新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

paper

英  [ˈpeɪpə]
    

[ADJ, NOUN, VERB]

    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1(协议、资格或利益等)书面的

    Paper agreements, qualifications, or profits are ones that are stated by official documents to exist, although they may not really be effective or useful.

    双语例句

    例:

    They expressed deep mistrust of the paper promises.

    他们对书面的承诺表示出十分的不信任。

    NOUN. 名词
  • papers

    1[U 不可数名词]

    Paper is a material that you write on or wrap things with. The pages of this book are made of paper.

    双语例句

    例:

    He wrote his name down on a piece of paper for me.

    他把他的名字写在一张纸上给我。

    例:

    a paper bag.

    一个纸袋。

    2[C 可数名词] 报纸

    A paper is a newspaper.

    双语例句

    例:

    I might get a paper in the town.

    我或许能在城里买到一份报纸。

    3[C 可数名词] (总称)报纸

    You can refer to newspapers in general as the paper or the papers.

    双语例句

    例:

    You can't believe everything you read in the paper.

    你不能相信在报纸上读到的所有内容。

    4[PL 复数] 资料

    Your papers are sheets of paper with information on them that you might keep in a safe place at home.

    双语例句

    例:

    After her death, her papers – including unpublished articles and correspondence – were deposited at the library.

    她死后,她的资料–包括未发表的文章和信函–都被存放在图书馆里。

    5[PL 复数] 身份证件 , 证明

    Your papers are official documents, such as your passport or identity card, that prove who you are or that give you official permission to do something.

    双语例句

    例:

    A young Moroccan stopped by police refused to show his papers.

    一个被警察拦住的摩洛哥青年拒绝出示他的身份证件。

    6[C 可数名词] 论文

    A paper is a long, formal piece of writing about an academic subject.

    双语例句

    例:

    He just published a paper in the journal Nature analyzing the fires.

    他刚刚在《自然》杂志上发表了一篇分析火灾的论文。

    例:

    a controversial paper suggesting that many SIDS cases are caused by a rare inherited condition.

    一篇颇受争议的论文认为许多婴儿猝死综合症都是由一种罕见的遗传病所造成的。

    7[C 可数名词] (学生)论文 , 研究报告

    A paper is an essay written by a student.

    双语例句

    例:

    the ten common errors that appear most frequently in student papers.

    学生论文中最常出现的十个错误。

    8[C 可数名词] (政府)文件

    A paper prepared by a government or a committee is a report on a question they have been considering or a set of proposals for changes in the law.

    双语例句

    例:

    a new government paper on electoral reform.

    一份关于选举改革的新的政府文件。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • on paper

    1在纸上

    If you put your thoughts down on paper, you write them down.

    双语例句

    例:

    It is important to get something down on paper.

    重要的是要把一些事情写在纸上。

    2在理论上

    If something seems to be the case on paper, it seems to be the case from what you read or hear about it, but it may not really be the case.

    双语例句

    例:

    On paper, their country is a multi-party democracy.

    从理论上讲,他们的国家是一个多党派民主国家。

    VERB. 动词
  • papers , papering , papered

    1[T 及物动词] 给…贴墙纸

    If you paper a wall, you put wallpaper on it.

    双语例句

    例:

    We papered all four bedrooms.

    我们给4个卧室都贴了墙纸。

    例:

    We have papered this bedroom in softest grey.

    我们给这间卧室贴上了最柔和的灰色墙纸。