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performance n.表演；实行；表现；履行；性能；本事；业绩 (1) 建议容易实行难。(2) 他在学校的优良表现为他母亲带来极大的荣誉。(3) 他勤勉地履行职责。(4) 汽车的可靠性比其机械性能更重要。(5) 张艺谋总是有本事让演员带来意想不到的、充满新意的表演技巧。 The main sense of performance is artsy: actors and musicians (and other performers) give performances. You could praise an actor's performance in a movie, but this word extends to other kinds of work and accomplishments as well. If you're failing math, your performance is below par. An athlete can get in trouble for taking performance-enhancing drugs: drugs that make their performance better. Anytime you're talking about how something or someone works — or performs — you're talking about performance.

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英 [pə'fɔːməns] 美 [pər'fɔːrməns] (1) Proposal is easier than performance.(2) His good performance in school does great credit to his mother.(3) He was assiduous in performance of duty.(4) Performance is less important than reliability in a car.(5) It is a credit to Zhang Yimou's performance in bringing out amazing and unexpected skills in his actors. Performance has to do with doing something: a concert or play is a performance, and if you want to talk about how well the actors did, you'd rate their performance. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]表演；演出 A performance involves entertaining an audience by doing something such as singing, dancing, or acting. Inside the theatre, they were giving a performance of Bizet's Carmen.在剧院里，他们正在演出比才的作品《卡门》。...her performance as the betrayed Medea...她所演绎的遭人背叛的美狄亚The Festival Of Asian Arts & Music will include two days of live performances.亚洲艺术音乐节将安排两天的现场表演。2[N-VAR 可变名词]表现；业绩；性能；运行情况 Someone's or something's performance is how successful they are or how well they do something.   [oft with poss]That study looked at the performance of 18 surgeons...那项研究调查了18名外科医生的工作表现。The poor performance has been blamed on the recession and cheaper sports car imports...业绩不佳的原因被归咎于经济衰退和低价跑车的进口。The job of the new director-general was to ensure that performance targets were met.新主管的任务是确保实现业绩目标。3[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]（汽车的）性能 A car's performance is its ability to go fast and to increase its speed quickly. 4[ADJ 形容词]See also:high-performance；性能卓越的；高性能的 A performance car is one that can go very fast and can increase its speed very quickly.   [ADJ n]5[N-SING 单数名词]执行；履行；做 The performance of a task is the fact or action of doing it.   [usu the N of n]He devoted in excess of seventy hours a week to the performance of his duties...为了完成任务，他每周工作70多个小时。The people believe that the performance of this ritual is the will of the Great Spirit.该部族的人认为举行这种仪式是大神的意志。6[N-SING 单数名词]复杂的事情；麻烦事 You can describe something that is or looks complicated or difficult to do as a performance .   [usu a N]  [INFORMAL 非正式]The whole process is quite a performance...整个过程相当复杂。She made a big performance of sprinkling all the spices on.她费了不少劲才把所有的香料都撒在上面。7  a repeat performance→see: repeat；

英语单词	performance
英美音标	英 [pə'fɔːməns] 美 [pər'fɔːrməns]
中文释义	n.表演；实行；表现；履行；性能；本事；业绩
英语例句	(1) Proposal is easier than performance. (2) His good performance in school does great credit to his mother. (3) He was assiduous in performance of duty. (4) Performance is less important than reliability in a car. (5) It is a credit to Zhang Yimou's performance in bringing out amazing and unexpected skills in his actors.
中文例句	(1) 建议容易实行难。 (2) 他在学校的优良表现为他母亲带来极大的荣誉。 (3) 他勤勉地履行职责。 (4) 汽车的可靠性比其机械性能更重要。 (5) 张艺谋总是有本事让演员带来意想不到的、充满新意的表演技巧。
vocabulary简明	Performance has to do with doing something: a concert or play is a performance, and if you want to talk about how well the actors did, you'd rate their performance.
vocabulary扩展	The main sense of performance is artsy: actors and musicians (and other performers) give performances. You could praise an actor's performance in a movie, but this word extends to other kinds of work and accomplishments as well. If you're failing math, your performance is below par. An athlete can get in trouble for taking performance-enhancing drugs: drugs that make their performance better. Anytime you're talking about how something or someone works — or performs — you're talking about performance.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]表演；演出 A performance involves entertaining an audience by doing something such as singing, dancing, or acting. Inside the theatre, they were giving a performance of Bizet's Carmen. 在剧院里，他们正在演出比才的作品《卡门》。 ...her performance as the betrayed Medea... 她所演绎的遭人背叛的美狄亚 The Festival Of Asian Arts & Music will include two days of live performances. 亚洲艺术音乐节将安排两天的现场表演。 2 [N-VAR 可变名词]表现；业绩；性能；运行情况 Someone's or something's performance is how successful they are or how well they do something. [oft with poss] That study looked at the performance of 18 surgeons... 那项研究调查了18名外科医生的工作表现。 The poor performance has been blamed on the recession and cheaper sports car imports... 业绩不佳的原因被归咎于经济衰退和低价跑车的进口。 The job of the new director-general was to ensure that performance targets were met. 新主管的任务是确保实现业绩目标。 3 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]（汽车的）性能 A car's performance is its ability to go fast and to increase its speed quickly. 4 [ADJ 形容词]See also:high-performance ；性能卓越的；高性能的 A performance car is one that can go very fast and can increase its speed very quickly. [ADJ n] 5 [N-SING 单数名词]执行；履行；做 The performance of a task is the fact or action of doing it. [usu the N of n] He devoted in excess of seventy hours a week to the performance of his duties... 为了完成任务，他每周工作70多个小时。 The people believe that the performance of this ritual is the will of the Great Spirit. 该部族的人认为举行这种仪式是大神的意志。 6 [N-SING 单数名词]复杂的事情；麻烦事 You can describe something that is or looks complicated or difficult to do as a performance . [usu a N] [INFORMAL 非正式] The whole process is quite a performance... 整个过程相当复杂。 She made a big performance of sprinkling all the spices on. 她费了不少劲才把所有的香料都撒在上面。 7 a repeat performance→see: repeat ；

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