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| 1 | U BRITISH thick stiff paper , thinner than cardboard （略薄于硬纸板的）卡片，硬纸片 |
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| 2 | C a piece of thick stiff paper folded into two equal parts, with a picture and a message on it 贺卡 |
| She sent me a lovely card on my birthday. 她在我生日那天寄来一张可爱的贺卡。 |
| a card says/reads sth The card read, ‘Get Well Soon! Love from all at the office’ . 贺卡上写着，“祝早日康复！办公室全体成员。” |
| birthday/Christmas/get-well etc card Did we get a Christmas card from your brother this year? 我们今年收到你弟弟的圣诞贺卡了吗？ |
| | 2a | a postcard | | I scribbled a quick card to my parents. 我草草地写了张明信片寄给了父母。 | |
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| 3 | C one of a set of 52 small pieces of thick stiff paper used for various games. The set is called a pack or deck and is divided into four suits: hearts,diamonds,clubs, and spades 扑克牌 |
| | 3a | C one of a set of small pieces of thick stiff paper used in games or activities such as happy families or tarot （用于玩“快乐家庭”或“塔罗牌”的）纸牌 | |
| | 3b | plural the activity of playing games with a set of 52 cards 玩扑克牌 | | I’ ve always been lucky at cards. 我打牌时运气向来很好。 | | play cards Let’ s play cards this evening. 我们晚上打牌吧。 | | game of cards There’ s time for a quick game of cards. 还有时间抓紧打一把牌。 | |
| | 3c | plural playing cards or tarot used for trying to discover what will happen in the future （用于预测将来的）扑克牌，塔罗牌 | | The cards never lie. 纸牌预测得很准。 | | She said she had seen our future in the cards. 她说她已经用纸牌卜出了我们的未来。 | |
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| 4 | C a small piece of thick stiff paper or plastic that shows who you are and that you have authority or permission to do something 身份卡；会员卡；入场券 |
| I handed the assistant my library card. 我把借书证递给管理员。 |
| I can’ t find my membership card for the sports centre. 我找不到我在体育中心的会员卡了。 |
| flash a card (=show someone a card quickly) They said they were police and flashed cards at us. 晃一下证件 |
| | 4a | a small piece of thick stiff paper with your name , your job , and the name of your company printed on it 名片 | | Let me give you my card. 我给你一张我的名片。 | |
| | 4b | a piece of thick stiff paper on which you record information about something 信息卡 | | To register with the doctor you need your medical card. 要有医疗证才能挂号看病。 | | I looked at my score card. 我看着自己的记分卡。 | |
| | 4c | a piece of thick stiff paper with printed information on it , usually part of a set （通常能收集成套的）商品广告卡 | | a collection of recipe cards 收集的一批食谱卡片 | |
| | 4d | a list of the sports events that are planned to take place at a particular time （体育比赛的）项目单,安排表 | | There are six events on the card today. 今天有6项赛事。 | |
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| 5 | C a small flat piece of plastic used for getting money from a bank , cash machine etc or for buying things. You are usually given a special number , called a PIN number , with your card so that you can get money from a machine 借记卡；信用卡 |
| I gave the waiter my card. 我把信用卡递给服务员。 |
| She produced her Visa card and paid the bill. 她掏出Visa信用卡付账。 |
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| 6 | C something that gives you an advantage in doing something 优势；王牌 |
| sb’ s strongest/best/trump/winning card His strongest card was his friendship with the prince. 他最厉害的王牌是他与王子的友谊。 |
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| 7 | C computing a part inside a computer that holds a chip 插件；（芯片）卡 |
| You’ ll have to install a new ethernet card. 你必须装一个新的以太网卡。 |
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| 8 | C informal old-fashioned someone who makes you laugh 滑稽的人 |
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| - | the cards are stacked against sb informal
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| used for saying that someone will probably fail |
| 情况对某人不利 |
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| - | the cards are stacked in sb’ s favour informal
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| used for saying that someone will probably be successful |
| 情况对某人有利 |
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| - | get/be given your cards BRITISH old-fashioned
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| to be told by your employer that you no longer have a job |
| 被解雇 |
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| - | have a card up your sleeve
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| to have a secret advantage that you can use later |
| 有锦囊妙计 |
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| - | hold/have all the cards
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| to be in a good position when you are competing against someone because you have all the advantages |
| 掌握整个局势；占尽优势 |
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| - | hold/keep/play your cards close to your chest
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| to not tell people what you are thinking or planning |
| （对自己的想法、计划等）守口如瓶，秘而不宣 |
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| - | (if you) play your cards right informal
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| used for saying that if someone does something right and is lucky , they might get what they want |
| 办事高明；做事有心计 |
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| - | lay/put your cards on the table
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| to tell people exactly what you are thinking or what you are intending to do |
| 摊牌 |
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| - | on the cards
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| very likely to happen |
| 很可能发生的 |
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| - | play the...card
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| to use a particular quality , argument etc in order to gain an advantage |
| 使出…的一招；打出…的招牌 |
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| politicians who play the nationalist card in order to get votes 为赢得选票而打出民族主义者幌子的政客 |
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