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This flashcard defines "encounter" as a verb meaning to meet or experience something, especially problems or difficulties, and as a noun referring to a meeting, often unexpected or significant. It also includes example sentences and usage notes.

English

word encounter
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Collins
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/ɪnka͟ʊntə(r)/
1
[VERB 动词]遇到,遭遇(问题、困难) If you encounter problems or difficulties, you experience them.
  [V n]
  • Every day of our lives we encounter stresses of one kind or another...

    我们在每天的生活中会面临这样或那样的压力。

  • Environmental problems they found in Poland were among the worst they encountered.

    他们在波兰发现的环境问题是他们遇到过的最严重的。

2
[VERB 动词]偶遇;邂逅 If you encounter someone, you meet them, usually unexpectedly.
  [V n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • Did you encounter anyone in the building?...

    你在大楼里遇到谁了么?

  • Renata wrote him that she had encountered her long-estranged father.

    雷娜塔写信告诉他说她碰到了分离多年的父亲。

3
[N-COUNT 可数名词]偶遇;邂逅;(重要的)相逢 An encounter with someone is a meeting with them, particularly one that is unexpected or significant.
  [usu with supp]
  • The author tells of a remarkable encounter with a group of South Vietnamese soldiers.

    作者讲述了和一群南越士兵的奇遇。

4
[N-COUNT 可数名词]特殊经历;特殊体验 An encounter is a particular type of experience.
  [usu with supp]
  • ...a sexual encounter.

    性体验

  • ...his first serious encounter with alcohol.

    他第一次正儿八经喝酒的经历


Oxford en·coun·ter AWL / ɪnˈkaʊntə(r) ; NAmE ɪnˈkaʊntər /
verb
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noun
encounter encounters encountered encountering
verb 1 encountersth to experience sth, especially sth unpleasant or difficult, while you are trying to do sth else 遭遇,遇到(尤指令人不快或困难的事) SYN
meet with
,
run into
We encountered a number of difficulties in the first week. 我们在第一周遇到了一些困难。 I had never encountered such resistance before. 我以前从未遇到过这么大的阻力。
2 encountersb/sth ( formal) to meet sb, or discover or experience sth, especially sb/sth new, unusual or unexpected 偶然碰到;意外地遇见;与…邂逅 SYN come across She was the most remarkable woman he had ever encountered. 她是他所见到过的最出色的女性。
noun 1 a meeting, especially one that is sudden, unexpected or violent (尤指突然、意外或暴力的)相遇,邂逅,遭遇,冲突 encounter(with sb/sth) Three of them were killed in the subsequent encounter with the police. 他们中有三个人后来在与警察的冲突中被杀死。 encounter(between A and B) The story describes the extraordinary encounter between a man and a dolphin. 这个故事描述了一个男人与一只海豚之间的奇遇。 a chance encounter 偶然相遇 I've had a number of close encounters (= situations that could have been dangerous)with bad drivers. 我好几次都险些与技术不佳的司机相撞。 It was his first sexual encounter (= first experience of sex). 那是他的第一次性经历。 2 a sports match against a particular player or team (体育)比赛,交锋 She has beaten her opponent in all of their previous encounters. 她在以前的所有交锋中都击败了这个对手。 3 ( IndE) an incident in which police shoot dead a suspected criminal 警察击毙嫌疑犯事件 en·coun·ter / ɪnˈkaʊntə(r) ; NAmE ɪnˈkaʊntər /
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encounter1 verb
encounter2 noun
encounteren‧coun‧ter1 /ɪnˈkaʊntə $ -ər/ ●●○ W3 AWL verb [transitive]
Word Origin
Verb Table
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Collocations
1to experience something, especially problems or oppositionencounter problems/difficulties They encountered serious problems when two members of the expedition were injured.encounter opposition/resistance The government has encountered strong opposition to its plans to raise income tax. The doctor had encountered several similar cases in the past.RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say come across problems/difficulties rather than encounter problems/difficulties and come up against opposition/resistance rather than encounter opposition/resistance:· Did you come across any problems?· We came up against quite a lot of opposition from local people.2 formal to meet someone without planning to:  I first encountered him when studying at Cambridge.
encounter1 verb
encounter2 noun
encounterencounter2 ●○○ AWL noun [countable]
Examples
Thesaurus
Collocations
1an occasion when you meet someone, or do something with someone you do not know:  She didn’t remember our encounter last summer.encounter with His first encounter with Wilson was back in 1989. Bernstein began training the young musician after a chance encounter at a concert (=a meeting that happened by chance). casual sexual encounters (=occasions when people have sex)encounter between hostile encounters between supporters of rival football teams2an occasion when you meet or experience somethingencounter with a child’s first encounter with books a close encounter with a snake (=a frightening situation in which you get too close to something)
WDF

encounter

[ɪnˈkaʊntə(r)]encountered, encountering, encounters

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Spoken:

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encountered[4191] encountering[442] encounters[2216]
遇到(61%),遭遇(32%),邂逅(6%),偶然碰到(1%)
n.遭遇,偶然碰见
vi.遭遇;偶然相遇
vt.遭遇,邂逅;遇到

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