expression
/ɪkˈspreʃən/noun
mass noun
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- the process of making known one's thoughts or feelings表达; 表示：
his views found expression in his moral sermons
他的观点在自己的道德说教中得到了表达
count noun she accepted his expressions of sympathy.她接受了他的同情的表示。
1.1
- count noun the look on someone's face, seen as conveying a particular emotion表情：
a sad expression.
悲伤的表情。
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- count noun a word or phrase, especially an idiomatic one, used to convey an idea词语, 用语; 措辞：
we have an expression, 'You don't get owt for nowt. '
我们有一种说法, “不要白吃白拿任何东西。”
1.3
- the conveying of feeling in a work of art or in the performance of a piece of music（艺术作品或乐曲演奏中的）感情传达。
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- count noun Mathematics a collection of symbols that jointly express a quantity【数】（表达）式：
the expression for the circumference of a circle is 2πr.
圆的周长表达式为2πr.
1.5
- Genetics the appearance in a phenotype of a characteristic or effect attributed to a particular gene【遗传】（基因的）表现。
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- （亦作gene expression）Genetics the process by which possession of a gene leads to the appearance in the phenotype of the corresponding character【遗传】基因表达。
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- the production of something, especially by pressing or squeez-ing it out压榨; 挤压：
essential oils obtained by distillation or expression.
用蒸馏或压榨法提取的香精油。
派生词
expressional
adjectiveexpressionless
adjectiveexpressionlessly
adverbexpressionlessness
noun词源
late Middle English: from Latin expressio（n-）, from exprimere 'press out, express'. Compare with EXPRESS1 .