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In addition to being the male equivalent of a woman, the word man has many meanings in English. Not long ago, man used to mean the same thing as people, as in humanity or mankind. Baseball teams want to get a man on base. Manning up is showing courage. Manning a business is providing workers for that business, including someone to man the phones. In a game like Monopoly, your piece is your man. Also, a common greeting is "Hey, man!" |
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1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]男人；男子 A man is an adult male human being. He had not expected the young man to reappear before evening... 他没想到这位年轻男子会在黄昏前再次出现。 I have always regarded him as a man of integrity. 我一向认为他是个正直的人。 ...the thousands of men, women and children who are facing starvation. 成千上万面临饥饿的男人、女人和儿童
2 [N-VAR 可变名词]人，人类（此用法仍有争议） Man and men are sometimes used to refer to all human beings, including both males and females. Some people dislike this use. The chick initially has no fear of man... 小鸡天生并不怕人。 Anxiety is modern man's natural state. 焦虑是现代人的自然状态。 ...a possible first step to sending a man back to the moon or to Mars. 把人送回月球或火星的可行的第一步
3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（有某类嗜好的）人 If you say that a man is, for example, a gambling man or an outdoors man, you mean that he likes gambling or outdoor activities. Are you a gambling man, Mr Graham?... 格雷厄姆先生，你是好赌的人吗? He is a keen outdoors man with a great interest in photography and walking. 他非常喜欢户外运动，酷爱摄影和徒步旅行。
4 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（来自某地的）人；（在某地上过学的）人 If you say that a man is, for example, a London man or an Oxford man, you mean that he comes from London or Oxford, or went to university there. 5 [N-COUNT 可数名词](某公司或组织的男性)职员，代表 If you refer to a particular company's or organiza-tion's man, you mean a man who works for or represents that company or organization. 6 [N-COUNT 可数名词](某人的)支持者，亲信 If you say that a man is someone's man, you mean that he always supports that person or does what they want. 7 [N-SING 单数名词]丈夫；情人；男朋友 Some people refer to a woman's husband, lover, or boyfriend as her man . 8 [N-PLURAL 复数名词]士兵（相对于军官而言） In the armed forces, the men are soldiers, sailors, marines, or airmen of lower rank, as opposed to the officers. 9 [N-PLURAL 复数名词]（尤指从事体力劳动或为上级工作的）男工，男雇员，男下属 Male workers are sometimes referred to as men, especially if they do physical work or work for a more senior person. The men voted by a four-to-one majority to accept the pay offer... 男雇员以4比1的多数票接受了工资条件。 After the talks, the leader of the Workers' Council said his men would be going back down the mines. 会谈之后，工人委员会的领袖说他手下的工人们会重回井下工作。
10 [N-VOC 称呼名词](对男子的称呼，表示生气或不耐烦)老兄，老弟，小伙子 One man sometimes addresses another as ' man' when he is angry or impatient with him. [feelings] [OLD-FASHIONED 过时] 11 [N-VOC 称呼名词]（在非正式场合中用以称呼男子）老弟，老兄 In very informal social situations, man is sometimes used as a greeting or form of address to a man. 12 [VERB 动词]在…岗位上工作；操作(机器等) If you man something such as a place or machine, you operate it or are in charge of it. French soldiers manned roadblocks in the capital city. 法国士兵把守着首都的各路关卡。 ...the person manning the phone at the complaints department... 投诉部的接线生 The station is seldom manned in the evening. 这个站晚上很少有人值班。
13 See also:manned ； ladies’ man ； no-man's land ； 14 [PHRASE 短语]有足够的勇气(或能力) If you say that a man is man enough to do something, you mean that he has the necessary courage or ability to do it. 15 [PHRASE 短语]更受男人（而非女人）欢迎的男人 If you describe a man as a man's man, you mean that he has qualities which make him popular with other men rather than with women. 16 [CONVENTION 惯用语]老兄；老弟 People sometimes address a man as my man . 17 [CONVENTION 惯用语]我的老兄，我的老弟(对地位比自己低的人的友好称呼，但略带屈尊俯就之意) people sometimes address a man as my man , my dear man, or my good man. This form of address is often friendly, but can also suggest that the speaker feels superior to the person being addressed. [feelings] [BRIT 英] [OLD-FASHIONED 过时] My dear man, you are welcome to stay... 我的老弟，欢迎你留下来。 It's not for you to say so, my man! 你不该这么说，老弟！
18 [PHRASE 短语]能自己做主；无须听命于他人 If you say that a man is his own man, you approve of the fact that he makes his decisions and his plans himself, and does not depend on other people. 19 [PHRASE 短语]一致；毫无例外 If you say that a group of men are, do, or think something to a man, you are emphasizing that every one of them is, does, or thinks that thing. To a man, the surveyors blamed the government... 调查员们无一例外地都指责政府。 They died, to a man, when they tried to break out... 他们企图逃走的时候全都丢掉了性命。 Economists, almost to a man, were sceptical. 经济学家几乎无一例外地持怀疑态度。
20 [PHRASE 短语]私下的；一对一的；开诚布公的 A man-to-man conversation or meeting takes place between two men, especially two men who meet to discuss a serious personal matter. 21 the man in the street→see: street ； man about town →see: town ； man of the world →see: world ； |