| 单词 | perform |
| 释义 | perform (once / 42 pages) 1v 2v To perform most often means to sing, dance act or put on any kind of show. Perform also means, however, to carry out almost any function or action — to do something, in other words. Parents love to watch their kids perform. Nothing delights mommy or daddy more than watching junior sing or dance in the school play. Later in life, though, they'll be happy when their kids perform acts of kindness or when they perform the duties required of them by their jobs. "The surgeon entertained the other doctors when he performed an aria from Rigoletto while he performed an appendectomy." Now that's impressive. WORD FAMILYperform: performance, performed, performer, performing, performs, underperform+/performance: nonperformance, performances/performed: unperformed/performer: performers/performing: performings/underperform: underperformed, underperformer, underperforming, underperforms/underperformer: underperformers USAGE EXAMPLESAn autopsy will be performed, the news release said. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) He begged us to perform the extractions at the same time so that he would not be awake for the procedures. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) China was the worst performing major Asian stock market in 2016, posting a 11.3 percent loss in its worst year in five. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v get (something) done Syn|Hypo|Hyper do overachieve perform better or achieve a greater degree of success than expected turnaccomplish by rotating underachieve, underperformperform less well or with less success than expected misdodo wrongly or improperly do one's best, give full measure, give one's best, go all outperform a task as well as possible plyapply oneself diligently accomplish, action, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil, fulfill put in effect 2v carry out or perform an action Syn|Hypo do, execute click off perform or finish an action rapidly carrysing or play against other voices or parts pipe upbegin to play or sing declaim, reciterecite in elocution serenadesing and play for somebody cut cornersdo something the cheapest or easiest way stuntperform a stunt or stunts cutperform or carry out blaze awayperform (an acting passage) brilliantly and rapidly scampperform hastily and carelessly churn outperform in a mechanical way premier, premiereperform a work for the first time starbe the star in a performance appearappear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc. practice, practise, rehearseengage in a rehearsal (of) ad-lib, extemporise, extemporize, improvise, improvizeperform without preparation interpret, rendergive an interpretation or rendition of conduct, direct, leadlead, as in the performance of a composition makeperform or carry out elocutedeclaim in an elocutionary manner peroratedeliver an oration in grandiloquent style scanread metrically co-starbe the co-star in a performance walk throughperform in a perfunctory way, as for a first rehearsal scrimmagepractice playing (a sport) singdeliver by singing payrender 3v perform a function 2Who will perform the wedding? Hypo|Hyper church perform a special church rite or service for officiateact in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding marry, splice, tie, wedperform a marriage ceremony act, move perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) v give a performance (of something) Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera Hypo|Hyper barnstorm tour the country making political speeches, giving lectures, or presenting plays barnstormappear at county fairs and carnivals as a stunt flier and parachute jumper interludeperform an interlude grandstandperform ostentatiously in order to impress the audience and with an eye to the applause soloperform a piece written for a single instrument play outperform or be performed to the end underperformperform too rarely sight-read, sightreadperform music from a score without having seen the score before rapperform rap music giveperform for an audience concertise, concertizegive concerts; perform in concerts playperform on a certain location debutmake one's debut audition, try outperform in order to get a role act, play, playact, roleplayperform on a stage or theater playplay on an instrument conductlead musicians in the performance of sound off, strike upstart playing sight-sing, sightsingsing from a score without having seen it before readaudition for a stage role by reading parts of a role stoogeact as the stooge mime, pantomimeact out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only swingplay with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm symphonise, symphonizeplay or sound together, in harmony accompany, follow, play alongperform an accompaniment to bowplay on a string instrument with a bow ham, ham it up, overact, overplayexaggerate one's acting underact, underplayact (a role) with great restraint buskplay music in a public place and solicit money for it re-create create anew |
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