| 单词 | perform |
| 释义 | per·form transitive verb 1. a. < perform a contract > < when she promised a thing she was … scrupulous in performing it — Jane Austen > b. obsolete < hast thou, spirit, performed to point the tempest that I bade thee — Shakespeare > c. < passenger miles performed by Class I railways — Yrbk. of Railroad Information > < a student who … fails to perform satisfactorily the work of his course — University of Toronto Cal. > 2. a. < perform a function > < perform calculations with astronomical speed — Stuart Chase > < figurines which once performed amusing antics actuated by power from a waterwheel — American Guide Series: Connecticut > < imaginative editing can perform miracles in creating interest — F.L.Mott > < dissections were performed on monkeys — Benjamin Farrington > b. < the university performs more than 50 distinct services to the state — American Guide Series: Michigan > < services performed by New Zealand forces in Korea — Americana Annual > 3. archaic < a ship … may be as well performed as such large buildings — William Sutherland > 4. a. < perform a marriage ceremony > < dramatic satisfaction … in a High Mass well performed — T.S.Eliot > b. < performed a hula … to entertain the passengers — Horace Sutton > < guest conductors performed certain new scores on tolerance — Virgil Thomson > < two of his plays had been performed by the dramatic club — Gilbert Millstein > intransitive verb 1. < not only promised but performed — V.L.Albjerg > < about one third of one's time must be spent in sleep if one is to perform effectively — Webb Garrison > < the car performed beautifully except on a short incline — M.M.Musselman > 2. < perform under a circus tent > < experience as a composer helps him understand the problems of performing — Time > Synonyms: < perform a dance > < perform drill work in rhythm > < perform a miracle > < perform an experiment > < perform one's duties > < they examine patients and perform simple forms of treatment under supervision — Bulletin of Meharry Medical College > < perform such courtesies as writing letters of thanks to those who assisted — W.T.Gruhn > < there were certain important functions which it was expected to perform — W.B.Graves > execute, similar to perform, stresses more the completion, especially the skillful completion, of the process or pattern of movement < execute a dance step > < execute maneuvers > < execute a difficult task > < the escape was planned meticulously and executed boldly — Edmond Taylor > < executed a precise and calculated campaign — V.L.Albjerg > discharge is generally used of the execution, especially in full, of duties or obligations < discharge a debt to society > < discharge a monetary obligation > < before setting sail he discharged all arrears of business and heard last-minute petitions and appeals — P.J.Phelan > accomplish emphasizes the idea of successful, often triumphant, completion of an act or attainment of an objective, especially one involving some difficulty < society enabled them to accomplish difficult enterprises — H.M.Parshley > < this project was so vast and so quickly accomplished that it has no parallel — Lou Stoumen > < elementary education … has tried to accomplish something when it should merely have tried to begin something — George Sampson > < help a man to accomplish his destiny — W.J.Locke > achieve emphasizes the notion of a difficult end gained or of honor acquired in the process < achieve distinction > < achieved a long-hoped-for dream — Americana Annual > < the heights he has since achieved — Alec Bishop > effect, like achieve, emphasizes the notion of a difficult end gained but focuses the mind more on the force of the effective agent < were imprisoned until August 6, when friends effected their release — American Guide Series: Delaware > < a chance to effect a compromise — American Guide Series: North Carolina > < done more than perhaps any other modern critic to effect a revaluation of English literature — Edmund Wilson > fulfill implies a full realization of what exists potentially, or hitherto in conception, or in the nature or sense of responsibility of the agent < fulfill a promise > < fulfilled his last duty — C.S.Forester > < fulfill human hopes — A.E.Stevenson b.1900 > < fulfill the whole purpose of language — A.L.Guérard > |
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