| 单词 | encounter |
| 释义 | encounter (once / 151 pages) 1vn 2vn If you run into that cute guy (or girl) from the local deli when you’re at the grocery store and you stop to chat, you’ve just had an encounter, which is a casual meeting, often resulting by chance. When you encounter the word encounter, context will tell you if it’s acting as a verb or a noun. The sentence “When Spencer and Susanna encounter a bear on the trail, they stand very still” illustrates the verb form. “The encounter in the subway left her wishing she had stayed at home” shows the noun form. Whether acting as a verb or a noun, the word carries the connotation of “chance meeting." You don’t plan an encounter; it just happens. WORD FAMILYencounter: encountered, encountering, encounters+/count: countable, counted, counter, counting, countless, counts, miscount, recount/counted: uncounted/counter: countered, countering, counters, encounter/counting: countings/countless: countlessly, countlessness/miscount: miscounted, miscounting, miscounts/recount: recounted, recounting, recounts/recounting: recountings USAGE EXAMPLESWhile in India, she first encountered the healing power of Tibetan bowl and gong energy work. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) While strolling the streets of “the real Bedford Falls,” I encountered a man with the same Seahawks beanie I was wearing. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Most of us will find encounters with death all too easily. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v come together Syn|Hypo come across, meet, run across, run into, see assemble, foregather, forgather, gather, meet collect in one place cross, intersect meet at a point crossmeet and pass 2v come upon, as if by accident; meet with Syn bump, chance, find, happen 3v be beset by Syn|Hyper run into be have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) 4v experience as a reaction Syn|Hyper meet, receive experience, have undergo 5n a casual or unexpected convergence there was a brief encounter in the hallway Syn|Hypo|Hyper meeting alignment, conjunction (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac inferior conjunction(astronomy) the alignment of the Earth and a planet on the same side of the sun superior conjunction(astronomy) the alignment of the Earth and a planet on the opposite side of the sun convergence the occurrence of two or more things coming together 6n a casual meeting with a person or thing 2Syn|Hyper coming upon connection, connexion, joining the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication) 1v contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle Syn|Hypo meet, play, take on play participate in games or sport playemploy in a game or in a specific position playuse or move playshoot or hit in a particular manner confront, face oppose, as in hostility or a competition replayrepeat a game against the same opponent breast, frontconfront bodily take the bull by the hornsface a difficulty and grapple with it without avoiding it match, oppose, pit, play offset into opposition or rivalry 2n a minor short-term fight Syn|Hypo|Hyper brush, clash, skirmish contretemps an awkward clash combat, fight, fighting, scrap the act of fighting; any contest or struggle 3n a hostile disagreement face-to-face Syn|Hyper confrontation, face-off, showdown disagreement the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing |
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