| 单词 | new |
| 释义 | new (njuː , US nuː ) Word forms: newer , newest 1. adjective A1 Something that is new has been recently created, built, or invented or is in the process of being created, built, or invented. They've just opened a new hotel in the Stoke area. There are some very useful new inventions in photography. ...the introduction of new drugs to suppress the immune system. Their epic fight is the subject of a new film. These ideas are nothing new in America. newness uncountable noun The board acknowledges problems which arise from the newness of the approach. [+ of] Synonyms: novelty, innovation, originality, freshness 2. adjective A1 Something that is new has not been used or owned by anyone. That afternoon she went out and bought a new dress. There are many boats, new and used, for sale. They cost nine pounds new, three pounds secondhand. Synonyms: brand new, unused 3. adjective A1 You use new to describe something which has replaced another thing, for example because you no longer have the old one, or it no longer exists, or it is no longer useful. Under the new rules, some factories will cut emissions by as much as 90 percent. I had been in my new job only a few days. I had to find somewhere new to live. Rachel has a new boyfriend. They told me I needed a new battery. Synonyms: unfamiliar, unaccustomed, strange, unknown 4. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A1 New is used to describe something that has only recently been discovered or noticed. The new planet is about ten times the size of the earth. 5. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A1 A new day or year is the beginning of the next day or year. The start of a new year is a good time to reflect on the many achievements of the past. Synonyms: extra, more, added, new-found 6. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B1 New is used to describe someone or something that has recently acquired a particular status or position. ...the usual exhaustion of a new mother. The Association gives a free handbook to all new members. 7. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE] B1 If you are new to a situation or place, or if the situation or place is new to you, you have not previously seen it or had any experience of it. She wasn't new to the company. [+ to] His name was new to me then and it stayed in my mind. [+ to] I'm new here and all I did was follow orders. 8. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] New potatoes, carrots, or peas are produced early in the season for such vegetables and are usually small with a sweet flavour. 9. See also brand-new 10. as good as new phrase If you say that something or someone is as good as new, you mean that they are in a very good condition or state, especially after they have been damaged or ill. I only ever use that on special occasions so it's as good as new. In a day or so he will be as good as new. 11. to turn over a new leaf phrase If you say that you are going to turn over a new leaf, you mean that you are going to start to behave in a better or more acceptable way. He realized he was in the wrong and promised to turn over a new leaf. Synonyms: reform, change, improve, amend 12. a new lease of life phrase If you say that someone or something has been given a new lease of life, you are emphasizing that they are much more lively or successful than they have been in the past. The operation has given me a new lease of life. 13. pastures new phrase If someone leaves for greener pastures, or in British English pastures new, they leave their job, their home, or the situation they are in for something they think will be much better. Michael decided he wanted to move on to pastures new for financial reasons. ...nurses seeking greener pastures overseas. new- (njuː- , US nuː- ) combining form [usually ADJECTIVE noun] New- combines with the past participle of some verbs to form adjectives which indicate that an action has been done or completed very recently. He loved the smell of new-mown grass. Gerald treasures his new-won independence. Quotations: There is no new thing under the sun Bible: Ecclesiastes Idioms: break new ground to do something completely different, or to do something in a completely different way. You use this expression to show approval of what is being done. The programme broke new ground in giving to women roles traditionally assigned to men. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers as good as new in very good condition and looking new Manufacturers recommend that carpets should be washed regularly to prolong their life and keep them looking as good as new. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers new to the game having no previous experience of an activity that you are taking part in Don't forget that she's new to this game and will take a while to complete the task, so you need to be very patient. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a new lease of life [British] or a new lease on life If someone or something is given a new lease of life, something makes them successful once again or improves their condition The old oak table was picked up for just £4 and subsequently given a new lease of life by Kim's mother. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers turn over a new leaf to start to behave in a better or more acceptable way than previously The military leader said he and the king have agreed to turn over a new leaf in their relations with one another. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers you can't teach an old dog new tricks said to mean that it is often difficult to get people to try new ways of doing things, especially if these people have been doing something in a particular way for a long time I'm 65 and you can't teach an old dog new tricks. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a new broom someone who has just started a new job in an important position and is expected to make a lot of changes We had a new, exceptionally young headmaster and he was a very active new broom. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers new blood new people who are brought into a company or organization in order to improve it The July Ministerial reshuffle is a chance to freshen up the government and make way for new blood. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a new ball game or a different ball game a situation that has changed so much that people will have to change the way they deal with it or consider it If military force were to be used, then that could be a completely different ball game. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers pastures new [British] a new situation If the job doesn't meet my ambitions I'll be off to pastures new. I want to go to the top. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers ...is the new... [British, informal] said to mean that something has become the new fashion or has replaced something else. People are creative with this expression: ' brown is the new black/fish is the new meat, etc.' Forty is the new thirty. Everyone knows that. This is boom time for Middle Youth. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: new administration Before that he ran the transition team for the new administration. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Surely that makes him perfectly qualified for the new administration. Times, Sunday Times (2017) They will play a role in filling about 4,000 positions that need staffing in the new administration. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The dialogue with the new administration as it comes... will be important. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The new agreement, which starts next year, will bring in a total of 1.7bn a year. Times, Sunday Times Critics claim those who miss repayment deadlines are hit with a blizzard of charges to 'roll over' their loan on to a new agreement. The Sun It raised its price in the recent negotiation for the new agreement. Times,Sunday Times Indeed, premiums are already rising sharply because no new agreement has been reached. Times, Sunday Times They share masts at 4,000 sites but the new agreement will cover 18,500 masts. Times, Sunday Times He added that if permission were not forthcoming, the council had contingency plans to relocate an adult education centre at the new building. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The air that constantly circulates through the new building is not only chilled, but dehumidified. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Not a bit of it, because this new car is just that ... superb. The Sun (2009) The new car certainly looks the part, with aggressive, sharp looks, dramatic rear wing and dynamic front air dam. Times, Sunday Times (2006) At press launches, conscious that the photographers rarely claimed the limelight, he would regularly take pictures of them with the new car. Times, Sunday Times (2014) This project must succeed: a rededication by a new century to the union of beauty and progress. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Do they recontextualise the sisters' sense of stasis for a new century? Times, Sunday Times (2008) In this new century hundreds of things still more astounding will be brought to light. The Secret Garden (1911) The people of the new century found pragmatism a heady wine. The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877 (1995) But that is not how such incidents are seen in the new century. Times, Sunday Times (2013) I spend around 500 on both beauty preparations and a few new clothes. The Sun (2013) Any new clothes or treats for any of us are rare. The Sun (2008) Or rather an old catchphrase in new clothes. Times, Sunday Times (2017) She had new clothes, very smart, ` Continental " they call them in the kitchen. THE ROAD TO PARADISE ISLAND ' Never woke, even when I dressed him in the new clothes Lady Freda gave us. IRONCROWN MOON: PART TWO OF THE BOREAL MOON TALE (2004) But the club are also aware that, given the ban, any new coach will have to work with this set of players. Times, Sunday Times I'd score, get injured, get back in the team and a new coach would come in and sign other strikers. Times, Sunday Times And with a new coach and a whole new set-up there was no pressure on the players at all. The Sun Oh, and talking of small change, new backroom staff would be brought in by the new coach for around 5m. The Sun It would be better to choose it for himself, rather than making the new coach decide to end it. The Sun The military covenant is not a new concept. Times, Sunday Times (2011) A punk rock opera is a whole new concept to get used to. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Except think of a new concept. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Interesting, but hardly a new concept. Times, Sunday Times (2016) For these ideas to flower there has to be a new contract between government, parliament and the people. Times, Sunday Times He even seemed to be vacillating on whether to sign a new contract. Times, Sunday Times The new contract will run for five years from 2010, with the possibility of an extension. Times, Sunday Times Bodyguards protected the board, meeting on another floor ahead of the shareholder presentation to sign off the chief executive's new contract. Times, Sunday Times He signed a new contract a couple of weeks ago and took no pay rise. The Sun The cash register rings; the door opens to admit a new customer. Christianity Today And you should always pretend to be a new customer. Times, Sunday Times In its case, the blue sheets failed to include information about customers and trades made on the day a new customer opened an account. Times, Sunday Times Families who never switch pay an average premium of £325 for their sixth year of insurance, almost double the £172 new customer pay, it found. The Sun The fall came as the group focused on establishing new customer relations and submitting new order proposals. Times, Sunday Times A new design combines the icemaker and ice bin. Houston Chronicle (2003) In small urban gardens, the table and chairs usually form the centrepiece of any new design. Times, Sunday Times (2006) But the new design and the required demolition of buildings has divided architectural opinion. Times, Sunday Times (2011) In addition, the proposed new design is grim, presenting an imposing frontage to both streets. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The new design and planting of the old walled garden give only a glimpse of what he had hoped to see. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The new drug is not a cure but may give her more time. Times, Sunday Times (2017) The new drug, based on the hormone kisspeptin, stimulates ovulation in a way that more closely mimics the natural process in a woman's body. Times, Sunday Times (2014) There might be, if a new drug called mifepristone lives up to expectations. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The first major potential advance in treating the disease was not a new drug but a better and more efficient method of screening. Times, Sunday Times (2007) There's new evidence that it isn't what you put in your birth plan. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The new evidence suggests the existence of a new and even nastier axis of evil. Times, Sunday Times (2018) This well-argued case is now severely undermined by the new evidence - assuming that stands up to further scrutiny. The Times Literary Supplement (2016) But new evidence suggests some airborne dust comes from rock and soil exposed as Icelandic glaciers retreat due to global warming. The Sun (2010) Britain's only publicly listed quantity surveyor has launched a second investigation into bribery allegations after new evidence emerged of alleged deception by a former employee. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The season's other big new feature - the driver-adjustable rear wing - has had mixed reviews. Times, Sunday Times A nifty new feature lets you replay levels with new objectives to uncover fresh evidence about what's happening to the world. Times, Sunday Times Hundreds protested against the move, but the new feature was retained. Times, Sunday Times Back-page acknowledgements are an interesting new feature in fiction. Times, Sunday Times In a new feature for this year, you need to pick a trainer and jockey pairing from the 20 available (right). The Sun His newest film is on waste: specifically the millions of unrecyclable cups sold by coffee shop chains. Times, Sunday Times (2016) And now, a new film accompanies the music. Times, Sunday Times (2010) It will take place simultaneously with a screening in LA as lucky fans get to see exclusive clips of the new film. The Sun (2016) She had planned to stay in India for a week but postponed her return flight to entertain new film offers. Times, Sunday Times (2016) It's a new form of power dressing and it doesn't involve dressing like men. Times, Sunday Times (2014) It is a great new form of literature: biography of a few months in one country. Times, Sunday Times (2013) We need a new form of certification to help consumers to choose sustainable seafood. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Taken together these changes now imply that we are experiencing an entirely new form of evolution. Times, Sunday Times (2014) It's possible now, using an exotic new form of carbon called graphene. The Sun (2011) He is to seek a second wind with a new government under a new prime minister at the end of the month. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The new government must attract investment for, and get actively involved in, developing ultraclean, near-zero emission coal technologies. Globe and Mail (2003) The new government should affirm its commitment to the notion of universities as places of humane scholarship as well as of scientific research. The Times Literary Supplement (2010) Neither country has been able to build a new government after elections in June and both are being run by caretaker leaders. Times, Sunday Times (2010) But the opposition's main hope rests on a condition that the new government must reform the constitution and hold fresh elections in 18 months. Times, Sunday Times (2008) So come rain or shine, it is advisable to protect new growth. The Sun (2012) This also tidies them up and makes room for new growth. Times, Sunday Times (2007) These are pruned in the spring because if you prune them in winter after flowering, the new growth can be damaged by frosts. The Sun (2007) This should foster new growth and flowers. The Sun (2007) In late winter/ early spring next year tidy up by cutting off any old stems at ground level to reveal new growth. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Luck takes a family to look round a new home. The Sun (2006) Earth is dying from some mysterious blight and, below ground, space scientists are plotting a flight to the stars to find a new home. Times, Sunday Times (2014) We are about to move into a new home and want high-definition television throughout the house. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Our new home is also superinsulated and well sealed. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Their new home is a zigzagging apartment over five levels of a terraced house. Times, Sunday Times (2008) We have also found new hope in our developing relationships around the world. Times,Sunday Times It's a new start, with new hope and aspirations. The Sun But the demonstrations threw up no leaders, no coherent political alternatives, no democrats inspiring their nations with new visions and new hope. Times, Sunday Times The coroner's decision has given her new hope that she will finally have answers to questions that have tormented her to this day. The Sun New hope and glimmers of glory penetrated my heart and imagination. Christianity Today One of the pitfalls of facing a new idea in speed chess. Times, Sunday Times (2018) Not an entirely new idea, perhaps, but what made this project so interesting was that both poets and prose writers were invited to contribute. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Everything sounds like a sales conference payoff, leaving the script with pregnant pauses that never can conceive a new idea. Times, Sunday Times (2016) While a global people 's assembly has revolutionary potential, it is hardly a new idea. THE AGE OF CONSENT (2003) This is an intriguing new idea, but it is also confusing. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Go to Mother's and establish whatever new identity you need; those agents of mine who know you by sight do not know who you really are. RISE OF A MERCHANT PRINCE: BOOK TWO OF THE SERPENTWAR SAGA (1995) The search for a new identity is not unusual in his family. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Ten years ago if you had wanted to disappear you would have needed a new identity. Times, Sunday Times (2007) She said the disabled people she worked with had no problem with her new identity. The Sun (2010) She was forced to take a new identity and move home amid fears of reprisals. The Sun (2015) However, the brain blocks out new information during the deep version of non-rapid eye movement kip. The Sun (2017) One of the strengths was an ability to process new information and collate it with old unusually fast. SKINWALKERS (1986) Now a senior former colleague may go public with shocking new information about his behind-the-scenes outbursts. The Sun (2016) The answer depends on how the new information about the wage offer distribution changes your reservation wage. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice (1995) The increased access to data provided by the new information technologies imposes extra responsibilities on management to use it effectively. Basic Marketing. Principles and Practice (1986) Its staff have been told work is underway to secure new investment but they were not given the identity of the potential new backer. The Sun (2016) It claimed the refinery was losing 10 m a month and was in danger of permanent closure unless new investment could be found. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The crowdfunding campaign is still open to new investment. Times, Sunday Times (2014) This new investment will also mean a dilution of the current ownership. Times, Sunday Times (2010) After securing $500 million of new investment and installing a fresh management team, the company is back in business. Times, Sunday Times (2011) He also sought to play down his long term in office, saying that voters didn't need new leadership or old leadership, just the right leadership. Times, Sunday Times A new leadership team on its own will not be enough. The Sun The proposed powers could force up to 3,500 to accept new leadership. The Sun There's always a need for new direction, new leadership, new energy. Christianity Today Some are academies, opening with new leadership; others have been totally rebuilt. Times, Sunday Times They also feel that their relatively new kitchen still looks nice. Times, Sunday Times He uses the chart to choose colours for the walls of his restaurants and relatively new home. Times, Sunday Times What did humanistic learning mean when terms such as humanitas were still relatively new? The Times Literary Supplement It's a relatively new word that has emerged into the conversation over the last few decades. Christianity Today A relatively new pest, the box tree caterpillar (below) tops the list. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 新的, 新的, 新来的 Japanese: 新しい, 新しい, 新しい |
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