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单词 excerpt
释义
excerptex‧cerpt /ˈeksɜːpt $ -ɜːrpt/ ●○○ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINexcerpt
Origin:
1500-1600 Latin past participle of excerpere, from carpere ‘to gather, pick’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • He played some excerpts from Grieg's piano concerto.
  • I'd like to read out a short excerpt from the poem.
  • The following excerpt is from one of my students' essays.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A newsletter is regularly produced including excerpts from the electronic messages received and sent by children using the network.
  • And he says potentially far more damaging excerpts from his tape haven't yet been used.
  • At the news conference, Bennett played the radio ads along with excerpts from the rap music in question.
  • Following are excerpts, interspersed with my comments, which provide the flavor of the nearly exclusive focus on processes.
  • Some drama excerpts would give rise to a lot of discussion about relationships between the characters.
  • The following are excerpts from the interview.
  • The programmes consist of excerpts from recorded classes which are then discussed during the programme.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorpart of a story/book/film/play etc
· Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice', adapted for radio in six partspart of · I've finished the first part of my thesis.part about · Did you understand the part about switching the modem speed?Part One/Part 2 etc (=one of the main parts that a book, TV story etc is divided into) · Part One ends with the death of the hero's father.
British spoken a small part of a story or film: · My favourite bit is when they try to escape.bit of: · Some bits of the book are actually quite funny.
a part of a story on radio or television that is told in separate parts, usually weekly: · That was one of the best episodes - I wish I'd got it on tape.· Brad Pitt made a guest appearance on last week's episode.· Ernie directed all 12 of the half-hour episodes for television. episode of: · I've never even seen an episode of Star Trek.
British /installment American part of a story that is told in several parts printed regularly in a magazine or newspaper over a period of time: · Oliver Stone was in Thailand shooting the final instalment in his Vietnam trilogy, Heaven And Earth.weekly/monthly instalments: · Dickens wrote his novels in weekly instalments for a magazine.instalment of: · We are proud to present the second instalment of our fantastic six-part competition to win a Renault Clio.
one of the parts that a book is divided into: · These matters are dealt with in Chapters 8 & 9.· 'Have you finished "Lord of the Rings" yet?' 'I'm on the last chapter.'
one of the smaller parts of a play or film in which the same characters appear or the events happen in the same place: · The sex scenes between Depardieu and Brochet are sensitively filmed.· The ghost appears in Act 2, Scene 1.opening/closing scene (=the first or the last scene): · The opening scene of the movie features the gangsters discussing their next heist.
a part taken from something such as a book or a speech in order to show its most important points or to show what the whole of it is like: · In the following extract, Jones presents the arguments in favour of nuclear power.extract from: · The book contains previously unpublished material, including extracts from diaries, letters and taped interviews.
a short part taken from a film, book, speech, piece of music etc: excerpt from: · I'd like to read out a short excerpt from the poem.· The following excerpt is from one of my students' essays.· He played some excerpts from Grieg's piano concerto.
a short part of a film or other recording that is taken and used in another film or in a television programme: · The police have released a video clip of the attack. · The new software makes it possible to cut and paste sound or video clips from one application to another.clip from: · I saw a clip from the new Michael Douglas movie on TV last night.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB
· The following are excerpts from the interview.
a short piece taken from a book, poem, piece of music etc SYN  extractexcerpt of/from An excerpt of the speech appeared in the Sunday paper.excerpt verb [transitive]
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