/ˈɒbdʒɪkt/
1
- a material thing that can be seen and touched（可见或可触摸的）物体, 东西：
he was dragging a large object
他在拖一个大东西
small objects such as shells.
贝壳之类的小东西。
1.1
- Philosophy a thing external to the thinking mind or subject【哲】客体。
2
- a person or thing to which a specified action or feeling is directed对象; 目标：
disease became the object of investigation.
疾病成为调查的对象。
2.1
- a goal or purpose目的, 宗旨：
the Institute was opened with the object of promoting scientific study.
那所学院开办的目的是为了促进科学研究。
2.2
- Grammar a noun phrase governed by an active transitive verb or by a preposition【语法】宾语。
2.3
- Computing a data construct that provides a description of virtually anything known to a computer (such as a processor, a peripheral, a document, or a piece of code) and defines its status, its method of operation, and how it interacts with other objects【计算机】对象。
/əbˈdʒekt/
reporting verb
1- say something to express one's disapproval of or disagreement with something（口头）反对, 不赞成：
no obj. residents object to the volume of traffic居民们对这样的车流量啧有烦言
with clause the boy's father objected that the police had arrested him unlawfully.男孩的父亲指责说警察逮捕他是非法的。
1.1
- with obj. archaic adduce as a reason against something〈古〉提出反对理由; 引证反对：
Bryant objects this very circumstance to the authenticity of the Iliad.
布赖恩特以这种情况为证不同意《伊利亚特》的真实性。
短语
no object
- not influencing or restricting choices or decisions不影响（或不妨碍）作选择（或决定）; 不成问题：
a tycoon for whom money is no object.
一个对他来说金钱不是问题的大亨。
the object of the exercise
- the main point or purpose of an activity做某事（或采取某一行动）的目的。
object of virtu
- 见VIRTU.
派生词
objectless
adjectiveobjector
noun词源
late Middle English: from medieval Latin objectum 'thing presented to the mind', neuter past participle (used as a noun) of Latin obicere, from ob- 'in the way of' + jacere 'to throw'; the verb may also partly represent the Latin frequentative objectare.