新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

channel

英  [ˈtʃænəl]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • channels

    1[C 可数名词] 电视频道

    A channel is a television station.

    近义词

    station

    双语例句

    例:

    the only serious current affairs programme on either channel.

    两个频道上唯一一档严肃的时事节目。

    例:

    the proliferating number of television channels in America.

    美国激增的电视频道。

    例:

    the presenter of Channel 4 News.

    电视四台新闻节目的主持人。

    2[C 可数名词] 波段

    A channel is a band of radio waves on which radio messages can be sent and received.

    双语例句

    例:

    The radio channels were filled with the excited, jabbering voices of men going to war.

    收音机各波段满是即将参战的男人们激动喧哗的声音。

    3[C 可数名词] 渠道 , 途径

    If you do something through a particular channel, or particular channels, that is the system or organization that you use to achieve your aims or to communicate.

    双语例句

    例:

    The government will surely use the diplomatic channels available.

    政府肯定会采用现有的外交途径。

    例:

    The Americans recognize that the UN can be the channel for greater diplomatic activity.

    美国人承认可以通过联合国这个渠道开展更重要的外交活动。

    4[C 可数名词] 水渠

    A channel is a passage along which water flows.

    双语例句

    例:

    Keep the drainage channel clear.

    保持排水管渠道畅通。

    5[C 可数名词] 航道

    A channel is a route used by boats.

    双语例句

    例:

    the busy shipping channels of the harbour.

    港口繁忙的船运航道。

    VERB. 动词
  • channels , channelling , channelled

    1[T 及物动词] 调拨(钱、资源)

    If you channel money or resources into something, you arrange for them to be used for that thing, rather than for a wider range of things.

    双语例句

    例:

    Jacques Delors wants a system set up to channel funds to the poor countries.

    雅克·迪洛斯想要建立一种体制,以便调拨资金帮助穷国。

    2[T 及物动词] 集中(精力、情感)

    If you channel your energies or emotions into something, you concentrate on or do that one thing, rather than a range of things.

    双语例句

    例:

    Stephen is channelling his energies into a novel called 'Blue'.

    斯蒂芬正集中精力写一本名为《蓝色》的小说。