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panel n.面板,嵌板,仪表板,座谈小组,全体陪审员 vt.嵌镶板 Panel is derived from Old French and originally meant “a piece of cloth.” It’s still used as a sewing term, but now it has additional meanings. It can mean “jury,” as above, and can also refer to a flat piece of a hard surface, often rectangular, such as the wood panel of a door or wall. Panel is also a verb meaning "to install panels." Finally, a control panel has a lot of switches and is a way to make some machines work. ★★★☆☆ 2005.2

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['pæn(ə)l] If you are participating in some kind of contest, it is not ethical to bribe the judges on the panel with brownies. On the other hand, don’t stick your tongue out at them either, since they’ll be determining the winner. The latest was a panel from the National Academy of Sciences, enlisted by the White House, to tell us that the Earth‘s atmosphere is definitely warming and that the problem is largely man-made. 1[N-COUNT-COLL 可数集合名词]（进行公开讨论或作决策的）专门小组 A panel is a small group of people who are chosen to do something, for example to discuss something in public or to make a decision. He assembled a panel of scholars to advise him...他组织了一个学者小组为他出谋划策。All the writers on the panel agreed Quinn's book should be singled out for special praise...专门小组的所有作家一致认为奎因的书应该单独挑出来予以特别表扬。The advisory panel disagreed with the decision.顾问小组不同意该决定。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]（门等的）镶板，嵌板 A panel is a flat rectangular piece of wood or other material that forms part of a larger object such as a door. ...the frosted glass panel set in the centre of the door.门中间镶嵌的磨砂玻璃板3[N-COUNT 可数名词]（机器、设备等的）仪表板，面板 A control panel or instrument panel is a board or surface which contains switches and controls to operate a machine or piece of equipment.   [n N]The equipment was extremely sophisticated and was monitored from a central control-panel...这台设备极为复杂，由中央控制面板进行监控。They had failed to recognise signs on their instrument panel indicating a serious problem.他们没有注意到仪表板上显示的重大故障信号。

英语单词	panel
英美音标	['pæn(ə)l]
中文释义	n.面板,嵌板,仪表板,座谈小组,全体陪审员 vt.嵌镶板
vocab简明	If you are participating in some kind of contest, it is not ethical to bribe the judges on the panel with brownies. On the other hand, don’t stick your tongue out at them either, since they’ll be determining the winner.
vocab扩展	Panel is derived from Old French and originally meant “a piece of cloth.” It’s still used as a sewing term, but now it has additional meanings. It can mean “jury,” as above, and can also refer to a flat piece of a hard surface, often rectangular, such as the wood panel of a door or wall. Panel is also a verb meaning "to install panels." Finally, a control panel has a lot of switches and is a way to make some machines work.
真题原句	The latest was a panel from the National Academy of Sciences, enlisted by the White House, to tell us that the Earth‘s atmosphere is definitely warming and that the problem is largely man-made.
柯林斯星级	★★★☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT-COLL 可数集合名词]（进行公开讨论或作决策的）专门小组 A panel is a small group of people who are chosen to do something, for example to discuss something in public or to make a decision. He assembled a panel of scholars to advise him... 他组织了一个学者小组为他出谋划策。 All the writers on the panel agreed Quinn's book should be singled out for special praise... 专门小组的所有作家一致认为奎因的书应该单独挑出来予以特别表扬。 The advisory panel disagreed with the decision. 顾问小组不同意该决定。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（门等的）镶板，嵌板 A panel is a flat rectangular piece of wood or other material that forms part of a larger object such as a door. ...the frosted glass panel set in the centre of the door. 门中间镶嵌的磨砂玻璃板 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（机器、设备等的）仪表板，面板 A control panel or instrument panel is a board or surface which contains switches and controls to operate a machine or piece of equipment. [n N] The equipment was extremely sophisticated and was monitored from a central control-panel... 这台设备极为复杂，由中央控制面板进行监控。 They had failed to recognise signs on their instrument panel indicating a serious problem. 他们没有注意到仪表板上显示的重大故障信号。
来源	2005.2

Panel Piece Flat Wood Control Switches Make Decision