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- a particular part or feature of something（事物的某一）方面, 特定部分; 特点：
personal effectiveness in all aspects of life
在生活各个方面表现出来的个人影响力
the financial aspect can be overstressed.
财务方面的问题可能会被过分强调。
1.1
- a particular way in which something may be considered考虑事物的方式：
from every aspect theirs was a changing world.
从各个方面来看他们的世界是一个不断改变着的世界。
1.2
- in sing., with modifier a particular appearance or quality外表; 特性：
the air of desertion lent the place a sinister aspect
荒芜的景象给这个地方蒙上了一种不祥的色彩
mass noun a man of decidedly foreign aspect.一个带有明显外国特征的男子。
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- usu. in sing. the positioning of a building or thing in a particular direction（建筑物等的）朝向：
a greenhouse with a southern aspect.
朝南的温室。
2.1
- the side of a building facing a particular direction（建筑物朝某一方向的）一面：
the front aspect of the hotel was unremarkable.
旅馆的正面看上去不起眼。
2.2
- Astrology any of a number of particular angular relationships between one celestial body or point on the ecliptic and another【占星】黄道中一天体和另一天体之间的角度关系（或相对位置）; 方位：
the sun in Aries formed an adverse aspect with Uranus in Capricorn.
白羊座中的恒星与摩羯座中的天王星构成了一个不吉利的角。
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- mass noun Grammar a grammatical category or form which expresses the way in which time is denoted by the verb【语法】体：
the semantics of tense and aspect
时与体的语义学
count noun four verbal aspects.动词的四种体。
There are three aspects in English, the progressive or continuous aspect （expressing duration, typically using the auxiliary verb be with a form in -ing, as in I was reading a book）, the perfect or perfective （expressing completed action, typically using the auxiliary verb have with a past participle, as in I have read the book）, and unmarked aspect （as in he reads books）.
with obj.(常作be aspected)
- Astrology (of a planet) form an aspect with (another celestial body)【占星】（行星与另一天体）形成角度关系（或相对方位）：
the sun is superbly aspected by your ruler Mars on the 19th.
19日太阳与你的命运星火星构成极好的角度。
派生词
aspectual
adjective词源
late Middle English (denoting the action or a way of looking at something)： from Latin aspectus, from aspicere 'look at'， from ad- 'to， at' + specere 'to look'.