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| /ɪnˈkaʊntə/ |
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| 1 | a meeting , especially one that was not planned 偶遇；邂逅 |
| I had not seen her since our brief encounter two years before. 自两年前匆匆邂逅后，我再也没有见过她。 |
| a close encounter We had a frighteningly close encounter with a black bear. 我们偶然近距离地碰上了一只黑熊，太吓人了。 |
| | 1a | an occasion when people have sex , especially in a way that was not planned 性经历（尤指意外的） | | Risk of exposure to HIV increases with each casual encounter. 每发生一次随意的性行为，感染艾滋病病毒的危险就增加一些。 | |
| | 1b | an occasion when people meet and fight or argue 遭遇战；冲突 | | The march ended in a violent encounter with the police. 游行最终以和警方发生激烈冲突而结束。 | |
| | 1c | a meeting between opponents in a sports competition （体育比赛中运动员之间的）遭遇，交手 | | Their last encounter ended in a draw. 他们上次交手最终打成了平局。 | |
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| 2 | +with an experience or discovery of a particular kind 经历；发现 |
| my earliest encounter with the theatre 我最早的戏剧表演经历 |
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