英语单词 | catalyst |
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英美音标 | 英 ['kætəlɪst] 美 ['kætəlɪst] |
中文释义 | n.催化剂;刺激因素 |
英语例句 | (1) War is a catalyst to help them to choose. (2) Debate is the best catalyst of thought. (3) This tragedy will be a catalyst for good. (4) The results were then used to make better car catalyst. (5) The offer of a new job provided just the catalyst she needed. |
中文例句 | (1) 战争是一副催化剂来帮助他们选择。 (2) 争论是思想最好的催化剂。 (3) 这场悲剧会是美好的催化剂。 (4) 这一研究的成果可随后用于生产出效果更好的汽车催化剂。 (5) 这份新工作正是她所需要转变的契机。 |
vocabulary简明 | A catalyst is an event or person causing a change. Getting kicked out of your parents' house might be a catalyst for becoming more independent. |
vocabulary扩展 | The noun catalyst is something or someone that causes a change and is derived from a Greek word. It can be somewhat ordinary, like a hot day being a catalyst for getting your hair cut really short. Or it can be major, like how the assassination of the archduke Franz Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is said to be a catalyst of World War I. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]催化剂;诱因;诱导者 You can describe a person or thing that causes a change or event to happen as a catalyst . [oft N
2 [N-COUNT 可数名词](化学)催化剂 In chemistry, a catalyst is a substance that causes a chemical reaction to take place more quickly. |
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