Reflect
[rɪ'flekt] or [rɪ'flɛkt]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) give evidence of the quality of; 'The mess in his dorm room reflects on the student'.
(verb.) give evidence of a certain behavior; 'His lack of interest in the project reflects badly on him'.
(verb.) to throw or bend back (from a surface); 'Sound is reflected well in this auditorium'.
(verb.) show an image of; 'her sunglasses reflected his image'.
(verb.) manifest or bring back; 'This action reflects his true beliefs'.
(verb.) be bright by reflecting or casting light; 'Drive carefully--the wet road reflects'.
校對:凯特--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v.) To bend back; to give a backwa/d turn to; to throw back; especially, to cause to return after striking upon any surface; as, a mirror reflects rays of light; polished metals reflect heat.
(v.) To give back an image or likeness of; to mirror.
(v. i.) To throw back light, heat, or the like; to return rays or beams.
(v. i.) To be sent back; to rebound as from a surface; to revert; to return.
(v. i.) To throw or turn back the thoughts upon anything; to contemplate. Specifically: To attend earnestly to what passes within the mind; to attend to the facts or phenomena of consciousness; to use attention or earnest thought; to meditate; especially, to think in relation to moral truth or rules.
(v. i.) To cast reproach; to cause censure or dishonor.
海因里希錄入
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. Mirror, throw back.
v. n. [1]. Think, cogitate, muse, meditate, deliberate, ponder, consider, ruminate.[2]. Bring reproach, cast reproach.
詹妮整理
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Return, image, mirror, exhibit, consider, think, cogitate, meditate,contemplate, ponder, muse, ruminate, heed, advert, animadvert
ANT:Divert, dissipate, idle, dream, wander, rove, stargaze, woolgather, connive,disregard, overlook
手打:奥齐
解釋/意思:
v.t. to bend back: to throw back after striking upon any surface as light &c.—v.i. to be thrown back as light heat &c.: to revolve in the mind: to consider attentively or deeply: to ponder: to cast reproach or censure (with on upon).—p.adj. Reflect′ed cast or thrown back: turned upward: reflexed.—adjs. Reflect′ible capable of being reflected; Reflect′ing throwing back light heat &c.: given to reflection: thoughtful.—adv. Reflect′ingly with reflection: with censure.—Reflecting telescope a form of telescope in which the image of the object to be viewed is produced by a concave reflector instead of a lens as in the refracting telescope.
錄入:尼科尔
例句/造句/用法:
- Zat Arras will permit you in due time to reflect further upon the magnanimous offer he has made you. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- Reflect: when a man has an opinion, has he not an opinion about something? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Reflect, afterwards when--when you are at leisure, and your conscience will withdraw this accusation. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- But may I wait and reflect a little while? 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The Rubicon, I felt, was passed; and it behoved me well to reflect what I should do on this hither side of disease and danger. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- It's a sad picter, to reflect that she's no longer equal to fully understanding the honor. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- But this does not reflect upon or diminish the ingenuity required for its invention. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- She stood silent, resting her thin elbows on the mantelpiece, her profile reflected in the glass behind her. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Before turning to retrace his steps, he stopped upon the margin, to look down at the reflected night. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Next I reflected that Frederick Lamb was younger than the Prince; but then again, a Prince of Wales! 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The Chief Butler, no doubt, reflected that the course of nature required the wealthy population to be kept up, on his account. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- As we went he reminded me of what I was to say and do, yet, strange to say, I entered the chamber without having once reflected on my purpose. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- But I reflected that Yarmouth might be situated at one of the poles; which would account for it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- This distrust of the teacher's experience is then reflected in lack of confidence in the responses of pupils. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- But as he reflects when he is left alone, the woman has been putting no common constraint upon herself. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The General Slaughter was rendered with a faithfulness to details which reflects the highest credit upon the late participants in it. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Socially, it reflects a division between those who are controlled by direct concern with things and those who are free to cultivate themselves. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- It reflects disgrace on no one living, except you who use it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- A metal roof reflects so much light that the eyes are dazzled by it, and a whitewashed fence injures the eyes because of the glare which comes from the reflected light. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Theodore Roosevelt, who reflects so much of America, has very definitely cast down this idol. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Mr. Weevle reflects for some time. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- This, rising above the water, and provided with reflecting lenses, enabled the steersman to discover the surface conditions and see any near vessel or other object. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Reflecting upon these and similar evils, you held the tyrannical State to be the most miserable of States? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Nine years later Sir Isaac Newton, having studied Gregory’s plans, built the first reflecting telescope, which is now to be seen in the hall of the Royal Society in London. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The law of reflection always holds, however, no matter what the reflecting surface is,--the angle of reflection always equals the angle of incidence. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- School children amuse themselves by reflecting sunbeams from a mirror into their companions' faces. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- His tone was cold and ironical; its bitterness but reflecting the terrible disappointment he had suffered. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- Thus we came to Richard, poring over a table covered with dusty bundles of papers which seemed to me like dusty mirrors reflecting his own mind. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
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