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harness n.(全套)马具,系在身上的绳子,甲胄 vt.上马具,披上甲胄,利用(河流、瀑布等)产生动力(尤指电力) Other animals and people can also wear harnesses. Your dog might have a harness for walking, with the leash attaching to the harness and not the collar, keeping the dog from choking itself when it pulls. People wear harnesses for safety, when climbing trees or bungee jumping, for example. As a verb, harness means to control or direct as if with a harness for a specific purpose, the way solar power harnesses the power of the sun. ★☆☆☆☆ 2005.3

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['ha:nis] A harness is a set of straps that are put on a horse so it can be hitched to a wagon or a carriage. The harness distributes the effort across larger sections of the horse's body. And one leading authority says that these intensely powerful mental events can be not only harnessed but actually brought under conscious control, to help us sleep and feel better. 1[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.   [V n]...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。2[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. 3[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. 4[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.   [be V-ed to n]  [Also be V-ed]  [usu passive]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。5[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.   [v-link PHR]  [mainly BRIT 主英]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。6[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.   [PHR after v]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。

英语单词	harness
英美音标	['ha:nis]
中文释义	n.(全套)马具,系在身上的绳子,甲胄 vt.上马具,披上甲胄,利用(河流、瀑布等)产生动力(尤指电力)
vocab简明	A harness is a set of straps that are put on a horse so it can be hitched to a wagon or a carriage. The harness distributes the effort across larger sections of the horse's body.
vocab扩展	Other animals and people can also wear harnesses. Your dog might have a harness for walking, with the leash attaching to the harness and not the collar, keeping the dog from choking itself when it pulls. People wear harnesses for safety, when climbing trees or bungee jumping, for example. As a verb, harness means to control or direct as if with a harness for a specific purpose, the way solar power harnesses the power of the sun.
真题原句	And one leading authority says that these intensely powerful mental events can be not only harnessed but actually brought under conscious control, to help us sleep and feel better.
柯林斯星级	★☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [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. [V n] ...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。 2 [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. 3 [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. 4 [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. [be V-ed to n] [Also be V-ed] [usu passive] 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。 5 [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. [v-link PHR] [mainly BRIT 主英] 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。 6 [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. [PHR after v] 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。
来源	2005.3

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