performance
/pəˈfɔːməns/noun
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- an act of staging or presenting a play, concert, or other form of entertainment演出, 表演：
Don Giovanni had its first performance in 1787.
《唐·乔凡尼》1787年首次上演。
1.1
- a person's rendering of a dramatic role, song, or piece of music（个人的）表演, 演出; 饰演：
Bailey gives a sound performance as the doctor.
贝利饰演医生的表演非常精彩。
1.2
- in sing. informal a display of exaggerated behaviour or a process involving a great deal of unnecessary time and effort; a fuss〈非正式〉（夸张的）行为, 举动; （浪费大量不必要时间和精力的）步骤; 大惊小怪：
he stopped to fasten his shoelace and seemed to be making quite a performance of it.
他停下来系鞋带, 但是看起来动作很夸张。
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- mass noun the action or process of carrying out or accomplishing an action, task, or function履行, 执行; 完成：
the continual performance of a single task reduces a man to the level of a machine.
连续做一种工作能把人变成机器。
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- an action, task, or operation, seen in terms of how successfully it was performed工作情况; 表现：
pay increases are now being linked more closely to performance
加薪现在与工作成绩更紧密地挂起钩来
count noun it was a tremendous all-round performance by Wigan.那是威根所作的一次极好的全面展示。
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- the capabilities of a machine or product, especially when observed under particular conditions（机器或产品的）性能：
the hardware is put through tests which assess the performance of the processor.
硬件经过了处理器性能评估检测。
2.3
- a vehicle's capacity to gain speed rapidly and move efficiently and safely at high speed（车辆）加速性能。
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- the extent to which an investment is profitable, especially in relation to other investments（投资的）利润率, 回报率。
2.5
- （亦作linguistic performance）Linguistics an individual's use of a language, i.e. what a speaker actually says, including hesitations, false starts, and errors.【语言学】语言表现, 言语行为。常与COMPETENCE相对。