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英语单词 collision
英美音标 英 [kə'lɪʒn] 美 [kə'lɪʒn]
中文释义 n.碰撞;冲突
英语例句 (1) The car was completely wrecked by the force of the collision.
(2) The liner is reported to have been in collision with an oil tanker.
(3) The Government and the unions are on a collision course.
(4) This collision had a very unusual cause.
中文例句 (1) 这辆汽车受到很大的撞击力而完全损坏。
(2) 据报道,这艘客轮与一艘油轮相撞。
(3) 政府和工会必将发生冲突。
(4) 这次冲突有着非同寻常的原因。
vocabulary简明 A collision is when two or more things smash together. You shouldn't give yourself a pedicure while driving because it might result in a collision, wrecking your car and spoiling your toenail polish to boot.
vocabulary扩展 Collision comes from the Latin col-, "together," and lædĕre, "to hurt by striking." When a train hits a car, that's a collision. An asteroid hurtling toward earth is on a "collision course" with our planet. Collision also works for abstract conflicts that get violent or hurt your brain somehow, like the collision between two politicians during a debate, or the collision of colors in your outfit.
柯林斯解释
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[N-VAR 可变名词]碰撞;相撞 A collision occurs when a moving object crashes into something.
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  • They were on their way to the Shropshire Union Canal when their van was involved in a collision with a car...

    在去往什罗普郡联盟运河的路上,他们的小货车与一辆小车相撞。

  • I saw a head-on collision between two aeroplanes.

    我看见两架飞机迎面相撞。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](不同文化或思想的)碰撞,冲突,抵触 A collision of cultures or ideas occurs when two very different cultures or people meet and conflict.
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  • It's the collision of disparate ideas that alters one's perspective...

    是迥然不同的观点之间的碰撞改变了人们的看法。

  • The play represents the collision of three generations.

    这部戏表现了三代人之间的矛盾冲突。

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