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词汇 peer
释义 peer
verb[ Iusually+ adv/prep ]
uk /pɪər/ us /pɪr/
C2
to look carefully or with difficulty: 仔细看,端详;费力地看
peer throughWhen no one answered the door, she peered through the window to see if anyone was there.没有人开门,她就费力地透过窗户朝里望去,看是否有人在。
The driver was peering into the distance trying to read the road sign.司机费力地看着远方,想要看清路标。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to look at someone or something
lookLook over there! A rainbow!
watchI sat by the window and watched people walking past.
glanceShe glanced around the room to see who was there.
peepShe peeped through the curtains to see what was happening.
peekHe peeked inside the box.
stareDon't stare at people like that - it's rude.
I peered through a chink in the curtains and saw them all inside.我透过窗帘的缝隙往里瞧,看见他们都在里面。
They leaned over the rails and peered down into the dizzying chasm below.他们靠在栏杆上向下凝视令人眩晕的深渊。
We peered through the crack in the floorboards.我们透过地板块之间的缝隙使劲看。
The car nosed out of the side street, its driver peering anxiously around.司机一边紧张地四下张望,一边小心翼翼地把车驶出小路。
She peered closely at the map.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Using the eyes
accommodate
accommodation
all eyes are on someone/somethingidiom
astigmatic
beholder
cast
corner
discern
fix
glare
have a butcher'sidiom
penetrating
re-see
re-sight
rest on someone/something
resurvey
rubbernecking
sighting
spot
tab
peer
noun[ C ]
uk /pɪər/ us /pɪr/

peernoun[C] (EQUAL)


C1
a person who is the same age or has the same social position or the same abilities as other people in a group: 同龄人;同辈;同等社会地位(或能力)的人
Do you think it's true that teenage girls are less self-confident than their male peers?你是否认为十几岁的女孩子不如同年龄的男孩子自信?
He wasn't a great scholar, but as a teacher he had few peers (= not as many people had the same ability as him).他算不上伟大的学者,但作为教师没有几个人能与他相提并论。
As the daughter of the president, she enjoys high status among her peers.作为总统的女儿,她在同龄人中极有地位。
When it comes to mathematics, he's in a different class to his peers.说到数学,他和他的同龄人不在一个级别上。
He doesn't really want to join in, it's just peer pressure.
Teenagers are often worried about looking stupid in front of their peers.
British children are less capable readers at this age than their Scandinavian peers.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Friends, acquaintances & contemporaries
acquaintance
acquaintanceship
acquainted
acquainted with someone
amigo
compatriot
confidant
contact list
contemporary
crony
crowd
fair-weather friend
mutual friend
next door
non-contemporary
office spouse
on further acquaintance
what are friends for?idiom
wingman
with friends like you, who needs enemies?idiom

peernoun[C] (HIGH RANK)


in the UK, a person who has a high social position and any of a range of titles, including baron, earl, and duke, or a life peer: 贵族
a hereditary peer世袭贵族
a Conservative peer保守党推荐任命的上议院议员
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Royalty, aristocracy & titles
accede to something
accession
anointed
anti-monarchical
anti-monarchist
duke
dukedom
earl
earldom
emir
miss
mister
monarch
monarchist
morganatic
royalist
royally
Rt. Hon.
Shah
sheikh

peer | American Dictionary


peer
verb[ Ialways+ adv/prep ]
us/pɪər/

peerverb[I always + adv/prep] (LOOK)


to look carefully or with difficulty:
The judge peered over his glasses at the jury.
peer
noun[ C ]
us/pɪər/

peernoun[C] (EQUAL)


a person of the same age, the same social position, or having the same abilities as other people in a group:
Getting help from a peer is easier than asking a teacher.

peer | Business English


peer
noun[ C ]
uk /pɪər/us
a company in the same industry as other companies:
Dixons is doing better than its peers.
a person of a similar age, position, abilities, etc. as others in a group:
According to research, high school dropouts earn $260,000 less in a lifetime than their degree-earning peers.

See also


peer-to-peer

Examples of peer


peer
They are more physically immature than their peers of the same age in highly developed countries.
We thank the anonymous peer reviewers for their valuable insights and constructive comments.
The author thanks the anonymous peer reviewers for their comments.
I thank the anonymous peer reviewers for their comments.
We thank the anonymous peer reviewers for their critical reading of, and suggestions for, this manuscript.
We also thank our peer reviewers for their insightful comments and suggestions.
We thank the peer reviewers for their comments.
We thank our peer reviewers for their critical evaluation of the article.
A revised class play method of peer assessment.
The regulations that stem from the consensus ensure a peer-review scientific process so that the science is as good as any system can guarantee.
The authors discuss the conditions that can make for successful peer work, including preparation of the students and a sensitive approach by the teacher.
They tended to belong to peer groups where risky behaviors were condoned and were likely to be central members of these deviant cliques.
An evaluation of peer coping-skills training for childhood aggression.
Unlike most of their peers, these children continue to exhibit high levels of aggression during middle childhood.
The term "vertical" refers, of course, to factors transmitted from one generation to the next (in distinction from peer and sibling influences, for example).
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Collocations withpeer


peer

These are words often used in combination with peer.

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delinquent peer
Perhaps the strongest candidate for the shared environment influence is the twins partaking in antisocial behavior together, either alone or within a delinquentpeer group.
deviant peer
Parent-reported depressive symptoms were moderately correlated with deviantpeer affiliation, delinquent behavior, and female gender.
external peer
Instead, the reports would go through an external peer review process.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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