This flashcard defines "meet" with multiple meanings, including encountering someone by chance or arrangement, being introduced, welcoming, gathering, experiencing, and satisfying requirements. It also covers physical contact, convergence, competition, and sports events.
The flashcard defines "meet" as encountering or coming together with someone, either by chance or arrangement. It also covers meanings such as being introduced to someone for the first time, going to a station to welcome someone, gathering for a purpose, experiencing a situation, or satisfying a requirement. Additionally, "meet" can refer to physical contact between objects, the convergence of lines or areas, competing against others, or a sports event.
[V-RECIP 相互动词]碰到；遇见 If you meet someone, you happen to be in the same place as them and start talking to them. You may know the other person, but be surprised to see them, or you may not know them at all.
[V n]
[pl-n V]
[V P with n]
[pl-n V P]
I have just met the man I want to spend the rest of my life with...
我刚刚遇到了我想与之共度余生的男人。
He's the kindest and sincerest person I've ever met...
他是我所见过的最友善、最真诚的人。
We met by chance.
我们是偶然相遇的。
Meet up means the same as meet .meet up同 meet
When he was in the supermarket, he met up with a buddy he had at Oxford...
他在超市遇见了他在牛津时的一个朋友。
They met up in 1956, when they were both young schoolboys.
他们1956年相遇，那时他们俩都还是小男生。
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[V-RECIP 相互动词](约定在某处)相会，碰头 If two or more people meet, they go to the same place, which they have earlier arranged to do, so that they can talk or do something together.
[pl-n V]
[V n]
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[V P with n]
We could meet for a drink after work...
下班后我们可以见面喝上一杯。
Meet me down at the beach tomorrow, at 6am sharp.
明天早上6点整在海滩上跟我见面。
Meet up means the same as meet .meet up 同 meet
We tend to meet up for lunch once a week...
我们往往每周共进一次午餐。
My intention was to have a holiday and meet up with old friends.
我原本打算度个假，跟老朋友们见见面。
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[VERB 动词]被引见给；认识；结识 If you meet someone, you are introduced to them and begin talking to them and getting to know them.
[V n]
Hey, Terry, come and meet my Dad.
嗨，特里，过来认识一下我爸爸。
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[VERB 动词]（初次）见面；认识；结识 You use meet in expressions such as 'Pleased to meet you' and 'Nice to have met you' when you want to politely say hello or goodbye to someone you have just met for the first time.
[V n]
[formulae]
'Jennifer,' Miss Mallory said, 'this is Leigh Van-Voreen.' — 'Pleased to meet you,' Jennifer said...
“珍妮弗，”马洛里小姐说，“这位是利·范沃林。”——“见到您很高兴，”珍妮弗说。
I have to leave. Nice to have met you.
我得走了。认识您很高兴。
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[VERB 动词](到火车站、飞机场或公共汽车站)迎接 If you meet someone off their train, plane, or bus, you go to the station, airport, or bus stop in order to be there when they arrive.
[V n prep/adv]
[V n off n]
[V n]
Mama met me at the station...
妈妈在车站接我。
Lili and my father met me off the boat...
莉莉和我父亲在码头迎接我。
Kurt's parents weren't able to meet our plane so we took a taxi.
库尔特的父母无法来接机，于是我们打了车。
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[VERB 动词]会晤；开会 When a group of people such as a committee meet, they gather together for a particular purpose.
[V]
Officials from the two countries will meet again soon to resume negotiations...
两国官员不久将再度会晤以重启谈判。
The commission met 14 times between 1988 and 1991.
1988至1991年间，该委员会举行了14次会议。
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[VERB 动词](与…)会晤 If you meet with someone, you have a meeting with them.
[V with n]
[mainly AM 主美]
Most of the lawmakers who met with the president yesterday said they backed the mission.
大多数昨天与总统会晤的立法者说他们支持这个行动。
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]遭到；遇到；获得 If something such as a suggestion, proposal, or new book meets with or is met with a particular reaction, it gets that reaction from people.
[V with n]
[V n with n]
The idea met with a cool response from various quarters...
这个想法遭到了各方人士的冷遇。
We hope today's offer will meet with your approval too...
我们希望今天的提议也能够得到您的首肯。
Reagan's speech was met with incredulity in the US.
里根的演讲在美国遭到了质疑。
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[VERB 动词]满足；达到 If something meets a need, requirement, or condition, it is good enough to do what is required.
[V n]
The current arrangements for the care of severely mentally ill people are inadequate to meet their needs...
目前对严重精神病患者的护理安排不足以满足他们的需要。
Out of the original 23,000 applications, 16,000 candidates meet the entry requirements.
最初的2.3万份申请中有1.6万份满足入选的要求。
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[VERB 动词]对付；应对；克服 If you meet something such as a problem or challenge, you deal with it satisfactorily or do what is required.
[V n]
British manufacturing failed to meet the crisis of the 1970s...
英国制造业未能经受住20世纪70年代危机的考验。
It is an enormous challenge but we hope to meet it within a year or 18 months...
这是一个巨大的挑战，但是我们希望在1年或18个月之内能够战胜它。
They had worked heroically to meet the deadline.
为了如期完成任务，他们拼命地工作。
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[VERB 动词]偿付；支付 If you meet the cost of something, you provide the money that is needed for it.
[V n]
The government said it will help meet some of the cost of the damage...
政府说将帮助支付损害造成的部分费用。
As your income increases you will find less difficulty in finding the money to meet your monthly repayments.
随着收入的增加，你会发现筹钱支付每月的还款没那么难了。
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[VERB 动词]碰上，遇到，遭遇(情况、态度、问题等) If you meet a situation, attitude, or problem, you experience it or become aware of it.
[V n]
I honestly don't know how I will react the next time I meet a potentially dangerous situation...
我真不知道下次再碰上有潜在危险的情况时会作何反应。
Never had she met such spite and pettiness.
她从未遭遇过如此恶毒和狭隘的事情。
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[VERB 动词]获得(成功)；遭到(失败) You can say that someone meets with success or failure when they are successful or unsuccessful.
[V with n]
Attempts to find civilian volunteers have met with embarrassing failure...
寻找平民志愿者的种种尝试都遭遇了令人难堪的失败。
Efforts to commercialise the Russian space programme have met with little success.
为使俄罗斯太空项目走向商业化而作出的种种努力几乎没有取得什么成功。
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[V-RECIP 相互动词]和…接触；与…相碰 When a moving object meets another object, it hits or touches it.
[V n]
[pl-n V]
You sense the stresses in the hull each time the keel meets the ground...
每次龙骨触地的时候你都能感受到船体所受的压力。
Nick's head bent slowly over hers until their mouths met.
尼克慢慢向她低下头去，直到他们的嘴唇碰在了一起。
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[V-RECIP 相互动词](目光)接触，相遇 If your eyes meet someone else's, you both look at each other at the same time.
[V n]
[pl-n V]
[WRITTEN 笔语]
Nina's eyes met her sisters' across the table...
尼娜与桌子对面的姐妹们目光相遇。
I found myself smiling back instinctively when our eyes met.
我发现当我们的目光相遇时，我本能地还以微笑。
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[V-RECIP 相互动词](两片区域，尤指两片陆地或海洋)相接，汇合，相邻 If two areas meet, especially two areas of land or sea, they are next to one another.
[V n]
[pl-n V]
It is one of the rare places in the world where the desert meets the sea.
世界上沙漠与大海相接的地方非常少见，这里就是一处。
...the southernmost point of South America where the Pacific and Atlantic oceans meet.
南美洲最南端、太平洋与大西洋的汇合处
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[V-RECIP 相互动词](两条线)相交，交叉 The place where two lines meet is the place where they join together.
[pl-n V]
[V n]
Parallel lines will never meet no matter how far extended...
无论延伸多长，平行线永不相交。
The track widened as it met the road.
小路在和公路相交的地方变宽了。
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[V-RECIP 相互动词](两个运动员、球队或军队)比赛，较量，交锋 If two sportsmen, teams, or armies meet, they compete or fight against one another.
[pl-n V]
[V n]
The two women will meet tomorrow in the final...
这两位女选手将在明天的决赛里决一胜负。
The unevenly matched armies met at Guilford on 15 March 1781...
1781年3月15日，力量悬殊的两支队伍在吉尔福德狭路相逢。
...when England last met the Aussies in a cricket Test match.
英格兰队上次在国际板球锦标赛中遭遇澳大利亚队时
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]运动会 A meet is an event in which athletes come to a particular place in order to take part in a race or races.
John Pennel became the first person to pole-vault 17 ft., at a meet in Miami, Florida.
约翰·佩内尔在佛罗里达迈阿密的一次运动会上成为撑竿越过17英尺的第一人。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](猎狐前猎人和猎犬的)集合 A meet is when riders and dogs gather somewhere before they set off on a fox hunt.
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[PHRASE 短语]迎着(或直视)(某人的)目光 If you do not meet someone's eyes or meet someone's gaze, you do not look at them although they are looking at you, for example because you are ashamed.
[V inflects]
He hesitated, then shook his head, refusing to meet her eyes.
他犹豫起来，然后摇摇头，避开了她的目光。
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[PHRASE 短语]（尤指因暴力或蹊跷）死去 If someone meets their death or meets their end, they die, especially in a violent or suspicious way.
[V inflects]
[WRITTEN 笔语]
Jacob Sinclair met his death at the hands of a soldier...
雅各布·辛克莱在一名士兵的手里送了命。
No one knows exactly how or where he met his end.
没有人知道他究竟是如何或在何处丢掉性命的。
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to make ends meet→see:
end
； there's more to this than meets the eye→see:
eye
； to meet someone's eyes→see:
eye
； to meet someone halfway→see:
halfway
； to meet your match→see:
match
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meet up
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meetmeetsmetmeetingverb★(met,met/met; NAmEmet/)by chance 偶然地1★[intransitive , transitive, no passive ]to be in the same place as sb by chance and talk to them 相遇；相逢；遇见◆Maybe we'll meet again some time.说不定我们什么时候还会再见面。meetsb ◆Did you meet anyone in town?你在城里碰见什么人了吗？by arrangement 通过安排2★[intransitive , transitive, no passive ]to come together formally in order to discuss sth 开会；会晤◆The committee meets on Fridays.委员会每周五开会。meetsb ◆The Prime Minister met other European leaders for talks.首相与其他欧洲首脑举行会谈。meetwith sb ◆The President met with senior White House aides.总统会见了白宫的高级幕僚。3★[intransitive , transitive, no passive ]to come together socially after you have arranged it （与…）会面；集合meet(for sth) ◆Let's meet for a drink after work.下班后我们一起去喝一杯吧。meetsb (for sth) ◆We're meeting them outside the theatre at 7.我们 7 点钟在剧院外面和他们会合。4★[transitive ]meetsb/sth to go to a place and wait there for a particular person to arrive 迎接◆Will you meet me at the airport?你到机场接我好吗？◆The hotel bus meets all incoming flights.酒店有车在机场迎接各航班的旅客。◆I met him off the plane.他下飞机后我就接到了他。for the first time 初次5★[transitive , no passive, intransitive ]meet(sb) to see and know sb for the first time; to be introduced to sb 相识；结识；被引见介绍（给某人）◆Where did you first meet your husband?你是在哪儿和你丈夫初次相识的？◆( especially BrE) Pleased to meet you.很高兴认识你。◆( NAmE) Nice meeting you.很高兴认识你。◆There's someone I want you to meet.我想介绍你认识一个人。◆I don't think we've met.我想我们没见过面吧。in contest 比赛6[intransitive , transitive, no passive ]to play, fight, etc. together as opponents in a competition 遭遇；交锋◆Smith and Jones met in last year's final.史密斯和琼斯在去年的决赛中相遇。meetsb ◆Smith met Jones in last year's final.在去年的决赛中，史密斯与琼斯交锋。experience sth 经历7[transitive ]meetsth to experience sth, often sth unpleasant 经历（常指不愉快的事）◆Others have met similar problems.其他人遇到过同样的问题。◆How she met her deathwill probably never be known. 她的死因也许永远无人知晓。SYNcome across,
encounter
touch/join 接触；连接8[intransitive , transitive ]to touch sth; to join 接触（某物）；连接◆The curtains don't meet in the middle.这窗帘中间合不拢。meetsth ◆That's where the river meets the sea.这条河就在这里流入大海。◆His hand met hers.他的手碰到她的手。satisfy 满足9[transitive ]meetsth to do or satisfy what is needed or what sb asks for 满足；使满意SYN
fulfil
◆How can we best meet the needsof all the different groups? 我们怎样才能最好地满足各种人的需要呢？◆Until these conditions are metwe cannot proceed with the sale. 除非这些条件得到满足，否则我们不能继续这项交易。◆I can't possibly meet that deadline.我不可能如期完成。pay 支付10[transitive ]meetsth to pay sth 支付；偿付◆The cost will be metby the company. 费用将由公司支付。IDIOMSmeet sb's ˈeye(s) | meet sb's ˈgaze, ˈlook, etc. | people's ˈeyes meet1[transitive , intransitive ]if you meet sb's eye(s),you look directly at them as they look at you; if two people's eyes meet,they look directly at each other （和某人）对视，目光相遇◆She was afraid to meet my eye.她不敢正眼看我。◆Their eyes met across the crowded room.他们隔着拥挤的房间目光相遇了。◆She met his gaze without flinching.她毫不畏缩地与他对视。2[transitive ]~ your eyesif a sight meets your eyes,you see it 呈现；显现◆A terrible sight met their eyes.一幅可怕的景象映入他们的眼帘。meet sb halfˈwayto reach an agreement with sb by giving them part of what they want 和某人妥协；对某人作出让步meet your ˈMaker( especially humorous) to die 死；见上帝there is more to sb/sth than meets the ˈeyea person or thing is more complicated or interesting than you might think at first 某人（或物）比料想的更为复杂（或有趣）☞more at
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PHRASAL VERBS★ˌmeet ˈup (with sb)( rather informal) to meet sb, especially by arrangement （按照安排）见面，会面◆They met up again later for a drink.后来他们又在一起喝过酒。★ˈmeet with sbto meet sb, especially for discussions 和某人会晤（商讨问题等）◆The President met with senior White House aides.总统会见了白宫的高级幕僚。ˈmeet with sth1to be received or treated by sb in a particular way 遭遇（某事）；受到某种对待◆Her proposal met with resistance from the Left.她的建议遭到了左翼的抵制。◆to meet with success/failure成功；失败2to experience sth unpleasant 经历，体验（不愉快的事）◆She was worried that he might have met with an accident.她怕他出了车祸。ˈmeet sth with sthto react to sth in a particular way （对某事）作出…反应；以…作为回应SYN
receive
◆His suggestion was met with howls of protest.他的建议引起了一阵阵的抗议声。noun1( especially NAmE) a sports competition 体育比赛；运动会◆a track meet径赛运动会2( BrE) an event at which horse riders and dogs hunt foxes.Fox-huntingwith dogs is now illegal in the UK. 猎狐运动（现在于英国用狗猎狐属违法行为）meet/miːt; NAmEmiːt/met/met; NAmEmet/
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meetmeet1 /miːt/ ●●●S1W1 verb (past tense and past participle met /met/)
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1see somebody at an arranged place [intransitive, transitive] to go to a place where someone will be at a particular time, according to an arrangement, so that you can talk or do something together: Meet me at 8.00. I’ll meet you by the main reception desk.meet (somebody) for something Why don’t we meet for lunch on Friday? We arranged to meet outside the theatre.GRAMMARMeet is never passive in this meaning.2see somebody by chance [intransitive, transitive] to see someone by chance and talk to themSYN bump into: You’ll never guess who I met in town. I was worried I might meet Henry on the bus.GRAMMARMeet is never passive in this meaning.3see somebody for the first time [intransitive, transitive] to see and talk to someone for the first time, or be introduced to them: We first met in Florence. I met my husband at university. Jane, come and meet my brother.nice/pleased to meet you (=used to greet someone politely when you have just met them for the first time) ‘This is my niece, Sarah.’ ‘Pleased to meet you.’(it was) nice meeting you (=used to say goodbye politely to someone you have just met for the first time)GRAMMARMeet is never passive in this meaning.4see somebody at an airport/station etc [transitive] to be waiting for someone at an airport, station etc when they arrive in a plane or train: My dad met us at the station. She got off the plane to be met by reporters.5come together to discuss something [intransitive] to come together in the same place in order to discuss something: The committee meets once a month. The two groups will meet next week to discuss the project.6compete against somebody [intransitive, transitive] to play against another person or team in a competition, or to fight another army in a war: Manchester United will meet Blackburn Rovers in the sixth round of the Cup. The two armies finally met on the battlefield at Stamford Bridge.7join or touch [intransitive, transitive] if two things meet, they touch or join at a particular place: The two roads meet just north of Flagstaff. My hand met his under the table.GRAMMARMeet is never passive in this meaning.8experience a problem or situation [transitive] to experience a problem, attitude, or situationSYN encounter, come across: Wherever she went she met hostility and prejudice.9meet a problem/challenge to deal with a problem or something difficult that you have to do: The new building will mean that we can meet the challenge of increasing student numbers.10meet a need/demand/requirement/condition etc to do something that someone wants, needs, or expects you to do or be as good as they need, expect etc: The company says it is unable to meet the workers’ demands for higher wages. The service is tailored to meet your needs. beaches which meet European standards of cleanliness11meet a deadline to finish something at the time it is meant to be finished: We are still hoping to meet the November deadline.12meet a goal/target etc to achieve something that you are trying to achieve: It’s impossible to meet the sales targets. The scheme does not meet its objectives.13meet a debt/cost/expense etc to make a payment that needs to be made: The government has promised to meet the cost of clearing up after the floods.14there’s more to somebody/something than meets the eye used to say that someone or something is more interesting, intelligent etc than they seem to be15our/their eyes meet if two people’s eyes meet, they look at each other: Our eyes met momentarily, then he looked away. His eyes met Nina’s and she smiled.16meet somebody’s eye(s)/gaze/glance etc to look directly at someone who is looking at you: Ruth looked down, unable to meet his eye. She turned to meet his gaze.17meet your eyes if something meets your eyes, you see it: An extraordinary scene met our eyes as we entered the room.18meet your match to compete against an opponent who is stronger or more skilful than you are: I think he might have met his match in Simon.19meet somebody halfway to do some of the things that someone wants, in order to reach an agreement with them20meet (something) head-ona)if two moving vehicles meet head-on, they are facing each other and hit each other suddenly and violentlyb)if you meet a problem head-on, you deal with it directly without trying to avoid it21meet your death/end to die in a particular way: He met his death at the hands of enemy soldiers.22meet your maker to die – used humorously23meet your Waterloo to finally be defeated after you have been successful for a long time → make ends meet
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GRAMMAR: Reciprocal verbsMeet is a reciprocal verb. This type of verb is used when saying that two or more people do something that involves both or all of them. It does not need to have an object: · We met when we were at college.In this sentence, meet is intransitive and does not have an object.You can also say: · We met each other when we were at college.· I met him when we were at college. In these sentences, meet is transitive.Grammar guide ‒ VERBSTHESAURUSmeet to be in the same place as someone else because you have arranged to see them: · I’ll meet you at the restaurant, OK?· The two leaders are scheduled to meet again next month.get together informal to meet with a group of people, in order to do something together: · Why don’t we all get together and go out for a drink?· Have the students get together in groups of four to work on the problem.come together if people come together, they meet in order to discuss things, exchange ideas etc: · Goldman persuaded the heads of the groups to come together for an informal conference.meet up informal if friends meet up, they meet in order to do something together: · We must meet up some time.· Why don’t I meet up with you after lunch?gather if people gather somewhere, they come together in the same place in order to do something or see something: · Fans have started to gather outside the stadium.· Angry crowds gathered in front of the US embassy.assemble formal if people assemble somewhere, they all come and stand together in the same place, especially as part of an officially arranged plan: · If the fire alarm rings, please assemble in the parking lot.· The students began to assemble in the main hall.meet up phrasal verb1to meet someone in order to do something together: We often meet up after work and go for a drink.meet up with I’ve got to go now, but I’ll meet up with you later.2if roads, paths etc meet up, they join together at a particular placemeet up with The path eventually meets up with the main road.meet with phrasal verb1to have a meeting with someone: Representatives of EU countries will meet with senior American politicians to discuss the trade crisis.2 (also be met with something) to get a particular reaction or resultmeet with opposition/disapproval etc His comments have met with widespread opposition.meet with support/approval etc Her ideas have met with support from doctors and health professionals.meet with success/failure (=succeed or fail) Our attempts at negotiation finally met with some success.3meet with an accident formal to be injured or killed in an accident
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meetmeet2 ●○○ noun [countable]
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1track meet especially American English a sports competition between people running races, jumping over bars etc2British English an occasion when a group of people riding horses go out to hunt foxes
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right or suitable
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[mi:t]met, meeting, meets
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meeting[118226] meets[8970] met[169233]
满足(50%)，运动会(37%)，遇见(9%)，集会(2%)，合适的(2%)
vt.满足；遇见；对付
vi.相遇；接触
n.集会
adj.合适的；适宜的
n.(Meet)人名；(英)米特
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