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单词 object
释义
object
Word forms: objects, objecting , objected pronunciation note:   The noun is pronounced (ɒbdʒɪkt ). The verb is pronounced (əbdʒekt ).
1. countable noun B1
An object is anything that has a fixed shape or form, that you can touch or see, and that is not alive.
He squinted his eyes as though he were studying an object on the horizon.
...an object in the shape of a coconut.
In the cosy consulting room the children are surrounded by familiar objects.
Synonyms: thing, article, device, body  
2. countable noun [usually with poss]
The object of what someone is doing is their aim or purpose.
The object of the exercise is to raise money for the charity. [+ of]
He made it his object in life to find the island.
My object was to publish a scholarly work on Peter Mourne.
Synonyms: purpose, aim, end, point  
3. countable noun
The object of a particular feeling or reaction is the person or thing it is directed towards or that causes it.
The object of her hatred was a 24-year-old model. [+ of]
The object of great interest at the Temple was a large marble tower built in memory of Buddha. [+ of]
She knew that she was an object of pity among her friends.
Synonyms: target, victim, focus, butt  
4.  See also sex object
5. countable noun B1
In grammar, the object of a verb or a preposition is the word or phrase which completes the structure begun by the verb or preposition.
6.  See also direct object, indirect object
7. verb B2
If you object to something, you express your dislike or disapproval of it.
A lot of people will object to the book. [VERB + to]
Cullen objected that his small staff would be unable to handle the added work. [VERB that]
We objected strongly but were outvoted. [VERB]
'Hey, I don't know what you're talking about,' Russo objected. [VERB with quote]
Synonyms: protest against, oppose, say no to, kick against [informal]  
8. money is no object phrase
If you say that money is no object or distance is no object, you are emphasizing that you are willing or able to spend as much money as necessary or travel whatever distance is required. [emphasis]
Hugh Johnson's shop in London has a range of superb Swedish crystal glasses that I would have if money were no object.
Although he was based in Wales, distance was no object.
Collocations:
object of ridicule
He has become a caricature, an object of ridicule.
ST
Never had he been such an irresistible object of ridicule.
The Times Literary Supplement
Even so, he remained an object of ridicule, a largerthan-life personality who didn't need to be taken too seriously.
Times, Sunday Times
Some viewed it with suspicion, and for others it became an object of ridicule.
Times, Sunday Times
On social media and in some parts of the press she has become an object of ridicule, someone who it's almost fair game to mock and malign.
The Sun
object strongly
Environmentalists object strongly to this plan and for once motorists should support their objections, albeit for very different reasons.
Times, Sunday Times
In practice, doctors do not use organs if families object strongly.
Times, Sunday Times
The front-row union objects strongly when scrum matters are individualised.
Times, Sunday Times
Many lawyers, both academics and practitioners, objected strongly to the analysis and wished that it had never been written.
Times, Sunday Times
Local residents objected strongly to roof terraces and balconies that might overlook their own properties.
Times, Sunday Times
physical object
It belongs to the player in a more real way than any physical object can belong to anyone.
Times, Sunday Times
I would have thought that it was an important adjunct to the actual physical object itself.
Times, Sunday Times
None of its predecessors has succeeded, simply because people are very attached to the physical object made of paper.
Times, Sunday Times
Libraries, archives and private individuals who own such manuscripts do, however, often place contractual restrictions on those whom they allow to view the physical object.
Times, Sunday Times
Even so, in a bibliographical study it would be desirable for the distinction between the physical object and the verbal work to be maintained.
The Times Literary Supplement
sharp object
The bags can only be opened with a sharp object, making it hard for passengers to access the contents.
The Sun
All four tyres were punctured after it hit a sharp object - and it followed a spate of similar ambushes.
The Sun
Council officers are checking whether a sharp object in the park caused the injury.
The Sun
A sharp object was used.
Times, Sunday Times
One of these was to cut the shape of a whale into their bodies with a sharp object.
Times, Sunday Times
space object
The nanosatellites will join more than a hundred other space objects providing support to maritime trade.
Times,Sunday Times
Unfortunately, they also cut off some of the red light that many deep space objects emit.
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About seven percent of the space objects are operational satellites, the rest are debris.
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Scientists are expected to get near diffraction-limited images of space objects.
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The unit also compiled a catalog of space objects.
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stationary object
A hazard warning light — a bright red rectangle to symbolise sudden braking ahead, or a stationary object in the road — occasionally flashed up on screen.
Times, Sunday Times
There are many reversing sensors but all work the same way: sensors set into the bumper send out a signal and 'catch' its reflection from any stationary object.
Times, Sunday Times
Motion compensators are usually placed between a floating object and a more stationary object, such as a vessel or a structure fixed to the seabed.
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When a moving object impacts the stationary head, coup injuries are typical, while contrecoup injuries are produced when the moving head strikes a stationary object.
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In addition, patients note that one stationary object may spontaneously disappear from view as they become aware of another object in the scene.
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three-dimensional object
This effect mimics the angular differences produced by a three-dimensional object and fools the brain.
Times, Sunday Times
I duck under it, walk round it, marvelling as it shimmers in the air, a suspended three-dimensional object made up of my gestures.
Times, Sunday Times
Dust tends to gather on the surfaces of any three-dimensional object.
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A rigid three-dimensional object has 6 degrees of freedom, 3 translations and 3 rotations.
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The x-ray film represents two-dimensional image of a three-dimensional object due to the summary projection of different anatomical structures onto a planar surface.
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Translations:
Chinese: 物体, 反对
Japanese: , 反対する
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