Harness Sth Horse Set Control Power Body Harnessed
The word "harness" can be used as a verb meaning to control or utilize a resource or emotion, or as a noun referring to equipment used to control animals (like horses) or to secure a person. It can also refer to working together in unison or being actively engaged in work.
[VERB 动词]控制（情感）；利用（自然力） If you harness something such as an emotion or natural source of energy, you bring it under your control and use it.
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...the movement's ability to harness the anger of all Ukrainians...
该运动之疏解所有乌克兰人怒气的能力
Turkey plans to harness the waters of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers for big hydro-electric power projects.
土耳其计划利用底格里斯河和幼发拉底河的河水开发大型水电项目。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]（系在身上用以携带装备或限制其移动的）系带，背带 A harness is a set of straps which fit under a person's arms and fasten round their body in order to keep a piece of equipment in place or to prevent the person moving from a place.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]马具；挽具 A harness is a set of leather straps and metal links fastened round a horse's head or body so that the horse can have a carriage, cart, or plough fastened to it.
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[VERB 动词]给（马等）套上挽具 If a horse or other animal is harnessed, a harness is put on it, especially so that it can pull a carriage, cart, or plough.
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[Also be V-ed]
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On Sunday the horses were harnessed to a heavy wagon for a daylong ride over the Border.
星期天，马匹被套在一辆沉重的马车上，准备踏上长达一天的穿越边境之旅。
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[PHRASE 短语]互相配合；通力合作 People or things who are working in harness are working together in order to achieve a particular aim.
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At Opera North he will be in harness with Paul Daniel, the conductor appointed music director last year.
在北方歌剧公司，他将和去年指挥指定的音乐总监保罗·丹尼尔通力合作。
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[PHRASE 短语]（常指停止工作一段时间后）正常工作的 If you say that someone is in harness, you mean that they are working, often after a period of not working.
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You can rest for three or four months and then the longing for work will return and you will be right back in harness.
你可以休息三四个月，然后又会开始渴望工作，并能很快回到正常的工作状态。
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har·ness/ˈhɑːnɪs; NAmEˈhɑːrnɪs/
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harnessharnessesharnessedharnessingnoun1a set of strips of leather and metal pieces that is put around a horse's head and body so that the horse can be controlled and fastened to a carriage,etc. 马具；挽具2a set of strips of leather, etc. for fastening sth to a person's body or to keep them from moving off or falling （防止人移动或坠落的）背带，保护带◆a safety harness安全带IDIOMSin ˈharness( BrE) doing your normal work, especially after a rest or a holiday （尤指休息或假期结束后）做正常工作in harness (with sb)( BrE) working closely with sb in order to achieve sth （同某人）联手；密切合作verb1to put a harnesson a horse or other animal; to attach a horse or other animal to sth with a harness给（马等）上挽具；用挽具把…套到…上harnesssth ◆to harness a horse给马上挽具harnesssth to sth ◆We harnessed two ponies to the cart.我们把两匹矮种马套到了车上。◆( figurative) In some areas, the poor feel harnessed to their jobs.有些地区的穷人感觉终身被套牢在他们的工作上。2harnesssth to control and use the force or strength of sth to produce power or to achieve sth 控制，利用（以产生能量等）◆attempts to harness the sun's rays as a source of energy利用日光作为能源的尝试◆We must harness the skill and creativity of our workforce.我们必须尽量发挥全体职工的技能和创造力。har·ness/ˈhɑːnɪs; NAmEˈhɑːrnɪs/
1harness (2)a set of leather bands used to control a horse or to attach it to a vehicle it is pulling2a set of bands used to hold someone in a place or to stop them from falling: a safety harness3in harness British English doing your usual work: I felt glad to be back in harness.4in harness (with somebody) British English working closely with another person or group
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1to control and use the natural force or power of something: We can harness the power of the wind to generate electricity.2to fasten two animals together, or to fasten an animal to something using a harness3to put a harness on a horse