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episode n.一段情节,[音]插曲,插话,有趣的事件 Episode, a term from Greek tragedy, refers to a section of a story. In the 19th century, Charles Dickens published chapters of his novels in weekly magazines, episodes that together made a novel. You can also use the word for events in your own life: "That was an unpleasant episode," when you're remembering a family fight, or, "Grandpa had a fainting episode." With the fighting and fainting, you can hope they're episodes, not the whole story. ★★☆☆☆ 2003.1

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['episəud] Think of your favorite TV show. It runs all year long, in weekly installments. Each of those individual programs is an episode, one part of a long series. To give an episode of the information war. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]插曲；事件；时期 You can refer to an event or a short period of time as an episode if you want to suggest that it is important or unusual, or has some particular quality.   [usu with supp]This episode is bound to be a deep embarrassment for Washington...这一事件肯定会让华盛顿非常难堪。Unfortunately it was a rather sordid episode of my life.不幸的是，这是我人生中非常不光彩的一段经历。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]（广播剧或电视剧的）一集；（杂志连载故事的）一节 An episode of something such as a series on radio or television or a story in a magazine is one of the separate parts in which it is broadcast or published.   [oft N of n]The final episode will be shown next Sunday.下周日将播出最后一集。3[N-COUNT 可数名词]患病期；（病症的）发作期 An episode of an illness is short period in which a person who suffers from it is affected by it particularly badly.   [usu with supp]  [MEDICAL 医]...people who'd suffered a third episode of depression in two years...两年内忧郁症3次发作的人The new drug lessens the severity of pneumonia episodes.新药减轻了肺炎发作时的痛苦。

英语单词	episode
英美音标	['episəud]
中文释义	n.一段情节,[音]插曲,插话,有趣的事件
vocab简明	Think of your favorite TV show. It runs all year long, in weekly installments. Each of those individual programs is an episode, one part of a long series.
vocab扩展	Episode, a term from Greek tragedy, refers to a section of a story. In the 19th century, Charles Dickens published chapters of his novels in weekly magazines, episodes that together made a novel. You can also use the word for events in your own life: "That was an unpleasant episode," when you're remembering a family fight, or, "Grandpa had a fainting episode." With the fighting and fainting, you can hope they're episodes, not the whole story.
真题原句	To give an episode of the information war.
柯林斯星级	★★☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]插曲；事件；时期 You can refer to an event or a short period of time as an episode if you want to suggest that it is important or unusual, or has some particular quality. [usu with supp] This episode is bound to be a deep embarrassment for Washington... 这一事件肯定会让华盛顿非常难堪。 Unfortunately it was a rather sordid episode of my life. 不幸的是，这是我人生中非常不光彩的一段经历。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（广播剧或电视剧的）一集；（杂志连载故事的）一节 An episode of something such as a series on radio or television or a story in a magazine is one of the separate parts in which it is broadcast or published. [oft N of n] The final episode will be shown next Sunday. 下周日将播出最后一集。 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]患病期；（病症的）发作期 An episode of an illness is short period in which a person who suffers from it is affected by it particularly badly. [usu with supp] [MEDICAL 医] ...people who'd suffered a third episode of depression in two years... 两年内忧郁症3次发作的人 The new drug lessens the severity of pneumonia episodes. 新药减轻了肺炎发作时的痛苦。
来源	2003.1

Episode N Count 可数名词 Weekly Story Short Period [Usu