| 单词 | direct |
| 释义 | di·rect I. transitive verb 1. a. obsolete b. obsolete c. d. < the auditors' certificate directed to the stockholders > e. < the speaker directed a side remark to the gallery > f. < a lawyer who directs his appeals to intelligence and character > 2. a. < X rays are directed through a portion of the body > < wavelengths directed to southeast Asia > < sensitivity to humor directed toward himself > < to Peru was directed one of the main currents of Spanish colonial conquest — P.E.James > < that Locke's influence upon his successors was primarily to direct them to empiricism — J.W.Yolton > also < many industries direct part of their earnings to academic scholarship funds > b. < has he found that he must have someone else toward whom he can direct his mind and in whom he can expand himself — H.A.Overstreet > < directing their whole attention toward the international conflict > c. < ecclesiastical policy was directed primarily toward the liberation of the church from the fetters of secular interest and state expediency — H.D.Hazeltine > < applied research may be defined as research directed to the end of reducing the degree of empiricism in a practical art — J.B.Conant > d. < in these mammoths the tusks are vertically directed at their bases — A.S.Romer > e. < our policy is not directed against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos — G.C.Marshall > < if atomic or biological warfare should be directed against us > also < binding agreements of a much more specific character directed at a potential aggressor — Vera M. Dean > 3. < a guide directs tourists to the marine museum > < the map directs us to the left > 4. a. < directed the floor strategy in the House of Representatives > < the archaeologist directing the excavations > specifically < directed the building and arming of an underground network > < not only public propaganda, but also cultural infiltration, is directed from the same source — A.T.Bouscaren > b. < ably directed music and language departments > < while in office he directed vigorous prosecutions of racketeers > c. < will not find it preposterous that the past should be altered by the present as much as the present is directed by the past — T.S.Eliot > d. < the major professor directs graduate students' thesis research > specifically < direct American taste and mold the genius of the young republic — Van Wyck Brooks > e. 5. a. < the judge directed the clerk to pass him the paper > < the resolution directed the commission to prepare proposals > < I direct my executors to present my library intact to my alma mater > also < Lee directed Jackson to make a wide march to the southwest — T.R.Hay > b. < a court order directing that the person be brought to a court hearing > < postal inspectors directed destruction of the obscene matter > intransitive verb 1. < however chance shall direct > < the directing agencies of society — the family, the city, the church, the school, the workshop, and above all the state — J.M.Cameron > < the old theological notion that there is in the universe besides ourselves some directing power that means well by us — J.W.Beach > 2. < equally clever at composing and directing > Synonyms: < asked myself to what purpose I should direct my energies — M.R.Cohen > < to direct my endeavors … toward the object of my search — Mary W. Shelley > < speakers addressed themselves to a common question — H.W.Sams > < a story addressed not only to one's sense of excitement and the exotic but also to his sense of honor and humanity — Charles Lee > devote often adds the implication of persistence or of personal dedication < at Cornell he devoted himself primarily to his studies and to athletics — Current Biography > < devoted himself chiefly to the affairs of this school for the next eight or ten years of his life — S.P.Chase & R.E.Ham > apply stresses often an intentional turning of the attention or energies, often a concentration or concentrated application; one applies oneself to a task when, after consideration, he determines upon doing the task, or when he directs his whole attention to it, especially for some time < he cannot apply himself to study — Charles Clairmont > < after having received a careful education … he applied his attention to practical military subjects — Encyc. Americana > Synonym: see in addition command, conduct. II. 1. a. < direct blows of the gavel > < disintegrated by the direct heat > < exposed to the direct force of the hurricane > b. < a direct route > < direct means > < direct rays > < direct and speedy passenger service to the coast > c. obsolete < a ship needs a direct wind to enter > d. < engaged in a direct exchange of recriminations > < no direct communication with the flooded area > e. < a letter deposited in a direct pouch > f. 2. a. < while he gives his more direct attention to something nearer at hand — Nathaniel Hawthorne > < her letters … are a direct reflection of her personality — R.A.Hall b. 1911 > < direct expansion of consumption is of utmost urgency — New Republic > b. < having no direct authority over factory employment policies > c. < only a collateral relative, not his direct ancestor > < the examiner should not overvalue the influence of direct heredity — H.G.Armstrong > d. < an undertaking having a direct social purpose > < the soldier's pleasures are simple and direct — Fred Majdalany > < hoping to avoid direct involvement in the war > e. < his petition for a salary increase was met with a direct rebuff > < get back to your post. That's a direct order — Irwin Shaw > < evidence from original documents of the dark ages often give the lie direct to sentimental novelists > f. cryptanalysis, of alphabetic sequences 3. a. < there is a direct personal tie which assures the beginning of real understanding between individuals — D.J.Shank > < most scientific discoveries now have a direct bearing on security > < for 20 years in direct association with the library > < a hundred different complications in which we shall have a direct interest — F.D.Roosevelt > b. < one direct result of improving the living conditions was a rise in the birthrate > c. < raising funds would be a directer way of helping the cause > d. < before any inquiry so direct as to demand a positive answer was addressed to her — Jane Austen > < keeps the play direct, uncluttered, and so brisk that the long and familiar story does not make martyrs of its audience — Henry Hewes > < her choreography is direct, nowhere obscured by extraneous devices > e. < a charming, lively person who had a direct mind, said what he thought and believed others did the same — Times Literary Supplement > < that one's relations with others should be direct and not diplomatic — A.C.Benson > < it often told you a great deal that was both too direct and too elusive for words — Willa Cather > f. of the object of a verb < him in “I saw him” and me in “he hit me” are direct objects > or that results from an action < a house in “we built a house” is the direct object > 4. a. < direct loans > < relying less and less on direct observation of nature — Eric Newton > < some direct borrowing of Anglo-Norman into English > < until the breaking off of direct negotiations > b. < elected for 7 years by direct suffrage — Statesman's Year Book > < institutions of direct democracy — popular initiative, the referendum, and the recall — C.A.M.Ewing > < the direct election of senators — E.P.Herring > c. < he had more direct access to the governor than the legislators > < prefer the more direct American approach to human problems — David Daiches > d. < direct contact with another metal must be avoided > < there is no direct connection between the apartments > e. < the words in quotation marks in the sentence He said, “I can come” are direct quotation > < direct discourse > f. (1) < direct proofs > (2) < direct knowledge of things > g. h. 5. a. < his account of the battle contains much direct evidence > < whereas to conceal direct pain was a virtue, to conceal vicarious pain was a sin — Jan Struther > specifically < from direct experience with youngsters at camp > b. < taking direct charge of the distribution of relief funds > < the ordinary worker has a direct part in the production process > specifically < few were willing to assume direct responsibility > 6. a. of a celestial body b. of a binary star 7. of a sundialect III. a. < by helicopter it is now possible to go direct from port to airport in forty minutes — Ivor Jones > < despatching individual books direct to individual teachers — James Britton > b. < broadcast direct from ringside > < the writer must take his material direct from life — Douglas Stewart > c. < direct-controlled by the helmsman > d. (1) < some enter a career direct from college > < refusal to negotiate direct with the puppet regime > specifically < butter that is sold direct without going through the exchanges — Geoffrey Shepherd > (2) < the right information direct from his office > < in reporting news the television camera brings the event and the personalities direct to the public — Collier's Year Book > (3) < translated direct from the Russian text > IV. 1. 2. |
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