• 基础释义
  • 例句
  • 六级真题
  • 柯林斯词典释义
例句
英语六级真题
    When a noted leader on the art of management, Peter Drucker, coined the phrase "Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things," he was seeking to clarify the distinctions he associates with the terms.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
  • N-COUNT
    硬币
    A coin is a small piece of metal which is used as money.
    例句
    ...50 pence coins. 50便士的硬币 ...Frederick's gold coin collection. 弗雷德里克收藏的金币
  • VERB
    新造,杜撰(单词、短语)
    If you coin a word or a phrase, you are the first person to say it.
    例句
    Jaron Lanier coined the term 'virtual reality' and pioneered its early development... 杰伦·拉尼尔创造了“虚拟现实”这个词,并成为推动其早期发展的先驱人物。 The word 'lunatic' was coined to describe people who went mad at the full moon. lunatic是个生造词,用来形容月圆时发疯的人。
  • VERB
    暴富;很快地赚(钱)
    If you say that someone is coining it or is coining money, you are emphasizing that they are making a lot of money very quickly, often without really earning it.
    例句
    Many private colleges are coining it... 很多私立大学正在大发其财。 One wine shop is coining money selling Wembley-label champagne. 一家葡萄酒商店正在靠出售威丽牌子的香槟大把大把赚钱。
  • PHRASE
    用个双关语;套用句老话
    You say 'to coin a phrase' to show that you realize you are making a pun or using a cliché
    例句
    Fifty local musicians have, to coin a phrase, banded together to form the Jazz Umbrella. 50名当地的音乐家,用个双关词,“联合起来”(band亦有“乐队”之意)组成了“爵士乐大联盟”。
  • PHRASE
    情况的另一面
    You use the other side of the coin to mention a different aspect of a situation.
    例句
    These findings are a reminder that low pay is the other side of the coin of falling unemployment. 这些研究结果提醒人们,失业率下降的另一面是低薪。
  • PHRASE
    一个问题的两方面
    If you say that two things are two sides of the same coin, you mean that they are different ways of looking at or dealing with the same situation.
    例句
    The minister reportedly stressed that economic and political reforms were two sides of the same coin. 据报道,部长强调经济改革和政治改革是一个问题的两个方面。