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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary ex·pe·ri·ence
ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin experientia act of trying, from experient-, experiens, present participle of experiri to try, from ex- + -periri (akin to periculumattempt) — more at fear DATE 14th century 1. a. direct observation of or participation in events as a basis of knowledge b. the fact or state of having been affected by or gained knowledge through direct observation or participation 2. a. practical knowledge, skill, or practice derived from direct observation of or participation in events or in a particular activity b. the length of such participation has 10 years' experience in the job 3. a. the conscious events that make up an individual life b. the events that make up the conscious past of a community or nation or humankind generally 4. something personally encountered, undergone, or lived through 5. the act or process of directly perceiving events or reality
transitive verb (-enced ; -enc·ing) DATE 1580 1. to learn by experience I have experienced that a landscape and the sky unfold the deepest beauty — Nathaniel Hawthorne 2. to have experience of : undergo experienced severe hardships as a child English Etymology experience late 14c., from O.Fr . experience, from L. experientia "knowledge gained by repeated trials," from experientem (nom. experiens), prp. of experiri "to try, test," from ex- "out of" + peritus"experienced, tested." The v. (1530s) first meant "to test, try;" sense of "feel, undergo" first recorded 1580s.http://O.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ experience ex·peri·ence / ik5spiEriEns; NAmE -5spir- / noun1. [U] the knowledge and skill that you have gained through doing sth for a period of time; the process of gaining this (由实践得来的)经验；实践: to have over ten years' teaching experience 有十多年教学经验 Do you have any previous experience of this type of work? 你以前干过这种工作吗？ a doctor with experience in dealing with patients suffering from stress 在治疗受到压力的病人方面很有经验的医生 My lack of practical experience was a disadvantage. 我缺少实际经验是个不利条件。 She didn't get paid much but it was all good experience. 她得到的报酬虽然不高,但有极好的体验。 He gained valuable experience whilst working on the project. 从事这项工程使他获得了宝贵的经验。 We all learn by experience. 我们都从经验中学习。 ⇨ see also work experience 2. [U] the things that have happened to you that influence the way you think and behave 经历；阅历: Experience has taught me that life can be very unfair. 经过的事使我懂得生活可能是很不公平的。 It is important to try and learn from experience. 努力从经验中学习是重要的。 In my experience, very few people really understand the problem. 据我的经验看,真正理解这个问题的人很少。 She knew from past experience that Ann would not give up easily. 她凭以往的经验知道安是不会轻易放弃的。 The book is based on personal experience. 本书是以个人经历为基础的。 direct / first-hand experience of poverty 对贫穷的直接/亲身感受 3. [C] ~ (of sth) an event or activity that affects you in some way (一次)经历,体验: an enjoyable / exciting / unusual / unforgettable, etc. experience 愉快、激动人心、异乎寻常、难以忘记等的经历 It was her first experience of living alone. 那是她第一次单独生活。 Living in Africa was very different from home and quite an experience (= unusual for us). 生活在非洲完全不同于在家里,那真是一次不同寻常的经历。 I had a bad experience with fireworks once. 我放烟火有过一次不愉快的遭遇。 He seems to have had some sort of religious experience. 他似乎有某种宗教体验。 4. the... experience [sing.] events or knowledge shared by all the members of a particular group in society, that influences the way they think and behave 传统: musical forms like jazz that emerged out of the Black American experience 诸如爵士乐这类起源于美国黑人传统的音乐形式 IDIOMS ▪ put sth down to ex'perience (also chalk sth up to ex'perience) used to say that sb should think of a failure as being sth that they can learn from 从…中吸取教训: We lost a lot of money, but we just put it down to experience. 我们损失了很多钱,只当是吃一堑长一智了。 verb[VN] 1. to have a particular situation affect you or happen to you 经历；经受；遭受: The country experienced a foreign currency shortage for several months. 这个国家经历了几个月的外汇短缺。 Everyone experiences these problems at some time in their lives. 每个人在人生的某个阶段都会经历这些问题。 2. to have and be aware of a particular emotion or physical feeling 感受；体会；体验: to experience pain / pleasure / unhappiness 感受痛苦/愉快/不幸 I experienced a moment of panic as I boarded the plane. 我上飞机时曾一度感到恐慌。 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English experience noun 1 knowledge/skill got from seeing/doing sth ADJ. considerable, long, wide | good, invaluable, relevant, unrivalled, valuable She didn't get paid much but it was all good experience. Both candidates for the presidency were short of relevant experience. Rolls Royce's unrivalled experience in high technology manufacturing | previous Do you have any previous experience of this type of work? | direct, first-hand, hands-on, practical the importance of hands-on experience as well as academic training | professional, work VERB + EXPERIENCE have | lack | gain, get | broaden She wanted to broaden her experience in international affairs. PREP. ~ of She has considerable professional experience of translation. PHRASES a lack of experience, a wealth of experience The veteran goalkeeper will bring a wealth of experience to the team. 2 the things that have happened to you ADJ. past We're in for a difficult couple of weeks, if past experience is anything to go by. | direct, first-hand, hands-on, personal | subjective Experience is subjective and very hard to measure. | vicarious I love reading: I have an insatiable appetite for vicarious experience. | common, shared his peers, with whom he shares the common experience of being black in a white society | common It is a matter of common experience that disorder will increase if things are left to themselves. | everyday Choose illustrative examples from the children's everyday experience. | human There are few areas of human experience that have not been written about. | sensory VERB + EXPERIENCE have | share | draw on, learn by/from/through In her book, she draws on her first-hand experience of mental illness. We all learn by experience. | be based on The book is based on personal experience. EXPERIENCE + VERB suggest sth, teach (sb) sth Experience has taught me that life can be very unfair. PREP. by/from ~ We know from experience that hot objects are painful to touch. | in sb's ~ In my experience, very few people really understand the problem. | ~ of He has direct experience of poverty. 3 event/activity that affects you ADJ. enjoyable, exhilarating, good, interesting, liberating, pleasant, rewarding, unforgettable, valuable | bad, harrowing, painful, traumatic, unnerving, unsettling I had a bad experience with fireworks once. | hair-raising, nerve-racking a hair-raising experience of white-water rafting | humbling, salutary, sobering | personal, subjective | common, shared The use of drama can motivate students by allowing them to share a common experience. | common It is a common experience to feel that an author writes well, without being able to say why. | real-life | past | childhood, early, formative Early experiences shape the way we face up to and deal with crises in later life. | educational, learning | mystical, religious, visionary | psychic | sexual | near-death VERB + EXPERIENCE enjoy, go through, have, undergo She has been through a very traumatic experience. I think you will enjoy the experience of taking part in the show. | come through, get over It could take him years to get over this experience. | describe, recount, talk about | share, swap Does anyone have any experiences?good or bad?that they would like to share with the group? | relive Reliving past experiences can release powerful feelings that have been pent up too long. | be based on The novel is based on his experiences in the war. PHRASES quite an experience It was quite an experience being involved in making a television programme. OLT experience noun ⇨ event 1 (a bad experience)⇨ knowledge (previous experience of this type of work) experience verb ⇨ feel (experience pain)⇨ have 3 (experience problems) Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged ex·pe·ri·ence I. \ikˈspirēən(t)s, ek-, -pēr-\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin experientia, from experient-, experiens (present participle of experiri to try, from ex- ex- (I) + -periri — akin to periculum attempt, peril) + -ia -y — more at fear 1. obsolete a. : a trial or test < make experience of my loyalty by some service — James Shirley > b. : a tentative trial : experiment < a story of I know not what experiences they have made — Walter Blithe > c. : a conclusive proof : demonstration < the experience that Pyrrhus hath given of the Roman power — Walter Raleigh †1618 > 2. : direct observation of or participation in events : an encountering, undergoing, or living through things in general as they take place in the course of time < what we call education and culture is … the substitution of reading for experience, of literature for life, of the obsolete fictitious for the contemporary real — G.B.Shaw > < she knew by prevision what most women learn only by experience — Thomas Hardy > 3. a. : the state, extent, duration, or result of being engaged in a particular activity (as a profession) or in affairs generally < ten years' experience had made my eye learned in the valuing of motion — Thomas De Quincey > < gaining … business experience and developing a character recognized for its industry and ambition — C.W.Mitman > b. obsolete : something approved by or made on the basis of such experience < saw the schools … full of pretty curiosities and experiences, mechanical, mathematical, and hydraulic — Richard Lassels > 4. : knowledge, skill, or practice derived from direct observation of or participation in events : practical wisdom resulting from what one has encountered, undergone, or lived through < tell him that he ought to get experience, see the world, join a political party, and … make sure that he participates in the habitual activities of his society — Delmore Schwartz > 5. a. : the sum total of the conscious events that make up an individual life < all that we know and feel and do, all our facts and theories, all our emotions and ideals and ends may be included in … experience — James Ward > b. : the sum total of events that make up the past of a community or nation or that have occurred within the knowledge of mankind generally < the organized groups whose life has been the experience of the peoples of the West — Official Register of Harvard University > 6. : something personally encountered, undergone, or lived through: as a. : an event observed or participated in < a series of the author's reprinted papers which augment the stories of his personal experiences — John Cushing > b. (1) : a state of mind that forms a significant and often crucial part of one's inner religious life and that is sometimes accompanied by intense emotion < in the writings of the earlier Friends, in the diaries and journals that record their intimate and inward experiences — Kate W. Tibbals > (2) : an account of such an experience — see experience meeting c. : illicit sexual relations < a mere nineteen, a kid, when he had his experience with her — James Jones > 7. : something by which one is stimulated or moved < the only one of our new playwrights who has given me … an experience in the theater — Louis Kronenberger > < New Mexico was the greatest experience from the outside world that I have ever had — D.H.Lawrence > 8. philosophy a. : the act or process of perceiving or apprehending < experience is a matter of the interaction of organism with its environment, and environment that is human as well as physical, that includes the materials of tradition and institutions as well as local surroundings — John Dewey > b. : the content or the particular result of such experience c. : the discriminative reaction or the nonconscious response of an organism to events or happenings within its environment 9. : insurance loss record < the favorable mortality experience of the past several years — P.M.Fraser > II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) 1. a. archaic : to put to the test : try < persuade their governess to experience their zeal — Thomas Pennant > b. obsolete : to ascertain, prove, or reveal by observation or participation < this trial has … experienced to me my sad weakness — Rachel Russell > 2. obsolete : to teach by experience : exercise , train < experience thy soul in the comforts of Christ's dying — Richard Whitlock > 3. a. : to have experience of : meet with : feel , suffer , undergo < the first need for the reader of poetry is to experience its impact — Mary M. Colum > < the reason death was feared was because no man could twice experience it — Stuart Cloete > < the cane planters often experience a lack of workers — P.E.James > b. : to learn by experience : find out : discover < I have experienced that a landscape and the sky unfold the deepest beauty — Nathaniel Hawthorne > 4. : to respond or react discriminatively to (a set of events within the environment) — used of an organism Synonyms: undergo , sustain , suffer : experience indicates an actual living through something and coming to know it firsthand rather than through hearsay or report < a weak and transient feeling to what I now experienced — W.H.Hudson > < real people, not labor units, figures in reports, but persons? It is persons who experience life — J.B.Priestley > undergo may apply especially to that which one bears or endures or is subjected to < undergoing a major operation > < the air was charged with tension. She saw that he was undergoing a difficult struggle — Irving Stone > < part of the ceremony of purification which he must undergo before partaking of the new fruits of the season — J.G.Frazer > sustain in this sense suggests undergoing affliction or infliction without necessarily bearing up with resolution < the two dropped supine into chairs at opposite corners of the ring as if they had sustained excessive fatigue — G.B.Shaw > < a few years later he sustained something like a heatstroke, which weakened his resistance to climatic conditions — A.D.H.Smith > < the company sustained large-scale losses in the venture > suffer , often interchangeable in this sense with sustain , may more strongly implicate wrong or injury < here is a ruthless anatomy of that loneliness which conditions life in the Arctic and is a continuing mystery because the men who suffer it gladly have thick enough skins to find an easy shelter — Times Literary Supplement > < women in government are democratic and will not suffer the servility of subordination — H.J.Laski > < with frightful atrocities suffered mostly by the McCoys — A.F.Harlow > • - experience religion |
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