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Bearer N Count 可数名词 Person Bad N   [Formal 正式

英语单词 bearer
英美音标 英 ['beərə(r)] 美 ['berər]
中文释义 n.持票者;带信人;承担人;脚夫;搬运工;能开花结果的植物;柩夫
英语例句 (1) Please allow the bearer of this passport to pass freely without let or hindrance.
(2) I'm the bearer of the good news.
中文例句 (1) 请予护照持有人顺利通行。
(2) 我是带来好消息的人。
vocabulary简明 A bearer is a person who carries or delivers something. If you hate to be the bearer of bad news, don't become a traffic cop.
vocabulary扩展 If you're the flag bearer in a parade, it means you march at the front gripping a flag, and a coffin bearer holds one end of the coffin at a funeral. You'll often find the word in the phrase "bearer of bad news" or "bearer of bad tidings." In the mid-17th century, the word bearer was primarily used to mean "person who carried dead bodies to the grave."
柯林斯解释
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]送(口信等)的人;带信人 The bearer of something such as a message is the person who brings it to you.
  [usu N of n]
  • I hate to be the bearer of bad news.

    我讨厌告诉别人坏消息。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]举(或抬、持)…的人 A bearer of a particular thing is a person who carries it, especially in a ceremony.
  [usu n N]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • ...Britain's flag bearer at the Olympic Games opening ceremony...

    奥运会开幕式上的英国旗手

  • The Speaker is preceded by the mace-bearer upon his entry to the chamber.

    当议长走进议事厅的时候,前面由执议长权标的人开路。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]拥有(某文件、权利或职位)的人;持有…的人;持有者 The bearer of something such as a document, a right, or an official position is the person who possesses it or holds it.
  [oft N of n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • ...the traditional bourgeois notion of the citizen as a bearer of rights...

    认为公民是权利拥有者的传统中产阶级观念

  • Later he called a meeting of his party's central office bearers...

    后来他召集了他所属党派的核心领导人开会。

  • Spanish identity documents state the bearer's profession.

    西班牙的身份证件会注明证件持有者的职业。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](传统、想法或特征等的)保持者,拥有者 The bearer of a tradition, idea, or characteristic is someone or something that is particularly associated with it and passes it on to other people or situations.
  [N of n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • Generally, the lower classes are considered to be the bearers of tradition.

    总的来说,下层民众被认为是传统的保持者。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](在旧时的印度指欧洲人的)当地用人,土著仆人 In former times, especially in India, a bearer was a native servant of a European.
  [OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
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    See also:
    pallbearer
    standard bearer

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