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词汇 encounter
释义 encounter
noun[ C ]
uk /ɪnˈkaʊn.tər/ us /ɪnˈkaʊn.t̬ɚ/
a meeting, especially one that happens by chance: 偶然相遇,邂逅,不期而遇
encounter withI had an alarming encounter with a wild pig.我曾经意外地碰到过一头野猪,真是惊险。
encounter betweenThis meeting will be the first encounter between the party leaders since the election.这是自大选以来两党领导人首次狭路相逢。
an occasion when people have sex, usually with someone they have not met before(对象通常为陌生人的)性经历
an occasion when two teams play against each other: (体育)比赛,交锋
encounter withIn their last encounter with Italy, England won 3–2.在上次和意大利队的对垒中,英格兰队3比2获胜。
She has written a memoir of her encounters with W.H. Auden over the years.
I had a bruising encounter with my ex-husband last week.上周我碰上了前夫,结果不欢而散。
I had a strange encounter with a French man on my way to work.
She reported an interesting encounter with an ex-soldier.
It was one of a number of amusing encounters last week.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Meeting people
acquaintance
ayup
bump into someone
conclave
counter-rally
cross someone's path/cross paths with someoneidiom
make yourself knownidiom
mass
meeting
muster point
open house
paths crossidiom
pay your respectsidiom
play date
power breakfast
power lunch
re-encounter
re-meet
rendezvous
respect

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Competitions, & parts of competitions
encounter
verb[ T ]
uk /ɪnˈkaʊn.tər/ us /ɪnˈkaʊn.t̬ɚ/

encounterverb[T] (MEET)


formal
to meet someone unexpectedly: 邂逅,不期而遇,偶然碰到
On their way home they encountered a woman selling flowers.在回家的路上他们碰到一位卖花的女子。
She was, he says, the most violent woman he had encountered in 13 years as an officer.
As we left the memorial area we encountered a group of German students.
The football fans that we encountered seemed harmless enough.
On my way to the station I encountered a small child, begging.
He was probably the most obnoxious person I've ever encountered.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Meeting people
acquaintance
ayup
bump into someone
conclave
counter-rally
cross someone's path/cross paths with someoneidiom
make yourself knownidiom
mass
meeting
muster point
open house
paths crossidiom
pay your respectsidiom
play date
power breakfast
power lunch
re-encounter
re-meet
rendezvous
respect

encounterverb[T] (EXPERIENCE)


B2
to experience something, especially something unpleasant: 遭遇,遇到(尤指不愉快的事情)
When did you first encounter these difficulties?你什么时候开始遇到这些困难的?
The army is reported to be encountering considerable resistance.据报道,部队正遭遇到顽强的抵抗。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Experiencing and suffering
(straight) from the horse's mouthidiom
afflict
affliction
almost/nearly die of somethingidiom
be a martyr to somethingidiom
be a victim of your own successidiom
bear
count
go through
grip
hands-on
hit someone where they liveidiom
hold onidiom
horse
ride
seat-of-the-pants
see lifeidiom
stricken
suffer the consequences
taste

encounter | American Dictionary


encounter
verb[ T ]
us/ɪnˈkɑʊn·tər/
to meet someone unexpectedly, or to experience, esp. something unpleasant:
In the kitchen I encountered a woman I had never seen before.
He was shocked by the hostility he encountered.

encounter


noun[ C ]us/ɪnˈkɑʊnt·ər/
My first encounter with death was when Abraham died.

encounter | Business English


encounter
verb[ T ]
uk /ɪnˈkaʊntər/us
to experience a situation, especially something that is unexpected or unpleasant:
We encountered a problem with the fuel pump during safety tests.
This is the first time I have encountered racism at work.
encounter
noun[ C ]
uk /ɪnˈkaʊntər/us
a meeting with someone, especially one that is unexpected or unpleasant:
Customer service representatives are trained to handle encounters with angry customers.

Examples of encounter


encounter
No discrepancy in the ability to define anatomic structure was encountered for the body or outflow regions of the right ventricle.
One possibility is that the capacity of focal attention differs for simultaneously available elements arrayed in space, and for representations encountered over time.
Combined stresses are more likely to be encountered in the field than single stresses.
In general, lower frequency words will tend to be encountered and acquired (and are also taught) later than higher frequency words.
A system passes through a succession of a finite number of states, but it must eventually reenter a state that it has previously encountered.
They often encountered hostile eyebrows or verbal humiliation from the more passionate participants.
Infants appear to preserve substantial memory for acoustic detail from one encounter with a word to the next, which in turn guides early word recognition.
What are the particular difficulties that might be encountered when attempting 'exact' replications of a previous study in our field?
The campaign against the radical liberals encountered a number of difficulties.
Subsequent chapters look in detail at the idiosyncrasies of musical instruments and the difficulties their performers are likely to encounter.
Other scientific terms from botany, chemistry, medicine, etc. that one might encounter in general entomological works are also included.
We thus encounter an inescapable double bind in our attempts to read the significance of ostensible attempts at remembrance.
Since this article is the summary of previous and cur rent research, readers may have encountered some of the data and arguments before.
As we examine more subtle and realistic devices, we will likely encounter the need for additional rules.
However, there are also striking similarities between shamanic practices and ceremonies across regions that have never encountered one another.
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Collocations withencounter


encounter

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brief encounter
In many ways the model is reminiscent of a state of social anomie, in which isolated individuals without historical ties drift from one brief encounter to another.
casual encounter
For most readers, casual encounters with this material are probably largely entertaining, with some subliminal instructive value.
face-to-face encounter
Similarly, political rallies back at home provided an occasion for a face-to-face encounter in which representatives' commitment and endeavour could be appraised by their supporters.
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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