| 单词 | meet |
| 释义 | verb | noun | adjective meetmeet1 /mit/ ●●● S1 W1 verb (past tense and past participle met /mɛt/) 1SEE somebody AT AN ARRANGED PLACE [intransitive, transitive not in passive] to come to the same place as someone else because you have arranged to find him or her there: We’re going to meet at 11:00. I’ll meet you guys downtown at 7:00.meet (somebody) for something Kerry and I are meeting for lunch today.THESAURUSget together informal – to meet people, especially friends and family, to spend time together: We all got together at my house for a cookout.gather – if people gather somewhere they all come to the same place to do or see something: Fans have started to gather outside the stadium.assemble formal – to gather, especially in an organized way: If the fire alarm sounds, please assemble in the parking lot and report to your manager.come together – if people come together, they meet because they all share a purpose: People came together from miles away to attend his funeral.congregate – to gather. Used especially about a large number of people who gather in one place: A group of protesters had congregated outside.convene formal – to come together for a formal meeting, or to ask people to do this: The committee will convene again in two weeks.run into/bump into informal – to meet someone you know when you are doing something else: I ran into Theo at the grocery store last night.2SEE somebody BY CHANCE [intransitive, transitive not in passive] to see someone you know by chance and talk to him or her: Guess who I met at the grocery store!3SEE somebody FOR THE FIRST TIME [intransitive, transitive not in passive] to see and talk to someone for the first time, or be introduced to him or her: Jim and I met at NYU. Did you ever meet her boyfriend? I met this really nice lady on the bus yesterday.4nice/pleased/good to meet you spoken a)a polite phrase used to greet someone when you meet for the first time, especially when another person has introduced you: “This is my friend Betty.” “Hi. Nice to meet you.” b)used when you are about to stop talking with someone you have just met: Well, it was good to finally meet you, Joan.5(it was) nice/good meeting you spoken a polite phrase used when you say goodbye to someone you have met for the first time: Nice meeting you, Karla.6SEE somebody AT AN AIRPORT/STATION ETC. [transitive] to be waiting for someone at an airport, station, etc. when he or she arrives: Dad said he’d meet our flight. I was met by a company representative.7COME TOGETHER TO DISCUSS something [intransitive] to be together in the same place, usually in order to discuss something: Officials of both sides have agreed to meet in North Korea’s capital. The committee meets once a month.8COMPETE AGAINST somebody [intransitive, transitive not in passive] to play against another person or team in a competition, or to fight another army in a war: The Yankees and the Orioles will meet next week to fight for the American League pennant.9JOIN/TOUCH [intransitive, transitive not in passive] if two things meet, they join or touch at a particular place: There’s a stop sign where the two roads meet. Their hands met under the table.10EXPERIENCE A PROBLEM [transitive] to experience a problem, attitude, or situation SYN encounter: Wherever she went, she met hostility and prejudice.11meet a problem/challenge etc. to deal with a problem or something difficult that you have to do: The school hired specialist teachers to meet this new challenge.12meet a need/demand/condition etc. to do something that someone wants, needs, or expects you to do or be as good as he or she needs, expects, etc.: Customers who meet certain conditions will be given a 20% discount.13meet a goal/target/aim etc. to achieve an aim, etc.: The Red Cross met their goal of raising $1.6 million for food supplies. We are still hoping to meet the November deadline (=achieve something on time).14meet debts/costs/expenses etc. to make a payment that needs to be made: The group may not be able to meet its costs this year.15there’s more to somebody/something than meets the eye used to say that someone or something is more interesting, intelligent, etc. than he, she, or it seems to be16meet your match to have an opponent who is as strong or as skillful as you are and therefore might be able to defeat you: It seems Connoly’s finally met her political match.17meet somebody halfway to do or give some of the things that someone wants or needs, in order to reach an agreement18meet (something) head-on if you meet a problem head-on, you deal with it directly without trying to avoid it: The company intends to meet the competition head-on.19our/their eyes meet if two people’s eyes meet, they look at each other, because they are attracted to each other or because they are thinking the same thing: Their eyes met, and Nina smiled.20meet somebody’s eye(s)/gaze/glance etc. to look directly at someone who is looking at you: Ruth looked down, unable to meet his eye.21meet your eye(s) if something meets your eyes, you see it: A horrific scene met our eyes.22meet your death/end/fate/destiny to die in a particular way: Two brothers met their tragic fate in the icy waters.23meet your maker humorous to die[Origin: Old English metan] → see also make ends meet at end1 (8)meet up phrasal verb to meet someone in an informal way in order to do something together: Why don’t we meet up for dinner in the city?meet up with Molly’s going to meet up with us after basketball practice.meet with somebody/something phrasal verb1to have a meeting with someone: Dodd will fly to Washington, D.C. to meet with the secretary of state.2to get a particular reaction or result: meet with approval/disapproval/criticism The company’s decision was met with sharp criticism.meet with success/failure Their efforts to save the theater have met with little success.3meet with danger/death/disaster etc. formal to experience something by chance, usually something bad: Five teens met with disaster when their stolen vehicle crashed into a wall. verb | noun | adjective meetmeet2 ●○○ noun [countable] a sports competition, especially a competition between people who are racing: a swim meet verb | noun | adjective meetmeet3 adjective old use right or appropriate SYN suitable |
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