| 单词 | conduct |
| 释义 | con·duct I. 1. a. obsolete b. obsolete c. archaic 2. a. < the conduct of the examination should take less than an hour > < the conduct of foreign affairs > b. < conduct of details > 3. a. obsolete b. obsolete c. < animals … do not rise from behavior to conduct — J.S.Clarke > d. < conduct unbecoming to a gentleman > < his disgusting conduct at the party > 4. < moving at random under the conduct of chance > < known for his editorial conduct of the local newspaper > II. transitive verb 1. < I made a bridge to a rock whence I can reach the other side, so I shall conduct the lambs that way — Rachel Henning > < I never should have conducted this chronicle to the stage it has now reached — F.M.Ford > 2. a. < conduct a siege > b. < conduct a scientific experiment > < conduct a daily newspaper column > < a small business enterprise > c. < conduct a detail in a painting > < conduct an episode in a poem > d. 3. a. < phrases which once started on conduct us … along a well-worn channel to an inevitable end — J.L.Lowes > b. 4. intransitive verb 1. of a road or passage 2. a. < one could always count on a superb performance from the orchestra when Charles conducted > b. Synonyms: < the men who actually conduct and order the industry of the country — G.B.Shaw > < Douglas conducted conferences and studies which led to a reorganization of the Stock Exchange — Current Biography > < missionaries of the Holy Family conduct a training school and home for students and missionaries — American Guide Series: Texas > manage may imply handling or maneuvering, or guiding along a desired course or to a desired result; it often indicates a general overseeing, with authority to handle details, cope with problems, and make routine decisions < my young wife who could manage a horse better than most men could — Rex Ingamells > < our purpose is to manage the government's finances so as to help and not hinder each family in balancing its own budget — D.D.Eisenhower > < now do you leave this affair in my hands. Only tell me which woman it is and I will manage the affair — Pearl Buck > < the delight she would take in managing a real house, not in any sense as its drudge, but magnificently as its mistress — Floyd Dell > < manage a silk mill > < manage a baseball team > control stresses notions of authoritative guiding and, when necessary, checking deviation, excess, or error; it may imply complete subordination or subjection to authoritative or autocratic power < “Come, come, Byron”, said the master, controlling him with a broad, strong hand; “none of your nonsense, sir.” — G.B.Shaw > < it was apparently regarded as impossible to root out bad desires; all we could do was to control them — Bertrand Russell > < pirates at one time practically controlled the coasts of Florida — American Guide Series: Florida > direct may imply constant guiding, regulating, and administering of activities in the interests of smooth operation < directing a research program > < directing a manufacturing company > < directing Red Cross activities > < a physicist is not interfering with Nature, any more than an architect is interfering with Nature when he directs the building of a house — K.K.Darrow > Synonym: see in addition behave. |
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