meet something to experience something, often something unpleasant
经历（常指不愉快的事） - Others have met similar problems.
其他人遇到过同样的问题。 - How she met her death will probably never be known.
她的死因也许永远无人知晓。 - They were determined to meet the challenge head-on.
他们决心直面挑战。
- Others have met similar problems.
- be met by something(also meet with something)to be received or treated by somebody in a particular way
遭遇（某事）；受到某种对待 - The announcement was met by loud boos from fans.
这一宣布遭到了球迷的大声嘘声。
- The announcement was met by loud boos from fans.
- [intransitive, transitive] to touch something; to join
接触（某物）；连接 - The curtains don't meet in the middle.
这窗帘中间合不拢。 - meet something That's where the river meets the sea.
这条河就在这里流入大海。 - His hand met hers.
他的手碰到她的手。
- The curtains don't meet in the middle.
- [transitive] meet something to pay something
支付；偿付 - The cost will be met by the company.
费用将由公司支付。
Extra Examples- Many families on these estates are struggling to meet their financial commitments.
这些庄园的许多家庭正在努力履行他们的财务承诺。 - The company will meet the cost of the journey.
公司将承担旅途费用。 - The school had to sell off its playing fields to meet its debt repayments.
学校不得不把操场卖掉来偿还债务。
- The cost will be met by the company.
by chance
by arrangement
for the first time
satisfy
in contest
experience something
touch/join
pay
Word OriginOld English mētan ‘come upon’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch moeten, also to moot.
Idioms
find/meet your match (in somebody)
- to meet somebody who is equal to or even better than you in strength, skill or intelligence
遇到对手；棋逢对手 - He thought he could beat anyone at chess but he’s met his match in Peter.
他认为自己可以在国际象棋比赛中击败任何人，但他在彼得身上遇到了对手。
Extra Examples- I think he's finally met his match in Lisa.
我想他碰到莉萨终于算是遇到了对手。 - She knew she had met her match and tried to retreat.
她知道这次遇到了旗鼓相当的对手，想退缩。
- He thought he could beat anyone at chess but he’s met his match in Peter.
make (both) ends meet
- to earn just enough money to be able to buy the things you need
使收支相抵；勉强维持生计 - Many families struggle to make ends meet.
许多家庭只能勉强维持生计。
- Many families struggle to make ends meet.
meet somebody’s eye(s) | meet somebody’s gaze, look, etc. | people’s eyes meet
- [transitive, intransitive] if you meet somebody’s eye(s), you look directly at them as they look at you; if two people’s eyes meet, they look directly at each other
（和某人）对视，目光相遇 - She was afraid to meet my eye.
她不敢和我对视。 - Their eyes met across the crowded room.
他们隔着拥挤的房间目光相遇了。 - She met his gaze without flinching.
她毫不畏缩地与他对视。
- She was afraid to meet my eye.
- [transitive] meet somebody’s eye(s) your eyes if a sight meets your eyes, you see it
呈现；显现 - A terrible sight met their eyes.
一幅可怕的景象映入他们的眼帘。
- A terrible sight met their eyes.
meet somebody halfway
- to reach an agreement with somebody by giving them part of what they want
和某人妥协；对某人作出让步 - If he was prepared to apologize, the least she could do was meet him halfway and accept some of the blame.
如果他准备道歉，她至少可以向他妥协，承担一些责任。
- If he was prepared to apologize, the least she could do was meet him halfway and accept some of the blame.
meet your Maker
- (especially humorous) to die
长逝；走向人生终点
never the twain shall meet
- (saying) used to say that two things are so different that they cannot exist together
二者永远合不到一起；泾渭分明；大相径庭
there is more to somebody/something than meets the eye
- a person or thing is more complicated or interesting than you might think at first
某人（或物）比料想的更为复杂（或有趣）
where the rubber meets the road
- (North American English) the point at which something is tested and you really find out whether it is successful or true
接受考验的时刻；检验成败的时刻；检验真伪的时刻 - Here's where the rubber meets the road: will consumers actually buy the product?
检验成败的时刻到了：消费者真的会购买这种产品吗？
- Here's where the rubber meets the road: will consumers actually buy the product?