| 单词 | encounter |
| 释义 | verb | noun encounterencounter1 /ɪnˈkaʊntɚ/ ●●○ AWL verb [transitive] 1to experience problems, difficulties, or opposition when you are trying to do something: encounter problems/difficulties/obstacles etc. This was easily the best website we encountered during our search of real estate agents.encounter opposition/resistance The reforms have encountered fierce opposition.2formal to meet someone or experience something without planning to: the best website we’ve encountered so far [Origin: 1200–1300 Old French encontrer, from Late Latin incontra toward] verb | noun encounterencounter2 ●●○ AWL noun [countable] 1an occasion when you meet someone, especially when you did not plan or expect to: encounter with an encounter with an old friend The conductor and the young student met in a chance encounter (=a meeting that happened by luck or chance).2an occasion when two opposing groups of people meet and fight or argue with each other: encounter with the first encounter with the enemyencounter between News footage showed a hostile encounter between police and protesters.3an occasion when you experience something, especially for the first time: encounter with a child’s first encounter with books We had a close encounter (=an occasion when you experience something dangerous) with a rattlesnake.4 (also sexual/casual encounter) an unplanned occasion when people who do not know each other have sex |
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