单词	bearing
释义	bearingbear‧ing /ˈbeərɪŋ $ ˈber-/ noun Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES The lady is tall, strong, and dignified in her bearing. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Assumptions about the rate of payment by debtors may have a significant bearing on the expected profitability of the project. If I may speak for the Law Officers of the Crown, we are scrupulous in bearing that vital principle in mind. In many cases, such thinking has no bearing on what is happening in the regions. It had some bearing at all levels of society. It took her a minute to get her bearings. The fact that discrimination is unintentional has no bearing on its legality or otherwise. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatornot connected with the subject you are talking about► irrelevant · Chris continued to annoy her with questions on totally irrelevant subjects.· "But I didn't know it was illegal to park here.'' "That's completely irrelevant.''irrelevant to · To many young people, the church seems outdated and irrelevant to modern times. ► that's beside the point spoken say this when you think that what someone has said does not have any real connection with what you are arguing about: · "Is she married or single?" "That's completely beside the point - the question is, does she have the ability to do the job?" ► be/have nothing to do with if something has nothing to do with a subject, it is not connected with it in any way: · My back was bothering me a little bit, but that had nothing to do with how badly I played.· I don't know what's the matter with Billy -- he says it's nothing to do with school.· My father was a remote figure who had nothing to do with my everyday life. ► what has that got to do with ...? British spoken /what does that have to do with ...? especially American, spoken say this when someone has mentioned something and you cannot understand how it is connected with the subject you are talking about: · I realize you didn't get home until after midnight but what does that have to do with coming in late for work? ► doesn't come into it/doesn't enter into it spoken say this about something that someone has mentioned that does not influence or affect what you are talking about: · Whether the applicant is a man or a woman doesn't come into it.· I'm afraid this is company policy, and your own views on the matter simply don't enter into it. ► be neither here nor there spoken say this when someone has mentioned something that they think is important but you do not agree: · What I think about your husband is neither here nor there.· It's true we're not friends but that's neither here nor there. We're still able to work together. ► have no bearing on something if something has no bearing on the situation that you are talking about, it does not affect that situation or help to explain it: · The president's age has no bearing on whether or not I will vote for him.· A suspect's previous criminal record should have no bearing on the trial. ► red herring facts or information that are not connected with the subject that is being discussed or considered, and take people's attention away from what is really important: · Concerns about the cost of the project are a red herring. WORD SETS► Geography abyss, nounalluvial, adjectivealluvium, nounalpine, adjectiveAmerican, adjectiveAntarctica, anticyclone, nounarchipelago, nounArctic, adjectivearid, adjectiveAsia, atlas, nounatoll, nounAustralasia, Australasian, adjectiveAustralia, avalanche, nounaxis, nounbank, nounbarometer, nounbarrier reef, nounbasin, nounbay, nounbayou, nounbeach, nounbearing, nounbed, nounbight, nounbluff, nounborder, nounborder, verbborderland, nounborderline, nounborough, nounbox canyon, nounBritish, adjectivebutte, nouncanyon, nouncape, nouncapital, nouncardinal point, nounCaribbean, adjectivecartography, nouncay, nounchain, nounchaparral, nounchart, nounchasm, nounchimney, nounChinese, adjectivecirrus, nounCIS, nouncliff, nounclimate, nounclimatic, adjectivecoastal, adjectivecoastline, nouncockney, nouncol, nouncold front, nouncommuter belt, nouncompass, nounconfluence, nouncontinent, nouncontinental, adjectivecontinental shelf, nouncontour, nounconurbation, nouncoordinate, nouncorridor, nouncorrie, nouncoterminous, adjectivecouncil estate, nouncountry, nouncounty, nouncounty town, nouncourse, nouncove, nouncrag, nouncraggy, adjectivecreek, nouncrevasse, nouncrevice, nouncumulus, nouncyclone, noundateline, noundelta, noundesert, noundesert island, noundevelopment, noundistrict, noundivide, noundown, adverbdune, noundust bowl, nouneast, nouneast, adjectiveeast, adverbeastbound, adjectiveeasterly, adjectiveeasterly, nouneastern, adjectiveEasterner, nouneasternmost, adjectiveeastwards, adverbelevation, nouneminence, nounenvirons, nounequatorial, adjectiveerode, verberosion, nounescarpment, nounestuary, nounEurope, nounextraterritorial, adjectiveeyot, nounface, nounfarmland, nounfeeder, nounfiord, nounfirth, nounfjord, nounflood plain, nounfluvial, adjectivefrontier, nounfrontiersman, noungale force, adjectivegap, noungeo-, prefixgeography, noungeophysics, noungeopolitics, noungeyser, nounglacial, adjectiveglaciation, nounglacier, nounglobe, noungoldfield, noungorge, noungrassland, nounGrecian, adjectivegreen belt, noungrid, noungrotto, noungroundwater, noungulch, noungulf, noungully, nounhead, nounheadland, nounheadwaters, nounheartland, nounhemisphere, nounhighland, adjectivehighlands, nounhigh water mark, nounhinterland, nounHome Counties, the, homeland, nounhurricane, noun-i, suffixIberian, adjectiveiceberg, nounice cap, nounice floe, nounice pack, nounice sheet, nouninhabitant, nouninland, adjectiveinland, adverbinlet, nouninner city, nouninshore, adverbinsular, adjectiveintercontinental, adjectiveInternational Date Line, nounisland, nounisle, nounislet, nounisobar, nounIsraeli, adjectiveIsraeli, nounisthmus, nounItalian, adjectiveItalianate, adjectiveItalo-, prefixJapanese, adjectivekey, nounknoll, nounlagoon, nounlake, nounlandlocked, adjectivelandmass, nounlandslide, nounlandslip, nounlat., Latin, adjectiveLatin America, nounLatin American, adjectivelatitude, nounlevee, nounlittoral, nounlong., longitude, nounlongitudinal, adjectivelough, nounlowlands, nounlow-lying, adjectivelow water mark, nounmagnetic north, nounmagnetic pole, nounmarsh, nounmarshland, nounmeander, verbMediterranean, adjectiveMercator projection, nounmeridian, nounmesa, nounMiddle America, nounmidtown, adjectivemonsoon, nounmoorland, nounmorass, nounmountain, nounmountainside, nounmountaintop, nounmouth, nounmudslide, nounmull, nounnarrows, nounnavigation, nounNE, neck, nounnor'-, prefixnorth, nounnorth, adjectivenorth, adverbNorth America, nounnortheast, nounnortheast, adjectivenortheasterly, adjectivenortheastern, adjectivenortheastwards, adverbnortherly, adjectivenorthern, adjectivenortherner, nounnorthernmost, adjectivenorthwards, adverbnorthwest, nounnorthwest, adjectivenorthwesterly, adjectivenorthwestern, adjectivenorthwestwards, adverbnotch, nounNW, NZ, oasis, nounoccidental, nounocean, nounonshore, adjectiveopenness, nounOrdnance Survey map, nounoriental, adjectiveoutcrop, nounoverspill, nounpack ice, nounpaddy, nounpalisade, nounpan-, prefixpanhandle, nounparallel, nounpeak, nounpeninsula, nounPersian, adjectivephysical geography, nounplain, nounplateau, nounpoint, nounpolar, adjectivepole, nounpolitical geography, nounpollutant, nounpop., populate, verbpopulation, nounprairie, nounprecipice, nounprecipitation, nounPrime Meridian, principality, nounprojection, nounpromontory, nounprovince, nounprovincial, adjectivepueblo, nounR, rainfall, nounrain forest, nounrain gauge, nounrainstorm, nounrange, nounravine, nounreef, nounreference, nounregion, nounregional, adjectiverelief map, nounreservoir, nounresettle, verbresidential, adjectiveresource, nounridge, nounrift valley, nounrise, verbriver, nounriver basin, nounriver bed, nounRoman, adjectiverotation, nounrugged, adjectiverun-off, nounrural, adjectivesand, nounsand bar, nounsandstorm, nounsandy, adjectivesavanna, nounScandinavian, nounscar, nounscarp, nounscree, nounscrubland, nounSE, seaboard, nounsea breeze, nounseafront, nounsea level, nounseaport, nounseaward, adjectivesection, nounsemitropical, adjectiveshelf, nounslough, nounsmog, nounsnowfield, nounsource, nounsouth, nounsouth, adjectivesouth, adverbSouth America, adjectivesoutheast, nounsoutheast, adjectivesoutheasterly, adjectivesoutheastern, adjectivesoutheastwards, adverbsoutherly, adjectivesouthern, adjectivesouthernmost, adjectivesouthwards, adverbsouthwest, nounsouthwest, adjectivesouthwesterly, adjectivesouthwestern, adjectivesouthwestwards, adverbspeleology, nounspit, nounspur, nounstrait, nounsubcontinent, nounsubtropical, adjectivesuburb, nounsuburban, adjectivesummit, nounsurvey, nounsurvey, verbSW, swamp, nountableland, nounterrain, nounterritory, nountidal, adjectivetidal wave, nountidewater, nountime zone, nountop, nountopography, nountor, nountornado, nountown, nountown centre, nountowpath, nountrack, nountract, nountrade route, nountrail, nountransatlantic, adjectivetranscontinental, adjectivetributary, nountropic, nountropical, adjectivetundra, nountyphoon, nounUK, the, uncharted, adjectiveup, adverbup-country, adjectiveuplands, nounupper, adjectiveupriver, adverbupstate, adjectiveupstream, adverbuptown, adverburban, adjectiveurbanized, adjectiveurban renewal, nounurban sprawl, nounUS, the, adjectivevalley, nounW, warm front, nounwaste, adjectivewasteland, nounwater, verbwatercourse, nounwaterfall, nounwaterfront, nounwaterhole, nounwatering place, nounwater meadow, nounwatershed, nounwater table, nounwaterway, nounweather vane, nounwest, nounwest, adjectiveWest, nounwestern, adjectiveWesterner, nounwesternmost, adjectivewestward, adverbwilderness, nounwolds, nounzoning, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► take ... bearing  learning to take a compass bearing COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a compass bearing/reading (=a direction shown by a compass)· We took a compass bearing to ensure we were walking in the right direction. ► bearing in mind  More money should be given to housing, bearing in mind (=because of) the problem of homelessness. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► direct · Insights within this discipline do not usually have a direct bearing on my performances.· This has a direct bearing on their exports such as lamb.· A large number of these responses had direct bearing on school curriculum.· This has a direct bearing on how we should study the constitution.· This is all contemporary evidence and it therefore has no direct bearing.· This has a direct bearing as to remedies.· Unemployment and other problems associated with labour have a direct bearing on social welfare. ► important · The material form of the surplus-product has an important bearing upon this.· The activities of competitors have an important bearing on pricing decisions.· Such evidence has an important bearing on the site's function.· Their backgrounds have an important bearing on their teaching.· First, age, or more precisely proximity to the state-pension age, had an important bearing on early retirement.· One further contextual factor had an important bearing on this analysis.· Many giant dinosaurs, therefore, would have been very successful in battle, having an important bearing on natural selection.· It has important bearings on the reliability of the Bible books. NOUN► ball · There is nothing specific about the ball bearings: nothing that makes them more suitable to one situation rather than another.· There must be an old Navy uniform and a few ball bearings somewhere on Treasure Island.· They were rolling it on rusty ball bearings.· Once fired, the blast would fire the ball bearings out toward the enemy and covered quite an area.· In the first system the rotation of the mouse's wheels or ball bearing are transferred to rollers.· The football's got ball bearings in it.· Many machines use ball bearings to reduce friction. VERB► find · The first night on board, everything is deliberately kept informal, to give passengers time to settle in and find their bearings.· They are there to allow us to find our bearings and set our calendar.· She gave herself a full minute to find her bearings in this mute kingdom, and her senses made the adjustment gratefully.· Flying over Normandy he descended to ground level to escape the fog and to find his bearings. ► get · She was able to get her bearings this way and soon found herself at the back of the house.· It took her a minute to get her bearings.· To get their bearings Allen once more climbed.· Without stopping to get his bearings, he began walking up Broadway along the east side of the street.· She stopped for a moment to get her bearings.· Ozzie drank his beer and got his bearings.· Pausing to get his bearings, he blew furiously on his fingers to cool them down.· Need to sit down to get your bearings? ► lose · Too much accommodation and one loses one's bearings in the necessary conventions of thought.· He had lost his bearings on a trip to nearby shops a few weeks earlier.· Perhaps it was exhausted, perhaps it had lost its bearings in the thick fog.· Among right-wing circles this perception simply intensified their existential feeling of Angst, of having lost their bearings.· But as the world grew unfamiliar, I began to lose my bearings.· I feel I've lost all my bearings.· It was a magnetic mountain where a compass did not work, and it was easy to lose your bearing. ► take · The reactions and thrust of each deck is taken on elastomeric bearings and by ballast walls.· It is this unvarying ubiquitous signal that we ourselves use, of course, when we take our bearings with a compass.· But, for now ... she took the letter bearing Ven's address and telephone number from her bag.· High fences around Admiralty installations gave good views as the birds perched briefly on the wires, taking their bearings.· We spent that afternoon taking our bearings. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► have a/some/no etc bearing on something And that it might have some bearing on what has happened now. But the facts of the past seemed to have no bearing on the facts of the present. It has come to have a bearing on the larger questions of civilized survival. Party political factors, professionalism and the dispositions of key personalities all usually have some bearing on internal management structures. The availability of security may, however, have a bearing on whether or not a particular loan will be granted. The observations on immortality in Chapter Thirteen may be seen to have some bearing on this. The outside influences have no bearing on what you can do for your basketball team... This year's form will have a bearing on all future claims. ► lose your bearings I was trying to get to the A22 and lost my bearings a bit in all the country lanes. She soon lost her bearings in the dense forest. We lost our bearings in the fog and ended up 30 miles from home. When Kelly left, the company began to lose its bearings. Among right-wing circles this perception simply intensified their existential feeling of Angst, of having lost their bearings. But as the world grew unfamiliar, I began to lose my bearings. He had lost his bearings on a trip to nearby shops a few weeks earlier. If you lost your bearings down here you might never get out. Perhaps it was exhausted, perhaps it had lost its bearings in the thick fog. ► get/find your bearings It took her a minute to get her bearings. Ozzie drank his beer and got his bearings. Pausing to get his bearings, he blew furiously on his fingers to cool them down. She stopped for a moment to get her bearings. She was able to get her bearings this way and soon found herself at the back of the house. They are there to allow us to find our bearings and set our calendar. To get their bearings Allen once more climbed. Without stopping to get his bearings, he began walking up Broadway along the east side of the street. PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► lose your way/bearings I completely lose my bearings when I go outside the city. The Congressional black caucus has lost its way since Republicans took over Congress. When my wife left me, I kind of lost my bearings for a while. Among right-wing circles this perception simply intensified their existential feeling of Angst, of having lost their bearings. But somehow, in the zeal to get re-elected, we lost our way. He had lost his bearings on a trip to nearby shops a few weeks earlier. He lit another cigarette and left, losing his way at the end of the corridor. I am about to lose my way. John had a mission to become an entrepreneur, but he went out without a road map and almost lost his way. She claimed she had somehow been placed on an ocean liner that had lost its way at sea. 1have a/some/no etc bearing on something to have an effect or influence on something, or not have any effect or influence:  Exercise has a direct bearing on how healthy you are.2lose your bearings a)to become confused about where you are:  I completely lost my bearings in the dark. b)to become confused about what you should do next:  young men who have lost their bearings in a changing society3get/find your bearings a)to find out exactly where you are:  He paused to get his bearings. b)to feel confident that you know what you should do next:  An introduction session helps new students get their bearings.4[singular, uncountable] the way in which you move, stand, or behave, especially when this shows your character5[countable] technical a direction or angle that is shown by a compass:  learning to take a compass bearing6[countable] technical a part of a machine that turns on another part, or in which a turning part is held → ball bearing
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