单词 | net |
释义 | 1. noun and verb uses2. adjective and adverb uses net (net ) noun and verb uses Word forms: nets , netting , netted 1. uncountable noun Net is a kind of cloth that you can see through. It is made of very fine threads woven together so that there are small equal spaces between them. 2. countable noun B1+ A net is a piece of netting which is used as a protective covering for something, for example to protect vegetables from birds. I threw aside my mosquito net and jumped out of bed. 3. countable noun B1+ A net is a piece of netting which is used for catching fish, insects, or animals. Several fishermen sat on wooden barrels, tending their nets. 4. singular noun A2 The Net is the same as the internet. 5. verb If you net a fish or other animal, you catch it in a net. I'm quite happy to net a fish and then let it go. [VERB noun] Poachers have been netting salmon to supply the black market. [VERB noun] Synonyms: catch, bag, capture, trap 6. countable noun B1 In games such as tennis, the net is the piece of netting across the centre of the court which the ball has to go over. 7. countable noun B1 The net on a football or hockey field is the framework with netting over it which is attached to the back of the goal. He let the ball slip through his grasp and into the net. 8. countable noun B1 In basketball, the net is the netting which hangs from the metal hoop. You score goals by throwing the ball through the hoop and netting. 9. verb In basketball or football, when you net a goal, you score a goal. Centre half Tiler netted his first goal for the club. [VERB noun] 10. verb If you net something, you manage to get it, especially by using skill. They were intent on netting the £250,000 reward. [VERB noun] 11. verb When a police operation nets a number of people or things, they catch those people or find those things. Secret investigations have netted ninety staff suspected of fraud and theft. [VERB noun] The raids also netted weapons including knives. [VERB noun] 12. verb If you net a particular amount of money, you gain it as profit after all expenses have been paid. Last year he netted a cool 3 million pounds by selling his holdings. [VERB noun] 13. See also netting, safety net 14. to cast your net wider phrase If you cast your net wider, you look for or consider a greater variety of things. The security forces are casting their net wider. 15. slip through the net phrase If criminals slip through the net, they avoid being caught by the system or trap that was meant to catch them. Officials fear some of the thugs identified by British police may have slipped through the net. 16. slip/fall through the net phrase You use slip through the net or fall through the net to describe a situation where people are not properly cared for by the system that is intended to help them. Bernadette looks for kids who have slipped through the net. The single homeless largely fall through the net of state welfare. net (net ) adjective and adverb uses regional note: in BRIT, also use nett1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A net amount is one which remains when everything that should be subtracted from it has been subtracted. ...a rise in sales and net profit. At the year end, net assets were £18 million. What you actually receive is net of deductions for the airfare and administration. [+ of] Synonyms: after taxes, final, clear, take-home Net is also an adverb. Balances of £5,000 and above will earn 11 per cent gross, 8.25 per cent net. ...a first year profit of around £50,000 net. All bank and building society interest is paid net. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] The net weight of something is its weight without its container or the material that has been used to wrap it. ...350 mg net weight. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A net result is a final result after all the details have been considered or included. We have a net gain of nearly 50 seats, the biggest for any party in Scotland. We will be a net exporter of motor cars in just a few years' time. Synonyms: final, closing, ultimate, eventual Idioms: cast a wide net to involve a large number of things or people in what you are doing No British theatre casts a wider net for talent . Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers slip through the net [British] if people slip through the net, the system which is supposed to help or deal with them does not do it properly. The American expression is fall through the cracks. It's hard to knock the selection process because the chances of any young talent slipping through the net are so minimal. [mainly British] if someone who is behaving illegally slips through the net, they avoid being caught by the system or trap that is meant to catch them Government officials fear some of the criminals identified by British police may have slipped through the net. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: net growth Yet it lost current account customers, too, meaning that the net growth was modest. Times, Sunday Times In 1970 a score of 80 not only was a passing grade, but it also probably was sufficiently high to produce a modest net growth in membership. Christianity Today First, he noted that under heavy grazing pressure, net growth can vary independent of gross production. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He oversaw net growth by roughly 60 faculty members and launched the collaborative design of an innovative outcomes-based college curriculum. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This can also be described as the depth at which the integral of net growth rate over the water column becomes zero. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That month, there was a net outflow of £17.9 million. Times,Sunday Times Redemptions of 20 billion in the quarter were offset only partly by new investment business of 10.9 billion, leaving a net outflow of 9.1 billion. Times, Sunday Times Emerging market net outflow from equity funds has reached $34billion this year, compared with $14billion for the whole of last year. Times, Sunday Times But favourable market and foreign exchange movements of 3.2 billion were balanced by an 857 million net outflow of funds, most of it low-margin institutional business. Times, Sunday Times As a result there has been a net outflow of some 60,000 residents leaving the city every year and new arrivals have been living in ever-more cramped conditions. Times, Sunday Times The net rate of return on capital invested by businesses dropped to 14.4 per cent, from 14.9 per cent in the previous three months. Times, Sunday Times For private non-financial companies the net rate of return was 12% in 2014's third quarter, up from 11.6% in the second. Times, Sunday Times Manufacturing firms had a net rate of return of 10.9%; for service sector firms it was 16.8%. Times, Sunday Times However, after tax, basic-rate taxpayers will get a net rate of 3.68%, while those in the higher-rate band receive 2.76%. Times, Sunday Times The net rate of return for this sector for last year as a whole was 40.7 per cent. Times, Sunday Times This cancelled out most of the intended reduction in demand, resulting in a net reduction of only about 350 megawatts. Times,Sunday Times There are also fears that payments will result in logging companies switching to unprotected areas, resulting in no net reduction in deforestation. Times, Sunday Times The bank said that it did not expect a net reduction in headcount. Times, Sunday Times There would be no net reduction in carbon emissions. Times, Sunday Times Its fixed income, alternative investments, property and money market strategies all ended the period with a net reduction in assets. Times, Sunday Times The net result was a twostroke penalty for having an illegal 15th club. Times, Sunday Times The net result has been job blocking at the lowest level. Times, Sunday Times The net result: 50 minutes of celebrity psychobabble. Times, Sunday Times The net result was he notched 26 goals in 32 games. The Sun The net result has been a huge boost in readers, up to two million page views a month from about 150,000 different computers. Times, Sunday Times The company's net revenue grew by 8.3 per cent to 123.1 million. Times, Sunday Times The company's net revenue last year was $19.7 billion (9.5 billion). Times, Sunday Times In this case, the institute found, the net revenue raised by the tax falls to less than 1 billion a year. Times, Sunday Times It saw net revenue grow by 30 per cent. The Sun Excluding the stronger dollar, net revenue rose 7 per cent. Times, Sunday Times It can make calls, surf the net, email, play video and music, and take and display photos - all via a large touch-screen. The Sun Only one in ten mobile owners use their phones to surf the net due to concerns over cost, speed and poor content. Times, Sunday Times So we surf the net for a solution, and that's when the sleep guidelines come out. Times, Sunday Times Others update social networks, surf the net or even play games. The Sun In here, you can hide from the world and play games consoles, surf the net or watch films. The Sun There are gardens where people have pitched tents for picnicking, a whiteboard with a list of activities and a volleyball net. Times, Sunday Times Volleyball net and court area (18m x 9m with the net in the middle). The Sun Rows of neatly arranged teak loungers and umbrellas are undisturbed by humans and a beach volleyball net stands stock-still in the breezeless air. Times, Sunday Times One morning, we found lion tracks under the volleyball net. Times, Sunday Times Multiple holes for volleyball net stanchions had to be taped over. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 网, 净数的, 用网捕捉, 网络 Japanese: 網, 正味の, 網で捕まえる, 正味 |
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