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encode vt.把(电文.情报等)译成电码(或密码) 编码 There are various reasons why information might need to be written in code: spies and secret agents need to encode messages so that only people who know the code can decipher their meanings. Computer languages are also thought of as codes, and when you convert information into one of these languages, you also encode it — although this modern meaning is usually shortened to the verb code. ★☆☆☆☆ 2007.1

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[in'kəud] To encode something is to put it into a coded form. During World War II, countries would encode messages so that if they were intercepted, their enemies couldn't understand them. In other words, whatever inborn differences two people may exhibit in their abilities to memorize, those differences are swamped by how well each person “encodes” the information. 1[VERB 动词]给…加密；将…译成密码 If you encode a message or some information, you put it into a code or express it in a different form or system of language.   [V n]The two parties encode confidential data in a form that is not directly readable by the other party...双方将机密资料加密，这样对方就无法直接读取资料。We compared the human mind to a computer which actively seeks information to process, encodes it and stores it for future use.我们将人脑比作一台计算机，它主动寻找需要处理的信息，对其进行加密，并存储起来以便将来使用。

英语单词	encode
英美音标	[in'kəud]
中文释义	vt.把(电文.情报等)译成电码(或密码) 编码
vocab简明	To encode something is to put it into a coded form. During World War II, countries would encode messages so that if they were intercepted, their enemies couldn't understand them.
vocab扩展	There are various reasons why information might need to be written in code: spies and secret agents need to encode messages so that only people who know the code can decipher their meanings. Computer languages are also thought of as codes, and when you convert information into one of these languages, you also encode it — although this modern meaning is usually shortened to the verb code.
真题原句	In other words, whatever inborn differences two people may exhibit in their abilities to memorize, those differences are swamped by how well each person “encodes” the information.
柯林斯星级	★☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]给…加密；将…译成密码 If you encode a message or some information, you put it into a code or express it in a different form or system of language. [V n] The two parties encode confidential data in a form that is not directly readable by the other party... 双方将机密资料加密，这样对方就无法直接读取资料。 We compared the human mind to a computer which actively seeks information to process, encodes it and stores it for future use. 我们将人脑比作一台计算机，它主动寻找需要处理的信息，对其进行加密，并存储起来以便将来使用。
来源	2007.1

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