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单词 apply
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applyverb

uk/əˈplaɪ/us/əˈplaɪ/

apply verb (REQUEST)

B1 [ I ] to request something, usually officially, especially in writing or by sending in a form:

By the time I saw the job advertised it was already too late to apply.
I've applied for a new job with the local newspaper.
Please apply in writing to the address below.
We've applied to a charitable organization for a grant for the project.
[ + to infinitive ] Mandy applied to join the police.

More examples

  • He had an inspiration - why not apply for some government money?
  • People who apply for housing benefit must be means-tested.
  • We could apply for a loan to buy a car.
  • She's applied for a job with an insurance company.
  • We've applied to a charitable organization for a grant for the project.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Making appeals & requests

  • a cry for help idiom
  • appellate
  • application
  • ask for sb
  • beseech
  • besiege
  • besought
  • bum
  • cri de coeur
  • crowdsource
  • freeloader
  • gateway
  • hit
  • hit sb up
  • I'll thank you to do sth idiom
  • pester
  • petition
  • request
  • scrounge
  • sponge

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Applying for a job

apply verb (RELATE TO)

B2 [ I ] (especially of rules or laws) to have a connection or be important:

That part of the form is for UK citizens - it doesn't apply to you.
Those were old regulations - they don't apply any more.

More examples

  • Please strike out whichever option does not apply to you.
  • The law will apply equally to men and women except in the case of maternity leave.
  • The discount applies only to children under the age of ten.
  • The legislation must be applied irrespective of someone's ethnic origins.
  • It is intended that these guidelines should be applied flexibly and pragmatically.

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Linking and relating

  • affiliated
  • AL
  • appertain to sth
  • applicable
  • associate
  • associated
  • bond
  • concern
  • connection
  • context
  • interconnected
  • interplay
  • interrelate
  • interrelationship
  • kindred
  • tar sb with the same brush idiom
  • the same/that goes for sb/sth idiom
  • tie (sth) in
  • tie-in
  • tie-up

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apply verb (USE)

C1 [ T ] to make use of something or use it for a practical purpose:

He wants a job in which he can apply his foreign languages.
The court heard how the driver had failed to apply his brakes in time.
If you apply pressure to a cut it's meant to stop the bleeding.

More examples

  • If it continues to bleed, you may have to apply a tourniquet to the limb.
  • If he still refuses we could always apply a little pressure, as it were.
  • It's important to apply research in a practical way and not leave it on the shelf.
  • It is intended that these guidelines should be applied flexibly and pragmatically.
  • The taxi driver suddenly applied his brakes.

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Using and misusing

  • adopt
  • adoption
  • advantage
  • avail
  • avail yourself of sth
  • be/go heavy on sth idiom
  • exercise
  • go into sth
  • go through sth
  • gobble sth up
  • make capital out of sth idiom
  • max
  • mine
  • unused
  • upcycle
  • upcycling
  • usable
  • usage
  • use
  • wear

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apply verb (PUT ON)

[ T ] to spread or rub a substance such as cream or paint on a surface:

Apply the cream liberally to exposed areas every three hours and after swimming.
The paint should be applied thinly and evenly.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Covering and adding layers

  • asphalt
  • bestrew
  • binder
  • blanket
  • blindfold
  • carpet
  • coat
  • fall over sth/sb
  • film
  • film over
  • fur
  • gild
  • gum sth up
  • inlay
  • pad
  • render
  • seal
  • swathe
  • whitewash
  • wreathe

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apply verb (WORK HARD)

apply yourself C2

If you apply yourself to something, you work hard at it, directing your abilities and efforts in a determined way so that you succeed:

You can solve any problem if you apply yourself.

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Effort and expending energy

  • assiduous
  • be running on empty idiom
  • bust a gut idiom
  • concentrated
  • conscientious
  • fight
  • jump
  • kill
  • mightily
  • mind
  • overcompensate
  • pains
  • painstaking
  • painstakingly
  • shot
  • slog
  • slugger
  • strenuous
  • thirsty work
  • trial and error

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