| 单词 | expression |
| 释义 | expression (ɪkspreʃən ) Word forms: expressions 1. variable noun B2 The expression of ideas or feelings is the showing of them through words, actions, or artistic activities. Laughter is one of the most infectious expressions of emotion. [+ of] From Cairo came expressions of regret at the attack. ...the rights of the individual to freedom of expression. Her concern has now found expression in the new environmental protection act. Synonyms: statement, declaration, announcement, communication 2. variable noun [oft poss NOUN] B2 Your expression is the way that your face looks at a particular moment. It shows what you are thinking or feeling. The civil servant's expression, however, did not change, not so much as by a flicker. Levin sat there, an expression of sadness on his face. [+ of] The face is entirely devoid of expression. Synonyms: look, countenance [literary], face, air 3. uncountable noun B2 Expression is the showing of feeling when you are acting, singing, or playing a musical instrument. I put more expression into my lyrics than a lot of other singers do. 4. countable noun B2 An expression is a word or phrase. She spoke in a quiet voice but used remarkably coarse expressions. 5. countable noun In mathematics, an expression is a symbol or equation which represents a quantity or problem. [technical] This forms the basis for our mathematical expression for the electric field. Collocations: expression of faith Calls into an expression of faith and repentance. Christianity Today What would an untheoretical expression of faith in human equality look like if not a willingness to take people one at a time? The Times Literary Supplement Distorted expressions of faith pose a serious threat to world peace. The Times Literary Supplement Questions create space for new expressions of faith and orthodoxy to emerge. Christianity Today He explains that public expressions of faith are stressed, especially emotional expressions that often feel inauthentic to introverts. Christianity Today It permits no expression of feelings, doubt or weakness. Times, Sunday Times Although advice and reassurance can do wonders for a depressed person, if they are offered too early they can stifle the expression of feelings. Christianity Today They pay more attention to the expression of feelings and sensations than the simple act of listing events. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The transference, which binds them to the therapist, permits the expression of feelings patients can not own. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Both descriptive and experimental studies have documented effects of music on quality of life, involvement with the environment, expression of feelings, awareness and responsiveness, positive associations, and socialization. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Thirdly, this was no expression of frustration from disaffected youth without a voice. Times, Sunday Times There were boos at the final whistle — not loud, angry boos, but a clear expression of frustration. Times, Sunday Times Expressions of frustration caused by a deepening detachment from the millionaires on the pitch, or evidence of modern society's bad manners? Times, Sunday Times We were overwhelmed by their expression of gratitude. Christianity Today As the players trooped off at the end, the applause was an expression of gratitude. Times, Sunday Times The hug was a spontaneous expression of gratitude from someone who was used to people like me just walking right past him and pretending he didn't exist. Globe and Mail Her love ought to have been to you a proof of her having obtained forgiveness, that love being an expression of gratitude for the benefit received. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He netted $40 as an expression of gratitude. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Her comment was nothing but an expression of grief and disbelief, but she was devastated. Times, Sunday Times Magpies have been observed engaging in elaborate social rituals, possibly including the expression of grief. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It began as a natural expression of grief and has turned into social turmoil. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But his loss has also brought out something else - a vengeful intolerance of those whose view of the monarchy diverges even mildly from conventional expressions of grief and adoration. Times, Sunday Times Further, high melodies would cover the singers' expressions of grief or joy, thus breaking decorum. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It's a legitimate form of expression of identity, deeply felt and adhered to. Times, Sunday Times His adventures are thus no longer narrative fictions but expressions of identity. Times, Sunday Times Are mobile phones expressions of identity, fashionable gadgets, tools for life -- or all of the above? Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If only the last expression of joy wasn't a track of jazzy improvisation, unnecessary and out of place. Times,Sunday Times Inner peace can be an expression of joy. Christianity Today The tossed-and-blown masters of the wind filled the air with the sound of their pleasure, and it was an expression of joy. Times, Sunday Times He responded with a happy emoji, a digital expression of joy. Times, Sunday Times An overt expression of joy will merely irritate those around you and contradict the act you gave your boss. Times, Sunday Times I was grateful to friends who made suggestions, because each was an expression of love. Christianity Today You have to be physically present for that expression of love. Christianity Today It's often so simple, but it's the most obvious and effective expression of love. Christianity Today And there's marriage as an expression of love in front of the people who are important to me. Times, Sunday Times What they did was the ultimate expression of love. Times, Sunday Times Last night's vote was only an expression of opinion. Times, Sunday Times Going back decades, presenters were asked to sign a document that included a line about the expression of opinion. Times,Sunday Times The move came despite its own independent disciplinary panel deciding the offence amounted to 'a strong expression of opinion'. The Sun He explained that, provided there was no element of hostility toward third parties, it was program policy to allow expression of opinion unchallenged. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He became a champion of the right to free expression of opinion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It did not always excite the eavesdropped prisoners, but the transcripts don't record any expressions of outrage either. Times, Sunday Times No, its theatrical expressions of outrage stem from quite other feelings. Times, Sunday Times Asking for more and increasingly public expressions of outrage will only add to a sense of demonisation and double standards. Times, Sunday Times Despite the sadly predictable and somewhat distasteful play-acting, amid the feigned shock and the holier-thanthou expressions of outrage, the tributes poured in. Times, Sunday Times Any storm of angst must be appeased by endless 'expressions of outrage' followed by 'doing something', preferably warlike. Times, Sunday Times His five-year international ticket ban was suspended for two years because of his guilty plea, apology and expression of regret. Times, Sunday Times An expression of regret, not guilt, was all that any reasonable person could ask for. Times, Sunday Times To whom are you apologising with this expression of regret? Times, Sunday Times And of course she didn't receive a reciprocal expression of regret. Times,Sunday Times There was just one expression of regret. Times, Sunday Times The unlikely saint returns, shaking his head with his usual expression of sympathy and resignation, but this time also suspicion. Times, Sunday Times Not even the slightest expression of sympathy. Times, Sunday Times Every fall brings an end to hope and to months, and years, of work, and every expression of sympathy makes it worse. Times, Sunday Times We regret the civilian casualties, even though our expression of sympathy will be dismissed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An inclination towards can be an expression of sympathy and acceptance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Is a term relevant to the fields of psychiatry and psychology and describe the expression of thought(s) that have no apparent basis in inference. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The expression of thoughts and feelings should be encouraged without blaming, judging or belittling. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Gestures (and words, etc., as well) are themselves thinking in one of its many forms, not only expressions of thought, but thought, i.e., cognitive being, itself. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It provides a forum for the expression of thoughts on doctrinal and conceptual issues and other matters of professional import, or those related to national security and interest. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the pervading silences, the family communicates almost entirely in sign language and by facial expression. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There was just one thing that really bothered me: his facial expression when we played. Times, Sunday Times Slowly though, to the surprise of everyone, his facial expression softened, and a smile began to appear. Times, Sunday Times It's a particular facial expression that's really getting her down. The Sun Mainly by facial expression, which in turn depends on muscle contractions. Times,Sunday Times Rap and hip-hop shaped the 29 performers' sense of themselves and was a natural form of expression. Times, Sunday Times It's a legitimate form of expression of identity, deeply felt and adhered to. Times, Sunday Times I feel like it's another form of expression. The Sun He just chose a different form of expression. Times, Sunday Times Music has, according to estimates, been a form of expression and ritual for at least 45,000 years. Times, Sunday Times I'm a nearabsolutist on free expression but a right to speak doesn't entail a right to a megaphone. Times, Sunday Times When deciding on these, judges weigh rights to privacy and rights to free expression. Times, Sunday Times He was, in effect, arguing for curbing free expression to enhance privacy. Times, Sunday Times There are times in liturgical worship that cry out for free expression. Christianity Today There are also points about the correct balance to be struck between privacy and free expression. Times, Sunday Times This was a super-muscular creature created, again, by an intervention of skeletal muscle gene expression. Times, Sunday Times (2007) I can make antisense RNA and block the gene expression -'` Hold it. VITALS (2002) Many fundamental cellular processes such as gene expression are tightly regulated by protein allostery. 2009, 'Dynamic allostery in the methionine repressor revealed by force distribution analysis.', PLoS Computational Biology These results provide deeper insights into the evolution of allotetraploid cotton gene expression and cotton fiber development. 2014, 'The Li2 mutation results in reduced subgenome expression bias in elongating fibers of allotetraploid cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.).', PLoS ONE Hypothalamic gene expression measurements revealed increased expression of orexigenic and decreased expression of anorexigenic signals. 2009, 'Dietary Supplementation with Conjugated Linoleic Acid Plus n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Increases Food Intake and Brown Adipose Tissue in Rats', Nutrients In a world where there were only three television channels and live sport was a broadcasting rarity, it was a genuine expression of public interest. Times, Sunday Times It must be immediate — the slightest hesitation will suggest you are enjoying yourself — and it must sound entirely involuntary, thus appearing as a genuine expression of horror. Times, Sunday Times With other players there'd be the fear that suave technical finesse might smother genuine expression. Times, Sunday Times That moment of the truest, most genuine expression of what it means to be human. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Only two of the discs 11 tracks attempt a genuine expression of vulnerability. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She meets me wearing a lurid pink jacket and a grim expression. Times, Sunday Times Cue lots of screams, except from the two male cousins both wearing determinedly grim expressions. Times, Sunday Times With those grim expressions, they must've seen a ghost. The Sun I could tell from the grim expressions as they emerged that there had been no resolution of their differences. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This knowledge of their fate wipes away any joy or other expressions from these warrior priests, their faces set instead in grim expressions of doom. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The play diminishes in freedom and individual expression. Times, Sunday Times Shape and occupying space on the pitch has always been prioritised over individual expression. Times, Sunday Times You can have individual expression and superstars, but within the narrowly defined parameters of the game and whether it helps the team to win. Times, Sunday Times Opportunities for personal development and individual expression abound. Times, Sunday Times The past five years have seen mass media under intense commercial pressure, with new media able to blossom with its own brand of individual expression and interaction. Times, Sunday Times That kind of accolade won't help if you commit an offence against certain notions of linguistic usage, even in a work of nuanced literary expression. The Times Literary Supplement His 'vagueness and vulnerability' would be best understood as characteristic of his mystical experience, rather than his literary expression of it. The Times Literary Supplement In the twentieth century, the anxieties produced by such conditions found literary expression. The Times Literary Supplement The award aims to encourage high-quality literary expression that remains faithful to modern times. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the 1910s, the dominant form of literary expression was now the novel. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But even these miracles of musical expression are enigmas. Times, Sunday Times I couldn't fathom how someone so sensitive to every nuance of musical expression could be so insensitive to people. Times,Sunday Times It's hard to say because, for myself, such a transformation occurs first within me and then it seems to manifest itself in an exterior form of musical expression. The Sun Musical expression will satisfy the talented, but what about the tone-deaf? Times, Sunday Times This was a fine example of consciousness-flow through musical expression that only a player entirely comfortable with his instrument can achieve. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some held a neutral expression, some a standard smile using just the mouth and others a big grin. Times, Sunday Times Some saw snaps of them smiling while others were shown a neutral expression. The Sun Selfies will not be permitted, though, and the rules relating to plain background and neutral expression will still apply (passport.service.gov.uk). Times, Sunday Times They must adopt a neutral expression and have the mouth closed ... Times, Sunday Times Then they used this information to manipulate the faces of people with a neutral expression so that, for instance, some had happy, disgusted, surprised or fearful colouration. Times, Sunday Times Another called for a ban 'on any outward expression of approval'. The Sun I'm sure there's love in everyone's family, but with us there was always that outward expression of emotion. Times, Sunday Times Is the outward expression of anger becoming more common — in other words, do we live in an increasingly angry culture and society? Times, Sunday Times Her thin, tight lips are the perfect outward expression of her reticence. Times, Sunday Times Some wear it because it's an outward expression of their faith; others because it's a cultural norm. Times, Sunday Times An overt expression of joy will merely irritate those around you and contradict the act you gave your boss. Times, Sunday Times Many contain overt expressions of disquiet over official attempts to govern the lives and minds of colonial subjects. The Times Literary Supplement Men who resort to confrontation, conflict, or even physical aggression are ostracized as well, though society generally expects and accepts more overt expressions of anger from them. Christianity Today He said so with his arms folded and a pained expression on his face. Times, Sunday Times Asked about those collapses, a pained expression crosses his face. Times, Sunday Times What's more, they all have the same pained expression. Times, Sunday Times Picture a dolphin that's been flattened by a steamroller, complete with pained expression, and you're getting close. Times, Sunday Times At this the candidate looked up from his book with a pained expression. Times, Sunday Times The emphasis on personal expression as the ne plus ultra of human existence. Times, Sunday Times While many of the kiosks met basic demands, importing goods such as spices and yoghurt across the camp perimeter, others catered to personal expression. Times, Sunday Times Rightly or wrongly, we live in a society that values and encourages personal expression and development above all. Times, Sunday Times It's a personal expression that must be respected. Times, Sunday Times Modernist paintings, 'designed to be devoid of personal expression', are a piece of cake to copy. Times, Sunday Times Instead, poignant poetic expression goes hand in hand with tough counterpoint, making the work alluring to heart and mind. Times, Sunday Times They are poised between abstraction and figuration, and between physical laws and poetic expression. The Times Literary Supplement Her works are noted for displaying an unusual view of the world, poetic expression, foreign words, science terms and neologisms, creating an alienated society. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He preferred nazm over more popular ghazal as a mean of poetic expression. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His collection of flamenco songs was first anthology of this poetic expression. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Furthermore, cantharidin reduced pro-caspase-12 protein expression. 2016, 'Cantharidin Induced Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cell Apoptosis via the JNK-Regulated Mitochondria and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-Related Signaling Pathways.', PLoS ONE Osmotic stress has been shown to regulate cytoskeletal protein expression. 2013, 'Renal Cells Express Different Forms of Vimentin: The Independent Expression Alteration of these Forms is Important in Cell Resistance to Osmotic Stress and Apoptosis', PLoS ONE We tested the hypothesis that daunorubicin alters cardioprotective protein expression in the heart. 2017, 'Modulation of caveolins, integrins and plasma membrane repair proteins in anthracycline-induced heart failure in rabbits', PLOS ONE Glucokinase and hexokinase specific activity, glucokinase content, and glucose transporter 2 protein expression were also determined in the isolated islets. 2015, 'The Possible Mechanisms of the Impaired Insulin Secretion in Hypothyroid Rats.', PLoS ONE The immunoperoxidase reactions were also consistent with neurilemmal differentiation; however, glial fibrillary acidic protein expression was widespread and unexpectedly seen. 2016, 'Intraventricular Neurilemmoma (Schwannoma): Shall GFAP Immunostaining Be Regarded as a Histogenetical Tag or as a Mere Histomimetical Trait?', Case Reports in Pathology All this makes even the most tolerant liberal think twice about freedom of religious expression. Times, Sunday Times I cherish a liberal society that tolerates freedom of religious expression. Times, Sunday Times A country that promotes freedom of personal and genuine religious expression breeds a tolerant society with confident, diverse individuals. Times, Sunday Times So a whole generation has grown up unchallenged by articulate religious expression. Times, Sunday Times It and other laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of religion and impose few legal restrictions on religious expression or speech. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The first laugh comes from seeing the shocked expression on the usually unflappable singer's face. The Sun She turned to me with a shocked expression on her face. Times, Sunday Times No, she said, with a shocked expression. Times, Sunday Times I'll never forget the veteran's shocked expression. Globe and Mail The painting shows the actor exhibiting emotions of fear and concern, with one arm raised and a shocked expression on his face. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Her solemn expression turned abruptly to one of shock and disbelief. Times, Sunday Times A pair of feet appear beneath the proscenium top and one of the men descends, ever so slowly, on a wire to the floor, with a solemn expression. Times, Sunday Times And a solemn expression passed over his face. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was said to have died with a solemn expression. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The careful modelling of the face portrays a powerful, solemn expression. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The creative writing industry, with its group exercises focused on spontaneous expression and concrete imagery, has had a big effect on the kind of poetry that gets published. The Times Literary Supplement The great triumph, however, lies in the spontaneous expression of feeling. Times, Sunday Times The hug was a spontaneous expression of gratitude from someone who was used to people like me just walking right past him and pretending he didn't exist. Globe and Mail Meaning and spontaneous expression were to be avoided. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In reaction to neoclassicism, it focused on emotion over reason, and on spontaneous expression. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was a symbolic expression of defiance, nothing more, and the risks could not have been greater. Times, Sunday Times In addition, this perspective limits sermonic language as primarily a symbolic expression of experience. Christianity Today The latest rumpus centers on whether the abstract patterns qualify as symbolic expression, the $64,000 question of 64,800 years ago. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For its symbolic expression in modern logic see the rule of transposition. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They were anti-naturalistic in content and style, forsaking external drama for a symbolic expression of the inner life of the characters. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Look out for wide eyes and a slightly vacant expression. Times, Sunday Times His hunched shoulders say he's been suitably chastised by his telling-off, but his vacant expression tells us it's fallen on deaf ears. The Sun I wasted three mornings of my life trailing to horrible flash showrooms, listening to suited salesmen with vacant expressions signalling 'time waster'. Times, Sunday Times Well, perhaps the vacant expressions - sheep aren't terribly bright. Times, Sunday Times As they swap stories, he also takes the lead from her, giving verbal expression to her gestures. Times,Sunday Times But if you're talking about verbal expression, yes, it's a lot easier to say something in a song. The Sun For someone so concerned with verbal expression, an appreciation of visual expression eluded him - to his, and our detriment. The Times Literary Supplement The term may be applied to the person or thing so honored, the drink taken, or the verbal expression accompanying the drink. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Subjects who listened to highly emotional experiences exhibited less verbal expression, attempted less de-dramatization, and much more nonverbal comforting. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The 'visual expression' consists of tangled, computer-generated circles. The Sun More and more exaggerated claims, inspired by skewed readings of historical sources, were given visual expression, some of it pure fantasy. The Times Literary Supplement For someone so concerned with verbal expression, an appreciation of visual expression eluded him - to his, and our detriment. The Times Literary Supplement Modern workplaces often rely on lists and linear modes of thought - even though our brains are more suited to visual expression. The Sun Having the signing take place on the platform gives a beautiful visual expression to worship. Christianity Today Have you noticed that marble popes always wear an expression of ineffable smug selfsatisfaction? Times, Sunday Times The artworks in both cases wear an expression of disbelief, like a goosed ingénue - a form of occultatio. The Times Literary Supplement His cartoon face, sketched with an economy of line so deft that it looks almost careless, wears an expression of extraordinary friendliness and optimism. Times, Sunday Times He wore an expression of terrified incomprehension, as if he were going into shock. Times, Sunday Times He looks lost, and wears an expression of unbearable sadness. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 表情 Japanese: 表現 |
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