单词 | bring |
释义 | bring/brɪŋ /verb (past and past participle brought /brɔːt/) [with object] 1Take or go with (someone or something) to a place: she brought Luke home from hospital [with two objects]: Liz brought her a glass of water...
Synonyms conduct, escort, guide, lead, usher, show, show someone the way, lead the way, pilot, accompany; shepherd, herd, drive, convoy; see, help, assist 1.1Cause (someone or something) to come to a place: what brings you here? a felony case brought before a jury figurative his inner confidence has brought him through his ordeal...
Synonyms carry, fetch, bear, take; convey, transport; transfer, move, come carrying; lug, haul, shift 1.2 (bring someone in) Involve (someone) in a particular activity: he has brought in a consultancy company...
Synonyms involve, include, count in, take in 1.3Cause someone to receive (an amount of money) as income or profit: two important Chippendale lots brought £10,000 each [with two objects]: five more novels brought him £150,000...
Synonyms earn, make, bring in, fetch, yield, net, gross; command, attract, realize, secure, return, produce 1.4Cause (someone or something) to move in a particular direction: he brought his hands out of his pockets heavy rain brought down the ceiling...
1.5Cause (something): the bad weather brought famine...
Synonyms cause, make happen, bring about/on, give rise to, create, produce, result in, wreak, effect, engender, occasion, generate, lead to, precipitate, kindle, trigger (off), spark (off), touch off, stir up, whip up, promote, contribute to literary enkindle, beget rare effectuate 2Cause (someone or something) to be in a particular state or condition: an economic policy that would have brought the country to bankruptcy I’ll give you an aspirin to bring down your temperature...
3Initiate (legal action) against someone: riot and conspiracy charges should be brought against them...
Synonyms put forward, prefer, propose, present, submit, lay, initiate, introduce, institute, moot 4 [usually with negative] (bring oneself to do something) Force oneself to do something unpleasant: she could not bring herself to mention it...
Synonyms force oneself to, make oneself, bear to Phrasesbring home the bacon bring something home to bring the house down bring it on bring something to bear bring someone to book bring something to light bring someone/thing to mind bring something to pass bring something to the table (or party) what brings you here? Phrasal verbsbring something about bring something back bring someone down bring someone/thing down bring something forth bring something forward bring something in bring someone off bring something off bring someone on bring something on bring someone out bring something out bring someone round (or around) bring something to bring up bring someone up bring something up Derivativesbringer
OriginOld English bringan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch brengen and German bringen. Rhymes |
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