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单词 conduct
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conductverb

uk/kənˈdʌkt/us/kənˈdʌkt/

conduct verb (ORGANIZE)

B2 [ T ] to organize and perform a particular activity:

We are conducting a survey to find out what our customers think of their local bus service.
The experiments were conducted by scientists in New York.
How you choose to conduct your private life is your own business!

More examples

  • She said that she didn't want a lawyer and was going to conduct her own defence.
  • The company agreed to conduct a feasibility study for a hydroelectric plant at Aimores.
  • Sir William had the ability to conduct proceedings in a dignified manner without ever becoming stuffy.
  • A new team of detectives were called in to conduct a fresh inquiry.
  • The election campaign was not conducted very cleanly.

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Acting and acts

  • (your) every move idiom
  • -ation
  • act/do sth on your own responsibility idiom
  • action
  • activity
  • agency
  • ant
  • be up to sth idiom
  • feel
  • gambit
  • get around to sth
  • give yourself over/up to sth
  • go about sth
  • go about your business idiom
  • go through with sth
  • hand
  • manoeuvring
  • money
  • talk the talk idiom
  • up to

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Managing and organizing

conduct verb (BEHAVE)

conduct yourself C2

to behave in a particular way, especially in a public or formal situation, or to organize the way in which you live in a particular way:

How should I conduct myself at these dinners? I know nothing about etiquette.

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Behaving, interacting and behaviour

  • -behaved
  • as ye sow, so shall ye reap idiom
  • attachment disorder
  • attitude
  • bearing
  • bedside manner
  • behave
  • carry on
  • ism
  • manner
  • mannered
  • mannerism
  • meme
  • model
  • sauce
  • turn
  • turn sth on
  • way
  • what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander idiom
  • yourself

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conduct verb (SHOW WAY)

[ T usually + adv/prep ] formal to lead someone to a particular place:

May I conduct you to your table, sir, or would you prefer to have a drink at the bar first?
The protesters were conducted from the courtroom by two police officers.

[ T ] If you conduct a tour of a place, you take people around the place and show it to them:

A guide conducts tours of the cathedral every afternoon at 2.00.
a conducted tour of the palace

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Taking someone somewhere or telling them the way

  • accompany
  • bring
  • bring sb/sth along
  • chaperone
  • come
  • come along
  • convoy
  • direct
  • docent
  • drop
  • guide
  • lead 1
  • refer sb to sth/sb
  • see sb off
  • shepherd
  • show sb around (sth)
  • show sb over sth
  • usher
  • usherette
  • walk

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conduct verb (MUSIC)

B2 [ I or T ] to direct the performance of musicians or a piece of music:

The orchestra was conducted by Mira Shapur.
Who's conducting at tonight's concert?

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Playing music

  • accompaniment
  • accompany
  • busk
  • fiddle
  • fingering
  • improvisation
  • interpreter
  • jam
  • music
  • perform
  • raise the roof idiom
  • serenade
  • sight-read
  • strike
  • strum
  • swell
  • tap
  • tap sth out
  • tune
  • virtuoso

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conduct verb (ALLOW THROUGH)

[ T ] to allow electricity or heat to go through:

Copper conducts electricity, but plastic does not.

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Electricity & electronics

  • anodize
  • anti-static
  • chargeable
  • charger
  • conduction
  • destructive interference
  • electric
  • electric field
  • electromagnetic
  • electrostatic
  • flow
  • generation
  • ground
  • homing
  • input
  • linesman
  • rechargeable
  • resistor
  • solid-state
  • transistorized

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conductnoun [ U ]

uk/ˈkɒn.dʌkt/us/ˈkɑːn.dʌkt/

conduct noun [ U ] (BEHAVIOUR)

behaviour:

bad/excellent/disgraceful conduct
The club has a strict code (= set of rules) of conduct.

More examples

  • Her conduct throughout was irreproachable.
  • We hope for a world where the rule of law, not the law of the jungle, governs the conduct of nations.
  • They favour the self-regulation of the industry, and strict codes of conduct have already been issued by the Advertising Association.
  • Her recent conduct is beyond the pale.
  • Doctor Rivers was charged with gross negligence, unprofessional conduct and improper use of dangerous drugs.

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Behaving, interacting and behaviour

  • -behaved
  • as ye sow, so shall ye reap idiom
  • attachment disorder
  • attitude
  • bearing
  • bedside manner
  • behave
  • carry on
  • ism
  • manner
  • mannered
  • mannerism
  • meme
  • model
  • sauce
  • turn
  • turn sth on
  • way
  • what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander idiom
  • yourself

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conduct noun [ U ] (ORGANIZATION)

formal the way in which an activity is organized and performed:

He was criticized for his conduct of the inquiry.

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Behaving, interacting and behaviour

  • -behaved
  • as ye sow, so shall ye reap idiom
  • attachment disorder
  • attitude
  • bearing
  • bedside manner
  • behave
  • carry on
  • ism
  • manner
  • mannered
  • mannerism
  • meme
  • model
  • sauce
  • turn
  • turn sth on
  • way
  • what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander idiom
  • yourself

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