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| 1 | C a long thin flat piece of wood , used especially for making floors and other parts of buildings 板，木板（尤用于地板和其他建筑构件中） |
| There’ s a loose board in the bedroom. 卧室里有一块地板松动了。 |
| Boards had been nailed across the broken window. 破窗户上钉上了木板。 |
| | 1a | U a thin flat sheet of wood or other hard material 木板；硬质板 | | We use only recycled paper and board in our packaging. 我们的包装只使用可回收利用的纸和硬质板。 | | The walls were lined with insulating board. 墙上镶着绝缘板。 | |
| | 1b | C a thin flat piece of wood or other material that is used for something , for example for making a firm surface or for playing a game （用于制作硬质表面、玩游戏等的）板，棋盘 | | He put the bread on the board and began to slice it. 他把面包放在板上，然后开始切。 | | We wanted to play chess but I couldn’ t find the board. 我们想下国际象棋，但我找不到棋盘。 | | a group of surfers waxing their boards 给冲浪板上蜡的一群冲浪运动员 | |
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| 2 | C a flat wide surface such as a noticeboard or blackboard placed upright and used for showing information 布告板；黑板 |
| The board said ‘Danger – Keep Out’ . 标示牌上写着“危险，切勿靠近。” |
| The exam results were pinned up on the board. 考试结果被钉在布告板上。 |
| The train station has an electronic board showing all departure times. 火车站有一个显示所有列车出发时间的电子显示屏。 |
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| 3 | C a group of people who have the responsibility of managing important business or government activities 理事会；委员会；董事会 |
| an advisory/editorial board 顾问/编辑委员会 |
| She was appointed to the board investigating lapses in airport security. 她被任命加入调查机场安全漏洞的委员会。 |
| board of trustees The hospital’ s board of trustees voted for the merger. 医院的管理委员会投票赞成合并。 |
| board of governors (=in a school) The board of governors has approved the appointment of a new head teacher. 学校董事会 |
| school board The local school board is trying to raise teachers’ salaries. 当地的学校董事会在试图提高教师的工资。 |
| | 3a | the most important people in a company , who make decisions about the way that the company is managed 董事长 | | He sits on the board of several companies. 他担任几家公司的董事长。 | | board of directors She has recently been appointed to the board of directors. 她最近被任命进入董事会。 | | chairman of the board Fred’ s father is chairman of the board. 弗雷德的父亲是董事会主席。 | |
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| 4 | U meals provided for you when you stay at a hotel , live at another person’ s house etc 膳食 |
| board and lodging She gets £70 a week plus board and lodging (=a place to stay and meals) . 她每周得到70英镑外加膳宿。 |
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| 5 | the boards plural AMERICAN board exams |
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| - | go by the board BRITISH
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| if a plan , idea , or activity goes by the board , it is stopped or forgotten |
| （计划、想法或活动）被终止，被遗忘，被丢弃 |
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| Our plans to expand went by the board for lack of funding. 我们的扩展计划由于缺乏资金而搁浅。 |
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| - | on board
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| 1 | on a ship or plane 在轮船上；在飞机上 | The plane had 125 passengers and crew on board. 这架飞机上有125名乘客和机组成员。 | | A customs officer came on board the ship. 一名海关官员来到轮船上。 | |
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| 2 | involved in a project or organization , or working for a company 加入…；是…的一员 | Welcome to the team. It’ s great to have you on board. 欢迎你加入这个队。有你参加进来真是太好了。 | |
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| - | take sth on board
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| to consider an idea , problem , or situation and try to deal with it |
| 考虑某事 |
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| The committee will certainly take your opinions on board before making a decision. 委员会在作出决定之前当然会考虑你的意见。 |
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| See also | | - across-the-board | |
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