新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

model

英  [ˈmɒdəl]
    

[ADJ, NOUN, VERB]

    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1模型的

    A model structure is a physical representation of something that shows what it looks like or how it works. It is often smaller than the object it represents.

    双语例句

    例:

    a model railway.

    一个铁路模型。

    2模范的

    You use model to express approval of someone when you think that they perform their role or duties extremely well.

    近义词

    exemplary

    双语例句

    例:

    As a girl she had been a model student.

    还是个小女孩儿的时候她就是模范学生。

    NOUN. 名词
  • models

    1[C 可数名词] 模型

    A model of an object is a physical representation that shows what it looks like or how it works. The model is often smaller than the object it represents.

    双语例句

    例:

    an architect's model of a wooden house.

    一名建筑师的木屋模型。

    例:

    I made a model out of paper and glue.

    我用纸和胶水做了一个模型。

    2[C 可数名词] 模式

    A model is a system that is being used and that people might want to copy in order to achieve similar results.

    双语例句

    例:

    the Chinese model of economic reform.

    中国经济改革的模式。

    例:

    We believe that this is a general model of managerial activity.

    我们认为这是管理活动的一种一般性模式。

    例:

    the European model of social responsibility.

    欧洲模式的社会责任感。

    3[C 可数名词] 理论模式

    A model of a system or process is a theoretical description that can help you understand how the system or process works, or how it might work.

    近义词

    theory

    双语例句

    例:

    Darwin eventually put forward a model of biological evolution.

    达尔文最终提出了一套生物进化的理论模式。

    4[C 可数名词] 典范

    If you say that someone or something is a model of a particular quality, you are showing approval of them because they have that quality to a large degree.

    双语例句

    例:

    A model of good manners, he has conquered any inward fury.

    作为礼貌行为的典范,他已经克服了内心的所有愤怒。

    5[C 可数名词] 型号

    A particular model of a machine is a particular version of it.

    双语例句

    例:

    To keep the cost down, opt for a basic model.

    为了降低成本,就选择一个基本型号吧。

    6[C 可数名词] (绘画或雕塑的)模特儿

    An artist's model is a person who stays still in a particular position so that the artist can make a picture or sculpture of them.

    双语例句

    例:

    the model for his portrait of Mary Magdalene, the Marchesa Attavanti.

    他绘制玛丽·马格达莱妮的肖像参照的模特儿,即阿塔凡蒂侯爵夫人。

    7[C 可数名词] (时装)模特儿

    A fashion model is a person whose job is to display clothes by wearing them.

    双语例句

    例:

    Paris's top fashion model.

    巴黎的顶级时装模特儿。

    VERB. 动词
  • models , modelling , modelled

    1[I 不及物动词] 建立…的理论模式

    If someone such as a scientist models a system or process, they make an accurate theoretical description of it in order to understand or explain how it works.

    双语例句

    例:

    I have moved from trying to model and understand the distribution and evolution of water vapour.

    我已经不再试图构建和理解水汽的分布和演变的理论模式了。

    例:

    the mathematics needed to model a nonlinear system like an atmosphere.

    建立非线性系统(如大气)理论模型所需要的数学知识。

    例:

    It is no surprise that we find such processes hard to model mathematically.

    我们发现这样的过程难以从数学上建立模型,这并不奇怪。

    2[T 及物动词] 使仿造

    If one thing is modelled on another, the first thing is made so that it is like the second thing in some way.

    双语例句

    例:

    The quota system was modelled on those operated in America and continental Europe.

    配额制是仿照美国和欧洲大陆所施行的制度制定出来的。

    3[T 及物动词] 以…为榜样

    If you model yourself on someone, you copy the way that they do things, because you admire them and want to be like them.

    双语例句

    例:

    You have been modelling yourself on others all your life.

    你一辈子都在以别人为榜样。

    4[I 不及物动词] 当模特儿

    If someone models for an artist, they stay still in a particular position so that the artist can make a picture or sculpture of them.

    双语例句

    例:

    Tullio has been modelling for Sandra for eleven years.

    图利奥已经为桑德拉当了11年的模特儿。

    5[I 不及物动词] 当模特儿展示(服装) , 当时装模特儿

    If someone models clothes, they display them by wearing them.

    双语例句

    例:

    She began modelling in Paris at age 15.

    她15岁就开始在巴黎当时装模特儿。

    6[I 不及物动词] (用黏土或木头等)塑造 , 做模型

    If you model shapes or figures, you make them out of a substance such as clay or wood.

    双语例句

    例:

    There she began to model in clay.

    她开始在那儿用黏土做模型。