单词 | reach |
释义 | reach (once / 19 pages) 1vn 2vn 3v To reach is to stretch toward something, arrive at a destination, or contact someone. You might reach for a bottle of water after you reach the finish line, then reach out to a friend who can give you a ride home. Tall people often have a really long reach – they can practically grab something from across the room. If you do what your dad says long after he’s gone, his reach is long lasting. You can reach for a glass on a high shelf or reach the age you can get your driver's license. When people reach out, they try to make a connection, like an old phone company’s slogan: “Reach out and touch someone.” WORD FAMILYreach: overreach, reachable, reached, reaches, reaching+/overreach: overreached, overreaches, overreaching/reachable: unreachable/reached: unreached/reaching: reachings/unreachable: unreachably USAGE EXAMPLESHe added 3 more yards afterward to reach 4,122. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) He never reached 100 yards in a game. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) They lost four of their final six regular-season games before reaching the Super Bowl. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense Government reaches out to the people Syn|Hyper reach out move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion 2v to extend as far as The sunlight reached the wall "Can he reach?" "The chair must not touch the wall Syn|Hypo|Hyper extend to, touch reach into run into or up to be occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere 3v reach a destination, either real or abstract The water reached the doorstep Syn|Hypo arrive at, attain, gain, hit, make make reach in time catch up reach the point where one should be after a delay scale, surmountreach the highest point of access, get atreach or gain access to bottom outreach the low point peak, top outto reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity breast, summitreach the summit (of a mountain) topreach or ascend the top of makereach in time findsucceed in reaching; arrive at culminatereach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body come through, get throughsucceed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems ground, run agroundhit or reach the ground come backeven the score, in sports crestreach a high point 4v be in or establish communication with Our advertisements reach millions Syn|Hypo|Hyper contact, get hold of, get through ping send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active pingcontact, usually in order to remind of something raiseestablish radio communications with communicate, intercommunicate transmit thoughts or feelings 5n the act of physically reaching or thrusting out 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper reaching, stretch outreach the act of reaching out motility, motion, move, movement a change of position that does not entail a change of location 1v reach a point in time, or a certain state or level This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour Syn|Hypo|Hyper attain, hit max out reach a maximum break evenattain a level at which there is neither gain nor loss, as in business, gambling, or a competitive sport arrive, come, get reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress 2v to gain with effort Syn|Hypo|Hyper accomplish, achieve, attain score get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance get to, make, progress toreach a goal, e.g., "make the first team" beginachieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative come to, strikeattain culminatereach the highest or most decisive point compassbring about; accomplish averageachieve or reach on average finagle, manage, wangleachieve something by means of trickery or devious methods testachieve a certain score or rating on a test bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, succeed, win attain success or reach a desired goal 3v reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team" Syn|Hyper get to, make, progress to accomplish, achieve, attain to gain with effort 4v to exert much effort or energy Syn|Hypo|Hyper strain, strive extend oneself strain to the utmost kill oneself, overexert oneselfstrain oneself more than is healthy bother, inconvenience oneself, trouble, trouble oneselftake the trouble to do something; concern oneself drive, labor, labour, push, tug strive and make an effort to reach a goal 5n the limits within which something can be effective he was beyond the reach of their fire Syn|Hypo|Hyper range earreach, earshot, hearing the range within which a voice can be heard eyeshot, viewthe range of the eye rifle range, rifle shotthe distance that a rifle bullet will carry limit as far as something can go 6n an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet" outside the reach of the law Syn|Hypo|Hyper ambit, compass, orbit, range, scope approximate range, ballpark near to the scope or range of something confinesa bounded scope contrastthe range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness) internationalism, internationalityquality of being international in scope latitudescope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction horizon, purview, viewthe range of interest or activity that can be anticipated expanse, sweepa wide scope gamuta complete extent or range: "a face that expressed a gamut of emotions" spectruma broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities palette, palletthe range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art extent the distance or area or volume over which something extends 7n the limit of capability 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper compass, grasp, range ken, sight the range of vision capability, capableness, potentiality an aptitude that may be developed v place into the hands or custody of Syn|Hypo|Hyper give, hand, pass, pass on, turn over give leave with; give temporarily slip, sneakpass on stealthily dealgive (a specific card) to a player deliver, fork out, fork over, fork up, hand over, render, turn into surrender someone or something to another free, give up, release, relinquish, resignpart with a possession or right commit, confide, entrust, intrust, trustconfer a trust upon entrust, leaveput into the care or protection of someone commendgive to in charge derequisitionrelease from government control baildeliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period give awayformally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father give, sacrificeendure the loss of charge, consigngive over to another for care or safekeeping recommitcommit again obligatecommit in order to fulfill an obligation transfer cause to change ownership |
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